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~this moment~ mama’s birthday hike
a friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember. inspired by soulemama other posts you may enjoy:namaste~this moment~...
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birthday 33
the most special young man in the world made my coffee on birthday morning. then, after we dined on oatmeal, he accompanied me on a satisfyingly long hike in cummins creek wilderness. he was a...
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happy 5th birthday quinn!
quinn’s new birthday quilt from grammy… what he was saying as he bounced: “it’s got snowflakes on it!!!!!!!” my baby’s home and my baby is 5! as if we needed a reason to have cake for breakfast this...
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~this moment~
~a friday ritual~ a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember. other posts you may enjoy:~this moment~ winter harvestnegatively...
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team quinn
all in all, i think team quinn prevailed on wednesday. but i really think it would be great if all of the 20 or so people who were in that conference room on wednesday would join team quinn. i am still...
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pumpkin pie and party hats
the birthday prince. yoda and the ewoks keeping watch over the pumpkin pie. traditional birthday balloons, he is now old enough for a full rainbow of six colors! he got busy right away with his lego...
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six
“it doesn’t feel like i’m six,” quinn informed me, when he returned from his birthday weekend at his dad’s. but he has made “at least 3 or maybe 4” wishes now, having had birthdays every night since...
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~rainbow mondays~
white: more snow on the coast! red: quinn’s valentine’s day garb orange: looking out the window at the snow. orange: a glimpse at what my valentine has been working on in all his spare time. yellow:...
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~rainbow mondays~
red: the only color in his seven birthday balloons to appear twice. orange: the birthday boy flying his new x-wing fighter yellow: forsythia in bloom. time to plant peas! green: orbs of green light...
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spring break in the age of reason
i mentioned a birthday post, but i never actually began typing that, and now a month has already gone by. march came in like a vortex, in the form of the hunger games series, and i was not spit out...
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~rainbow mondays~
it’s rainbow tuesday again! we had a magical week celebrating a certain boy turning 8 years old, and an even more magical weekend! more pictures to come, this is just a taste of the rainbow. red, and...
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8 is great!
more of our magical weekend of celebrating quinn’s 8th birthday… we invited our chosen family and also actual family (the pancakes!) to a dragon party. we were blessed with gorgeous weather (the breeze...
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~rainbow mondays~
hello, tuesday! it’s time for another rainbow monday! you’ll have that when you are working 2.5 jobs, trying to buy a house, and let’s throw in jury duty just for fun! whee! i don’t know, something...
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a year in the life of a lifelong learner
i have been delinquent on posting ~a month of unschool~ for so many months now, that it is time for an update on a whole year! i gave up on the idea of back-dating the posts and decided to do one giant...
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~rainbow mondays~
pink: sunrise backdrop behind plum blossoms red: cupcake number one red: pizza toppings orange: apple cider era party napkins (see also: thanksgiving), lego birthday candles, and buddy’s shirt...
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nine is divine!
it’s a magical number. 3 is the magic number, and 9 is the magic number squared! there is so much to love about the number nine and we’ll just try to remain in denial about nine being halfway to...
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38 is great!
my 38th birthday started off a little bit earlier than i might have preferred, but it was for a good reason. i needed to feed my 32 tanks full of larval herring their breakfast, which is a 2-hour...
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a month in the life of a lifelong learner ~ green eggs and herring eggs
2-23 to 3-23 herring embryos under microscope; it’s bring your child to work day more often than once a year in my world. the new hatchlings under my care; tiny eyeballs with tails! in the body...
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~rainbow mondays~ pink trees and pancakes
it’s a birthday week rainbow! black: quinn outgrew rich’s son’s karate uniform, and now b pancake fits in it… almost! bringing her to karate was probably the highlight of quinn’s time with the...
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~rainbow mondays~ birthday butterflies and broken boards
red: maple waiting on the sidelines to get transplanted. red: handsome fiance, pressing apple cider like a boss. orange: we’ll take the little bit of fall color that we get here on the oregon coast....
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