tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222332736788042602024-03-18T22:03:33.225-07:00The Zoglman Family Adventure ChroniclesJamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-60379221770641231052015-03-17T23:14:00.001-07:002015-03-17T23:14:52.626-07:00Name That ToeI'm breaking radio silence to inform you all that Lavender has named her toes. From biggest to smallest, there are:<br />
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<i>Pumpkin Pie</i><br />
<i>Violet Pie</i><br />
<i>Pumpkin Pastie</i><br />
<i>Rosette</i>, and<br />
<i>Cherry Tree</i>.<br />
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That's it. Carry on.Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-8001794891114909182015-02-03T00:18:00.003-08:002015-02-03T00:19:19.164-08:00January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here's a look at the first of what 2015 has had in store for us!*</div>
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Lavender celebrating New Year's Day with some time outside in the sun with Goya.</div>
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Here Lavender has opened up a coffee stand in her playhouse. She serves the most delicious invisible cocoa in town!</div>
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Geneva Lynn decided to teach the family about water pollution. She created a paper "spokesmermaid" and set up a booth where she and her mermaid could educate us about the importance of clean water. Ari mostly wanted to dump the water out and Geneva was remarkably patient with him.</div>
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Lavender and Ari, spending a quiet afternoon painting together.</div>
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Captain Lali, aboard the boat where we were hosted by our friends Linda and Conrad and joined by Nana. Geneva spent her day at the Seattle Aquarium with the Graffs.</div>
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Ari called all boats "butts." We saw some pretty big butts.</div>
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Upstairs in the... cockpit? I don't speak boat :(</div>
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Downstairs in the warm indoorsy part.</div>
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Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-69455404792482171872014-11-28T17:34:00.002-08:002014-11-28T17:35:01.287-08:00Geneva's Mystery Story<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
This afternoon Geneva narrated a spooky story to me while I typed it up for her on the computer. It's sweet, weird, surprisingly dark, and very worth sharing. Enjoy!</div>
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Once there was an old, old puppet
theater. It had been around since cave people, and there was
concealed magic in it because it was so old. Inside its walls was
magic, and no one but the puppet master himself could control the
magic. He made lots of mysteries happen.</div>
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The Zoglman family were planning to
travel for nine years, but they got trapped for one year. So that
made it into ten years. They had abandoned their home, but when they
left they didn't put up a sign, so in the ten years stuff happened to
it. The house itself got magic inside it, just like the theater.
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They heard on the news, while they
were driving to go see the world, that someone had died in a puppet
show place. But they heard next on the news that before the puppet
master's eyes the person turned into a ghost, flickered, and
disappeared. They thought “we're brave. We can solve a mystery.
Maybe we are the ones who can solve the mystery of the ghost.” They
went to the puppet theater.</div>
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When they arrived Geneva saw a
skeleton with a rope around its neck hanging from an iron cage.
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“Hey mom, I saw this weird thing!”
said Geneva.
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“What is it, Sweetie?” said Mom.
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“I saw a skeleton hanging with a
rope around its neck in an iron cage.”
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Mom said “Let's find out the mystery
to this.” Now the Zoglmans had two mysteries to solve: the skeleton
hanging with a rope around its neck, and the flickering ghost.
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They went inside. The first thing they
saw was a dog. The dog was looking like it was going to bite Geneva.
His eyes were squinted and his nose was wrinkled and his mouth was
open. Geneva reached out to slap the dog down and her hand sank in.
It was a puppet.
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“We should show this to someone,”
said Geneva, so they brought along the dog and they found a sign. It
said “Puppet Master's House” and it was pointing understage. They
followed the sign. Geneva rapped at the bricks.
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The Puppet Master said “Wooooooooooo”
so that it would trick them into thinking he was a ghost.
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Geneva said “We know you're not a
ghost.”
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So the Puppet Master said
“Muahahahahaha” to scare them and make them go away.
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“We know you're not a giant,” said
Geneva.
