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life (in general)
Starting today, you’ll be able to find me in a new spot. I’ll be writing for the babycenter website as part of their group of blogs called, Momformation. I’ll be there pretty often, (five times a week! yikes!) writing about topics of inspiring creativity in our children.
But I promise I won’t neglect this space either. I’ve described this new transition as having another baby. In the beginning you think, "how am I EVER going to do this? How am I going to get all these things done? I’ll never have the time." But eventually, you find your rhythm again and life finds its new routine and pattern. So for now, bear with me as I get through those first few weeks with this ‘new born’ project.
I’m really excited about it. Nervous. Feeling completely inadequate for the task, but excited nonetheless. And it would really help me out if you’d stop by to say hello every now and then. The momformation readers are pretty shy about comments it seems. But I know most of you aren’t.
My first ‘get to know me’ post is here. When you get the chance, I’d love it if you’d stop by and check it out.
And one more thing. I’ll really be looking to you all for help. Soon, I’ll have a button on my sidebar so you can get in touch with me if you have any ideas that you’d like to share with me. I’m writing about the activities and projects we do with our children that bring creativity into our lives and theirs–music, art, nature, science, literature, etc. If you have something you’d like to share. I’d love to see it. And it might just be a perfect fit to share on their site. Eventually, I’ll create another flickr group, similar to creative summer so you can share photos there as well. And I’ll link to that on the new blog as well.
Phew. It feels good to tell you. Kind of like having a big secret but not being able to tell your best friend. I’m glad to share this with all of you. Thanks for being part of the reason I’m even here in the first place.
Starting today, you’ll be able to find me in a new spot. I’ll be writing for the babycenter website as part of their group of blogs called, Momformation. I’ll be there pretty often, (five times a week! yikes!) writing about topics of inspiring creativity in our children.
But I promise I won’t neglect this space either. I’ve described this new transition as having another baby. In the beginning you think, "how am I EVER going to do this? How am I going to get all these things done? I’ll never have the time." But eventually, you find your rhythm again and life finds its new routine and pattern. So for now, bear with me as I get through those first few weeks with this ‘new born’ project.
I’m really excited about it. Nervous. Feeling completely inadequate for the task, but excited nonetheless. And it would really help me out if you’d stop by to say hello every now and then. The momformation readers are pretty shy about comments it seems. But I know most of you aren’t.
My first ‘get to know me’ post is here. When you get the chance, I’d love it if you’d stop by and check it out.
And one more thing. I’ll really be looking to you all for help. Soon, I’ll have a button on my sidebar so you can get in touch with me if you have any ideas that you’d like to share with me. I’m writing about the activities and projects we do with our children that bring creativity into our lives and theirs–music, art, nature, science, literature, etc. If you have something you’d like to share. I’d love to see it. And it might just be a perfect fit to share on their site. Eventually, I’ll create another flickr group, similar to creative summer so you can share photos there as well. And I’ll link to that on the new blog as well.
Phew. It feels good to tell you. Kind of like having a big secret but not being able to tell your best friend. I’m glad to share this with all of you. Thanks for being part of the reason I’m even here in the first place.
life (in general)
The mornings have been beautiful in the valley the last week. Some new projects have caused me to need to get up a little earlier these days. I need that extra hour of quiet to get a few things done. But looking out my window and seeing things like this, make it all worth it.
I’ll be back early this week, hopefully Monday, with some some exciting news.
The mornings have been beautiful in the valley the last week. Some new projects have caused me to need to get up a little earlier these days. I need that extra hour of quiet to get a few things done. But looking out my window and seeing things like this, make it all worth it.
I’ll be back early this week, hopefully Monday, with some some exciting news.
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We brainstormed and it went really well….She had a fantastic, diverse list going, not all easy to ‘study’ mind you, but a great list nonetheless:
- insects
- how to grow flowers
- how to sing
- fish
- swans
- how to make a clay teapot
- how to sew a cushion
- Jesus
- how my heart works
- puppets
- how to take a good nap (that’s my girl!)
- crocodiles
- how to make birds out of wood
Then I had her circle five (I said three, but she had to stretch it to five) that she was really excited about and wanted to know more about and eventually, she narrowed it down to two. Ironically, it was between Jesus and horses. That age old struggle….
And when the rubber hit the road, we found ourselves back to horses. And today, I’m totally fine with that. I loved the comments that you left yesterday, they seemed so right on–about encouraging her, supporting her, seeing her through this love of horses wherever it may take us. Good advice, people. Very good. Thank you.
So we got out a big roll of paper and started making a list–all the things that she wanted to know about horses and what we needed to do to figure out the answers. Here are a few:
- how to be a good rider
- do they roll in grass or mud
- how to keep their teeth white
- do their babies get right up when they are born
- what kinds of ponies do I fit on
- how to give them lots of love
- should you cut up their apples
- the bones of a horse
- how to sew a saddle pad
- what kinds of flowers are safe to give them
- how much is five feet for a horse (hmm…that one’s my favorite)
And ask me what I was doing while writing this post? Lacing up riding boots. In 30 minutes we’re headed out the door for her lesson. And we’ve got some questions for her instructor today–a long list of questions. I’m hoping the first one will be, "How much is five feet for a horse?"
We brainstormed and it went really well….She had a fantastic, diverse list going, not all easy to ‘study’ mind you, but a great list nonetheless:
- insects
- how to grow flowers
- how to sing
- fish
- swans
- how to make a clay teapot
- how to sew a cushion
- Jesus
- how my heart works
- puppets
- how to take a good nap (that’s my girl!)
- crocodiles
- how to make birds out of wood
Then I had her circle five (I said three, but she had to stretch it to five) that she was really excited about and wanted to know more about and eventually, she narrowed it down to two. Ironically, it was between Jesus and horses. That age old struggle….
And when the rubber hit the road, we found ourselves back to horses. And today, I’m totally fine with that. I loved the comments that you left yesterday, they seemed so right on–about encouraging her, supporting her, seeing her through this love of horses wherever it may take us. Good advice, people. Very good. Thank you.
So we got out a big roll of paper and started making a list–all the things that she wanted to know about horses and what we needed to do to figure out the answers. Here are a few:
- how to be a good rider
- do they roll in grass or mud
- how to keep their teeth white
- do their babies get right up when they are born
- what kinds of ponies do I fit on
- how to give them lots of love
- should you cut up their apples
- the bones of a horse
- how to sew a saddle pad
- what kinds of flowers are safe to give them
- how much is five feet for a horse (hmm…that one’s my favorite)
And ask me what I was doing while writing this post? Lacing up riding boots. In 30 minutes we’re headed out the door for her lesson. And we’ve got some questions for her instructor today–a long list of questions. I’m hoping the first one will be, "How much is five feet for a horse?"
