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The Garden
Oh, the Garden!I had such reservations about it because I had quite the black thumb when I lived in Denver. It turns out that automatic irrigation makes all the difference. We are able to set our watering days and times and then forget all about it. The only work I do in the garden is pull out weeds (which is actually quite satisfying to my sense of order).We are growing strawberries, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupe, tomatoes, bell peppers, and squash–oh my! -
Intentions for Vacation
Vacation is upon us! It’s hard to fully embrace the feeling of “vacation” when I have to get a school open in fewer than 50 days, but it is time for vacation. And we only get to live this wild and precious life once, so I don’t want to lose sight of this time. And I am freaked out by the fact that 14 years ago I joined Teach For America and moved to rural Louisiana to teach 3rd grade in a town with only five stoplights. It doesn’t seem long ago at all. In 14 more years, Henry will be 17 years old and heading into his senior… Read More -
New Toys for Henry
We’re finally getting to a place where it feels like the toys we buy for Henry will be developmentally appropriate for years and years. For example, he loves these legos now, and I’m sure will get many years of use out of them.Plus, I like to minimize the amount of toys that are available at one time and instead rotate through them (which was hard to do when we didn’t have very many toys). Now that summer is hear and Henry is home full-time, here are some of the new toys he has available:- Tennis racket (inspired by Kylie’s recent post–although I am never as together as Kylie so