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“I was trying to scare you away so
that you won't find out my secrets,” said the Puppet Master.</div>
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“We didn't know you had secrets.”</div>
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There was a particular red sword with
blood on it, and Lavender said “Hey, this must be the sword that
killed that person who turned into a ghost! We can use it to get
through the wall. We can cut a door in the wall.” After they cut
the hole in the wall they jumped through it, except for Ari who had
to be carried by Jamaica. They found a moat. It was turquoise.</div>
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“It must contain some magic,”
Daddy said. “Don't swim in it.” They found a canoe to get across,
but it only carried three people. Daddy, Lavender, and Geneva got
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Geneva said “Stroke! Stroke!” to
Daddy, and Lavender said “Fast! Fast!” when the water got deeper.
They got to the other shore and found a door. It had a painting on it
of a staff with a green ball on top. They felt a little scared. They
opened the door. Inside it was dim, and there was only one window.
There was a staff like the one on the door. It was propped up. They
took it off of its stand and with the sword they cut it. As the staff
gave a loud loud crack as it hit the floor, there were swirling pink
rings coming from right where the green bulb had been. The room shook
as the rings went away. Geneva, Lavender, and Daddy headed for the
door but it had changed. There was a new picture on it now. It was
Daddy, Lavender, and Geneva lifting the sword and the staff cracking.
They went to cross the moat but there was a bridge crossing over it.
Mommy came across the bridge and they all went to The Puppet Master.
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“Did you kill that person?”
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“Yes, I did. You guys found out my
secrets. The girl was your age, Geneva. I killed her because she had
no defenses and she was trying to find out my secrets. I wouldn't
have any powers without my staff.”</div>
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“Why was the skeleton hanging there?
And the ghost”?</div>
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“I put them there because I thought it
would make the theater scary, so everyone would not discover my
staff.”</div>
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“Why were you a mean man? Are you
still mean?” said Lavender. <br /> “I was, but now I see that not
killing is better than killing. I think that I'm with you. I feel
like being on your team.”
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“I'll just let you be the way the
you are, but you have to not kill any more people. You don't get to
come with my family,” said Mommy. Geneva yawned. Mom said “It's
time for bed.” They went home to their house that they hadn't seen
in ten years. It felt great. </div>
Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-83858451484941147952014-10-13T22:07:00.004-07:002014-10-13T22:08:07.096-07:00Love You As You AreGeneva has a Grand Idea that I would like to share with you. She calls it the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wZkaeJREC8&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"> Love You As You Are</a> Club. Feel free to pass it on!<br />
<br />Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-27348096286752533802014-08-12T11:57:00.002-07:002014-08-12T11:57:26.546-07:00Overheard This Week...When I grow up, I'm going to... steal... kangaroos. --Lavender<div>
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Ha! You have three kids climbing on you. [Pause] That's the trouble with three kids. --Geneva</div>
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Hey Lali, do you want to play "Dobby"?</div>
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Yeah!</div>
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Okay. I'll go get the lamp.</div>
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<i>For those of you who aren't up on your Harry Potter, Dobby is a character who uses a lamp to bludgeon himself on the head.</i></div>
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For the first time in a very long time-- certainly since we've been a family of five-- we Zoglmans went on vacation. It wasn't anything exotic; we drove to and camped at two of the active volcanos in our beautiful state, and finished our trip by visiting my brother and sister-in-law in Portland. It was, as one might imagine when one pictures a car crammed with a week's worth of camping gear and five people, exhausting at times. But oh, was it worth it! So rarely do we take advantage of the beauty that is practically in our backyard. And, so rarely do we spend family time that is ours and only ours, with no other comings or goings, no intrusions, and no obligations to anyone but ourselves. There were moments when I thought we might kill each other. But mostly it was, in every possible sense of the word, beautiful. That may be why, less than 24 hours after our return, I find myself here, overflowing with pictures and words. I can't say "wish you were here," but I can't wait to share our memories with you.</div>
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Stopping at Ohanapecosh and visiting the nature trail</div>
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Avery, proving that with a lot of friction and a little bit of prying, you can open a can without a can opener.</div>
