He wrote some stories and poems this week while I was in the other room teaching students.  My favorites were these two pieces of writing that fit together like a puzzle.  Stories (and even better . . . poems!) written by kidlets make me very happy, and I’m always surprised and…

Recently I was sitting on the couch in our family room.  The Banana was sitting near the fireplace, looking at a book. Mr. SP came in and asked for something.  The answer was no.  He fussed and grouched and slammed things around. A few minutes later YaYa came in.  She…

March has been a crazy month around here.   I sometimes forget how crazy March gets,  and then I’m in the middle of it and remember, oh yes, March . . . it’s crazy in March. Here are some things that have been bringing me joy in the midst of…

He’s recently become a city bus rider.  A few weeks ago he really, really wanted to go to the mail library downtown.  Dr. Peds really didn’t feel like driving him there, so he gave him seventy five cents in quarters for bus fare, and they researched the bus route he…

She came home from school like this.  There’s always something crazy happening with this kidlet. For example, on Wednesday, she played her violin at two important recitals:  a solo piece at the first recital, followed by a difficult trio with another violin and cello at the second recital.  She was…

Even though he only missed one day of school this week, this little guy has been under the weather with a little flu-like bug.  He spent the weekend down and out with a fever, and just hasn’t felt up to his normal self since then.  You know something is up…

We are in the midst of a busy concert season (hence the lack of blogging), with many recitals and concerts to go in the next ten days or so. Last weekend I sang with the Arrowhead Chorale for our Requiem concert.  It was one of our best performances ever, with…

At preschool  music class we have been pretending to make porridge.  We stir our spoons while singing “Pease Porridge Hot” and then I sing the question “What will you put in your porridge?”  We added extra water, milk, and cinnamon, and then I let the little people come up with…

YaYa has a special early class at school this semester, for which we have to provide transportation.  Last Friday morning we went together to drop her off.  The other kidlets had already taken the bus to school, so we headed to the beach because it was a beautiful morning with pleasant…