#1~In my years teaching 8th grade Spanish, one of my very favorite students was named Russell. This name morphed into Brussell, and by the end of the year we just called him Sprout. Wonder where he is now?
#2~My children recently entertained a woman in the produce section of Whole Foods by begging me [...]
Archive for April, 2008
3 random thoughts regarding brussels sprouts
Posted in Family Life, scd on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Already?
Posted in Family Life on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was helping out at the library of the kids’ school yesterday, and I heard Lily’s teacher in the hall. I came out to see her class filing into the auditorium to practice for an upcoming show. Lily was waiting in line, and when she saw me, she turned red. She couldn’t decide if she [...]
Passover
Posted in Lilyisms on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We live in a neighborhood that is largely Jewish, with many Orthodox Jews. Over the weekend we’ve seen many families walking to services and large gatherings at several homes close by. This evening Lily and I were driving to Heidi’s, and we saw a man in the typical black clothes/hat with a long [...]
Big Girl Stuff
Posted in Family Life on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Giving details of April break to Granny on the phone.
Helping to change Amelia’s diaper.
Happy 40th John!
Posted in Family Life on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We are going out to eat tonight to celebrate John’s 40th birthday. We made a special book for him titled “40 Reasons We Love Daddy”. We are planning on reading it to him at dinner. Here are a few highlights:
From Dawit:
He took me to a real baseball game.
He’s always a good sport.
He [...]
Just when I think I have it figured out
Posted in Family Life on April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The food, you know. Dawit and his food. He likes to buy lunch at school, and usually will eat most anything that comes from the school cafeteria. (I can’t believe what they serve…low nutritional value, lots of starchy stuff, but that’s another post)
Friday is Pizza Day. A favorite lunch day. [...]
Heart Ball
Posted in Family Life, Red Dress on April 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The American Heart Association’s Second Annual Heart Ball happened last night at Mohegan Sun. The focus this year was “little hearts”, and Lily was recognized during the program a couple of times. One woman even mentioned Emmy, her American Girl Doll. Melissa Zobel, a tribal historian, gave a blessing to the heart families, and presented [...]
Meet the Artist
Posted in Family Life on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Kindergarten artist with “Poppy”, a la O’Keeffe, and a proud sister.
An Ansel Adams-esque photo Dawit calls “The Pricker”
Van Gogh-ish Sunflowers
The Kindergarteners created works of art experimenting in the style of the Masters: Michelangelo, Renoir, O’Keefe, Degas, Monet, Warhol, Seurat, da Vinci, Calder, Rockwell, and Cassatt. There was an adorable song to go with [...]