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The nearby playground, which was actually upstaged by a massive dirt hill</div>
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Mt. St. Helens Visitor's Center at Silver Lake</div>
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Morning with Auntie</div>
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Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-89337387106000219312014-05-03T23:37:00.000-07:002014-05-03T23:46:12.120-07:00Parks and Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I can't even caption these photographs. Half of the time I don't even fully understand the games my children play and the worlds they create together. To attempt any explanation here would be inaccurate, almost certainly, and unnecessary anyway. I kind of prefer the mystery.</div>
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<br />Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-33807265332909480152014-04-19T08:49:00.002-07:002014-04-19T08:49:23.765-07:00FlusteratedLavender: [Screams into a pillow]<br />
Mom: What's up, Lali?<br />
Lavender: I'm just so flusterated about the cat's bottom that it doesn't have panties on it.<br />
Mom: ...You're frustrated that the cat isn't wearing panties?<br />
Lavender: Hyeah.<br />
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She may be setting herself up for a lifetime of misery and stress here. But it sure is funny!Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-81412316684379702642014-04-13T19:16:00.000-07:002014-04-13T19:16:35.997-07:00Two Hours of Pie<b>Geneva</b>: Mom, can I have your pie?<br />
<b>Mom</b>: No, I haven't had any yet. And you just finished yours!<br />
<b>Geneva</b>: But I didn't get enough of whatever I want, and what I want is more pie. [Repeats this to herself several times to enjoy the way the words sound. It's kind of like preschooler rap.]<br />
<b>Mom</b>: Well, sweetie, you can't have unlimited amounts of pie. That wouldn't be healthy.<br />
<b>Geneva</b>: What does "unlimited" mean?<br />
<b>Mom</b>: What do you think it means?<br />
<b>Geneva</b>: It means there's not a, um... there isn't a...<br />
<b>Mom</b>: I think you're on the right track. "Unlimited" means "without a stopping point." So you can't eat pie without a stopping point. You can't have unlimited pie.<br />
<b>Geneva</b>: But Mom, I <i>have </i>a stopping point! It's two hours from now.Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-90965029879243733512014-04-08T11:48:00.000-07:002014-04-08T12:53:51.742-07:00A Warm April Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After I picked Geneva up at school we went to the park to enjoy the sunshine. This particular park has a barbecue area that lends itself easily to being a stage, and tends to inspire a lot of theatrics. Today Geneva was giving us her most heartfelt rendition of "Let it Go" ever.</div>
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Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-40314258374603920082014-04-01T16:29:00.003-07:002014-04-01T16:30:01.548-07:00Spring Break 2.0This week is Spring Break for Geneva's school, and it was meant to be a week of outings and friends and adventures. Unfortunately our pinkeye adventure has more or less negated the option of outings and friends. I had to take a moment to look back at last year's Spring Break pictures and mourn the loss of sunny gatherings before moving on and appreciating what I've been handed: a week at home. With my kids. And no one else. <div>
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We may not get to take a day trip out to Granger to look at the dinosaur statues, but we can read about dinosaurs and practice biostratigraphy (dating fossils relative to one another based on the layer of dirt and rock in which they are found). Taking friends with us to the museum is out, but writing letters to J. K. Rowling is <i>so</i> in. Today we painted using the pointillism technique (which Geneva calls "dottillism," to my immeasurable delight, considering she doesn't mispronounce many words these days besides fjord). We baked appelkaka and brewed glogg. And dear little Ari-- sweet, sick-again Ari-- has been able to nurse and cuddle around the clock. The best part, though, is the dress code: I haven't even considered wearing a bra today, and it's four o'clock in the afternoon.</div>
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I'm kidding. That's not the best part. But it's not the worst part, either.</div>
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This was Geneva's response to my question, "Who do you think Hermione would pick for a partner when she grows up?" I transcribed her answer, then she wrote out the first sentence herself and illustrated it.</div>
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<i>I think Hermione would pick Ron for a partner because he's funny, like when he said "why couldn't he say 'follow the butterflies'?" He is brave. He went into the Forbidden Forest and he followed the spiders even though he didn't like them. And he's nice. Like, he likes his friends and is kind to them. He sent Harry a sneakoscope. All these things she might like and want to pick him for a partner. She doesn't have to. She can if she wants to.</i></div>
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We decided to mail the picture, with her entire answer on the back, to J. K. Rowling. Recently she admitted that she regretted pairing Ron and Hermione at the end of the Harry Potter series. She might be happy to know that there's a four-year-old out there who thinks she made a wise decision.</div>
