Family Tree

i am grateful to arianne for beautifully documenting our excursion!

Grandma and Baba B's Visit

skirting wool

Grandma reads Peter Rabbit after doing the puzzle

Isaiah on the move

Recently...

the artist in her studio

everything is percussion to Isaiah

lapping water off the ground on a hot day

Reckless Trust

Isaiah has this new habit of thrusting his body backwards without care for where he is going to land.  He gets a huge smile on his face, tips his head backwards and then the rest of his body follows.  He started doing this on the bed -- I think enjoying falling into the soft pillows -- but if you are with him, he will start to do it anywhere.  Even if he gets a bump, he will grin and do it again a minute later.  I'm sure he will outgrow it soon, but for now, I am actually inspired at his disregard for his own personal safety in favor of the bliss of a trust fall.  He knows somewhere that the universe will catch him every time he dives.

Picture Consciousness

Alma is making all kinds marks on the paper.

"Alma, what are you drawing?" 

"This is a hermit crab." (point to round shape with legs)  "And that is a big turtle."  (looks like a sideways "D")

"Cool, Alma."

"Now I'm going to make a big A." (she draws a big V and then a line through it)  "See, Mommy, this is also a piece of fabric hanging from the clothes drying rack."
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I was recently at a talk where the teacher said that preschoolers "picture consciousness."  I'm not exactly sure what she meant, but I am amazed by the richness of Alma's visual associations and her ability to translate that onto the paper.

Nana DB and Baba Jim's Visit (February)

my beautiful mama

enjoying the dunes

merri-batians on the beach

nightly crib jumps

alma in nurturing mode

 

 

Emily and Papa's Visit (January)

An Afternoon with Rafi