Happy Halloween! Tonight we will have one house, two sorceresses, and one intersection walk sign that changes color and flashes. Carl’s costume, that he made, is the walk sign and Sarah absolutely loves it. When she first saw it she held it against herself, said she was a walk-sign robot, and said, “beep boop beep… Read more »
October 2021
October 24: Doors, Musical Notes, and Cats… Tailoring Many Aspects of Your Life To Fit You
We are enjoying a wonderful weekend with Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop. There have been Conversations with Mom-Mom, where Sarah and Amy play with Mom-Mom in her room. Sarah, sometimes known as Door, falls and breaks her nose and needs the aid of Dr. Mouse, also played by Sarah. Speaking of doors, Carl and Sarah went to… Read more »
October 17: Not Making Feelings Worse By Judging Myself for Having The Feelings in the First Place
Surrounded by the silent cacophony of my own judgements about my feelings, I cease to notice them as optional. Inspired by Glennon Doyle’s encouragement to not abandon myself, I have started to notice when I condemn my reactions and to stop the condemnation and start accepting the feelings as rational. For example, yesterday had some… Read more »
October 10: Math Play to Solve Problems and Lessons in Letting Go
Sarah is the most talented and ever-surprising namer of herself and others. This week she called me “Mama Circle-With-A-Line-Through-It” and dubbed herself the same, just as the baby. Amy has been roller-skating a up a storm, and changing her plans for her Halloween costume as rapidly as those roller skate wheels spin. She is alternately… Read more »
October 3: Family Visits and Math Struggle-Fun
We are enjoying a wonderful visit with Grammy and Granddad. On our drive to meet them at our mountain house we had a short phone call on speaker phone. As Carl and I said our goodbyes, from the back seat two voices chimed in with, “Meow!” and, “Musical note!” It was adorable. The only trouble… Read more »