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And here is Lavender's biostratigraphy puzzle! Each dinosaur was "found" in layers of colorful sediment. She matched up the sediment layers to figure out which fossils were oldest and which were the most recent. Considering I designed this activity with Geneva in mind, I was very impressed. Jordan, if you're reading this please forgive the extremely crude nature of these, ahem, fossils.</div>
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And here's the creepy crawler! He's back on a couple of different medications to help his breathing, but is still such a trooper. And I think if he were any cuter my head would explode.</div>
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Ari produced the first diaper I have been able to shake out into the toilet. This is gross and not what you want to be reading, but when you cloth diaper, Baby's First Turd is a big deal.</div>
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The writing project I have been working on for the last few weeks is finally finished. It's not perfect, but it's done, and I'm not even horrifically embarrassed of it.</div>
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I finished reading<i> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i> aloud to Geneva and Lavender, and they were with me the whole way with gasps of "oh no!" and "so The Heir of Slytherin is-- is--!" And then after the climax, when the story returned to feasting and congratulations, Lavender fell asleep and drooled on my back.</div>
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In related news, I now reside with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Me? I am Professor McGonagall. It is an absolute hoot, I tell ya, to get to say "Miss Granger, please clear your plate from the table" and "Mr. Potter was using that first," in my best McGonagall voice of course.</div>
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Both girls managed to lose one of their ballet shoes last week. Tonight is ballet night, and we found both missing shoes this afternoon.</div>
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The DVD of <i>Frozen </i>that we ordered has finally arrived. It's downstairs, and the girls have no idea. I'm just going to sit on it until we all really need a break, and having this hidden ammunition is doing really positive things for my state of mind. I have that smug poker face.</div>
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I'm making korvstroganoff for dinner. It's delightfully easy and I know my whole family will eat it without complaint.</div>
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Ari is crawling, and it's that perfect, adorable, hesitant kind of crawling where he only actually takes three or four "real" crawling steps each day. It's exciting and thrilling and is still more of a party trick than a form of locomotion, so I don't have to worry about chasing him.</div>
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Geneva pulled the word "protagonist" out of thin air, and even used it correctly. They <i>do </i>listen!</div>
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But most of all, it just IS. Some days are inescapably wonderful, and today is one of them. The tense, awkward, frustrating moments have just rolled off our backs. I haven't been the world's best parent, and my children aren't models of deference and respect, but we are loud and happy and free. I want to wish for another day like this one tomorrow, but that might be tempting fate. One is enough. One is plenty.</div>
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Seeing "Frozen" in theaters was not enough. Listening to an endless loop of the soundtrack was not enough. Going to the theatrical sing-along was not enough. No, the "Frozen" love in this house required a party. And party we did. The festivities were held here on Saturday, but I only provided the venue and the food. The games, decorations, and enthusiasm were brought together by friends and parents, all based around our kids' fascination with "Frozen" and our desire to do something special for them.</div>
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Sanna and Prince Ari of Arendelle. Yes, my son's name comes from the same Norse word as the fictional city in "Frozen." Coincidence, I assure you. </div>
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A screening of the movie got everyone in the "Frozen" mood! Well, almost everyone. Pictured are Ellie, Katie, Cameron (hiding behind the arm of the couch), Isis, Geneva, Paloma, Lavender, and Goya. Colten is not pictured, as he was busy building a train.</div>
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Goya and Paloma slipped away from the movie and created a snowstorm in the living room which, though not part of my plan, was pretty cool.</div>
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While the kids were (mostly) watching "Frozen," we brought Arendelle to the rest of the house, with snowman activities...</div>
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I attempted to replicate the ice chandelier in Elsa's tower using a giant tissue pom pom and a blue lightbulb. The effect was slightly underwhelming in the daylight, but boy did it look cool later that night!</div>
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The parents were all hard at work, whether it was helping with dishes, decorating, creating games, or making a coffee run because our pot couldn't support the number of caffeine addicts in the house. The party was absolutely a group effort and a group success. Here are Sanna and Jeff in the kitchen, and Stephanie putting the finishing touches on Olaf.</div>
