I took the boys to a celebration of Spring on Saturday. The Hindu holiday of Holi. It was an amazing experience to be sure. Bright powder pigment - a rainbow of color - is smeared, tossed, and dumped onto other folks, a ceremony of joyful fun to celebrate the return of Spring in all it's colorful glory. The boys had a blast. I admit I was hesitant at first, but if you are there, you inevitably get pulled into the celebration. All of us needed triple showers in the end, and Anders white t-shirt is no longer white...and neither is Kuba's hair. You can see Anders, Kuba and I in the pink boxes in the aerial shot. This shot is before I got "into it," and before I took Kuba's hat off. I should've left it on!
A document of our life with Anders and Kuba, filled with photo's, moments, and stories which capture the essence of our life. Who knew that life with two boys and two moms could be this good, or this nutty?
Monday, March 17, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Water and Ice
This winter has been water and ice. Mostly ice. It's March 11 and we are expecting another 20 inches of snow tomorrow, soon to be more water - or ice. Lake Champlain is frozen from Vermont all the way to New York. It hasn't done this since 2007. 99% solid ice. And Lake Champlain is the 6th largest lake in the United States. That means it's been mighty cold.
It's been treacherous walking, exciting to look at, and impossible to wait out. Spring is here in about 9 days and we are not even close to the great thaw. Our barn door is frozen open, and stray cats have come to howl there. Racoons have devoured one chicken - our Emily gone on a late night, dinner to a family of four masked looters. The chickens are finally brave enough to come out and skid across the crusty snow. Our driveway gate is frozen in place. Ice everywhere.
The boys have skied a lot, sled down sheer ice hills, and carefully picked their way down icy sidewalks while I have been thinking our luck will surely run out before an elbow or wrist is broken in a fall. We have a household bet going on the date our driveway (which is covered in 6 inches of ice still, maybe more) will finally be free of its last trace of ice. I put a bet in for the end of April. Everyone put a dollar in the jar - all of us hoping to lose. And despite this unusual science experiment of a winter, we have noticed the beauty. Ice is remarkably beautiful. Even so, we have had enough and are ready now for the return of the equally beautiful and much warmer green.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Famous
And then a nano second later he recanted, saying "NO, NO! That's not it!!!
I know what I would be famous for.....my love!!!!!
I would be famous for my L O V E!!!!
Yes, that's what I'll be famous for.
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