It’s late. Tomorrow is the last day of school for the kids. We have a toilet that flushes. We have hot water. But most importantly, we have internet. Michael and his magic Munson managed to get the fancy-pants interwebs box working. Brent and I bought some beds, so really, we can call the farm our [...]
Archive for September, 2010
We took the kids out for a day of cleaning and getting to know the new digs. Otto was a bit under the weather, Lucy is recovering from a concussion (long-story-short scared the crap out of us, but she’s going to be fine and now we know where the urgent care is.) and Minty is [...]
And so we begin. Brent and I are excited to move onto the new farm, but there are some details to get worked out before I (the pregnant one) and the children will be comfortable. Working toilet, hot water, stove, remove dead owl were I to name a few. This is not a “dream home” [...]
I’m not sure what to say, really. Excited. Happy that the search is over. Looking forward to the new set of opportunities we’ve now unleashed.
A three-year-old’s logic as shared enthusiastically by Clémentine the unsuspecting youngest who will soon be demoted to just another “middle child.” Minty: MOMMY! You having a baby!!! Me: Yep. Minty: Hello Kitty is a baby. [pause} Minty: You having Hello Kitty!!!! Yay!!!
School began today. Lucy was nervous the night before. She started at a new school along with her friends who moved with her to CE2 (roughly American 3rd grade). Timidly getting out of the car she slowly walked to the playground when a loud “LUCY!!!” erupted. After that, girls were giggling, smiles were frolicking. Otto [...]
