The way laundry gets done around here:

Can you hear Bean accompanying his play in the background with a little off-tune song? I LOVE it when they’re both occupied like this. Bean was building train tracks and castles with wooden blocks under the dining room table…and Sprout: the minute he sees a heap of fresh laundry he’s on it. POUNCE. He played [...]

this:

And also: I don’t know how to start into things today. Does that ever happen to you?

A post where I ask the internet parenting advice again

1. At what age is it no longer appropriate to bring your son into the ladies room with you? And if you send him to the boys room himself, how in gods name can you be sure he hasn’t touched EVERY SURFACE POSSIBLE? 2. How much sugar does your kid eat daily? Or perhaps better [...]

Sugaring

Sugaring with the neighbors yesterday. I love their old-school, hand made set up. I love the sweet clouds of steam, and how everything feels hopeful and grand standing around the evaporator watching the sap bubble and thicken. Hours pass, easily, occupied this way. Bean was all helper this year. Carrying wood. Pouring sap from the [...]

Self Portrait Sunday:: Challenge # 1

Challenge # 1: Your face, partly hidden maybe; partly out of the frame, out of the picture, in the shadows or turning away. Add your photos to the Flickr pool or leave the url to your photo here. I’ll be posting a bunch of your photos here throughout the week. Go take a peek. I [...]