In our Garden

A few snapshots of Kuba in the garden...

Anders and the Digital Camera

Anders was fascinated with the digital camera the other evening, and so I turned him loose with it. Here is a photo collage of our home from his perspective. He was so totally captivated by the entire experience. I think we need to find a camera just for him. (If you click on the photo, I think you can get a zoomed in view.)

Back to School

It's that time of year again!
Anders begins his new pre-school next week,and I have been back for almost 2 full weeks now. Tomorrow is my first day with kids though; the previous time was spent in a 4 day graduate class and in pre-service work at both schools.

OH, and for those of you who I haven't spoken to, I recently accepted a new half- time position at an elementary school a half mile from my house. This means I am now working at 2 different schools, switching back and forth each day.

I am the new "Integrated Arts Coach" and so far it has been great. I am not teaching, but working with the school and the staff to help fully integrate the arts into their curriculum. I think that is a little bit exciting, don't you think? And, it fits my personality so well. I am really excited about it.

More on this later...
And more on Anders transition into his new school. Kuba will be joining him there in a couple of months. We are quite excited about this.

Paths

I forgot that I snapped these shots of the boys when we were out on a hike. I thought they were too good to miss the blog.
As you might have guessed, the boardwalk was especially fun.

Artist's Date II

It couldn't have been a better birthday gift! My second outing was with my friend Jeneane at Battery Park. She gave me a one on one lesson in the art of painting with pastel. She is a master and of course it was a total blast!! Here we are working hard!

Language Development

We were camping last weekend, and after a long morning at the beach Anna was walking Kuba back to our campsite for his nap. He of course wanted to nurse and kept on asking for "other sidey," his way of asking to nurse. Anna kept telling him yes, but he had to wait until they were back at camp. This frustrated him so much and his insistence continued to escalate. He finally went up to a road sign which said "One Way" and deliberately pointed to each word one at a time and pretend read "Other - Sidey!" in a commanding tone.
It was brilliant!!!

New Friends!

Anders and Kuba have made new friends!!!! (And so have we!)
Sylvia, Dani, and Josie are just about the best news of the summer.
Three litte girls ages 7, 5 and 18 months who have brought so much joy to our very busy summer lives. They are from South Dakota, here while their dad does his medical residency at the hospital. Because Residents work such long hours, we have been lucky enough to see them a lot. Sarah, the mom is amazing in so many ways and has been our favorite new friend!! Parenting with her is easy and makes life feel so full and truly good. Here is a photo of all 5 of the kids!