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I had fun capturing the princesses in attendance. Here is Isis in motion...</div>
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The whole experience, though aimed at the preschoolers we know and love, was a lot of fun for the adults, too. Margie provided not just the snowman materials but great ideas for the kids to use when putting them together, and some who took her advice were not kids at all. Here is Margie helping to attach a hat, and Kelly's snowman creation.</div>
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Kelly, Ellie, and Margie.</div>
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We had a snowball fight out in the yard using yarn pom poms that Sanna made. It was a huge hit, and a much-appreciated outlet for some wild energy! </div>
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Geneva and Katie playing catch</div>
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Geneva and Goya, swinging and sliding</div>
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One of Lavender's favorite "Frozen" lines is when Kristoff refers to Anna as "fiestypants." Lavender is a bit of a fiestypants herself!</div>
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Goya</div>
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Ellie pouncing</div>
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Katie enjoying a quiet moment...</div>
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Back inside everyone lined up to pin the nose on Olaf the snowman.</div>
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Isis pinning... and winning!</div>
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Katie, the tallest-- and therefore last, and most patient-- participant</div>
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The party concluded with a sing-along of "Let it Go" and tinsel ice everywhere. It was chaos. And awesome.</div>
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By this point in the afternoon Geneva had become a wiggling, shrieking blur. I snatched her up for one tiny moment, and then she was off again.</div>
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When the guests had gone and the house was quiet, Geneva and Lavender laid around in fluffy clouds of snow. Oh my loves. I'm so glad I could share in their "Frozen" joy and the delight they find in their friends. What a wonderful day.</div>
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When Disney's "Frozen" was released in theaters, we took the girls to see it. Then we came home and promptly learned all the lyrics to all the songs due to repeated youtube exposure. I could lie to you and tell you that I fought against it, that the words and tunes pounded themselves into my head despite my best efforts, but I'm a terrible liar. Truthfully, I enjoyed the movie wholeheartedly-- songs, story, characters, and most of all the message it delivered about familial love. So when Geneva and Lavender would ask, "can we watch a Frozen video?" my answer was pretty predictably "yes." And when we found out that Disney had released a sing-along version of Frozen in theaters, and that it was playing here in Yakima, I said "yes" to that, too.</div>
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A gaggle of girls, ready to sing some songs and dressed in their finest Frozen attire.</div>
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As we entered the movie theater snowflakes began to fall. When we walked, blinking, back to our cars there were a few inches on the ground and more piling up by the second. It was magical! All three kids fell asleep on the drive home...</div>
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...and sleepy kids means sneaky drive-through coffee treats for Mommy.</div>
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For a couple of days we had a light layer of snow on the ground-- just enough for sledding at the park.</div>
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Sometimes I wish I could give my children things that are beyond my reach: sunny days on rainy camping trips; flowers that don't die after you pick them; permanent hair detangler. Things like that. This time the thing that I wanted to give them-- a winter wonderland to accompany a beautiful snowy story about sisters who love each other-- happened all on its own.</div>
Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-25360990226117421492014-03-10T19:51:00.001-07:002014-03-10T19:53:10.565-07:00My VillageI struggle to find a healthy balance in my internet usage. I want it to be a tool that allows me to connect with my loved ones and share the small beauty of my own sweet family with the larger world. Instead, most of the time it becomes a way for me to spend far too much time reading "47 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Harry Potter" in a kind of post-bedtime daze. Wanting to be the boss in my relationship with Ye Olde Internet, I have substantially cut down on my computer time recently, and mostly this is a good thing. Mostly. What I miss are the ways that social networking-- facebook, blogging, etc.-- kept me close to my friends. Through these media we have planned parties, rallied to the aid of families in need, exchanged photos from events mutually attended, arranged childcare, and generally checked in with each other to make sure all is well. I miss this. I really miss this. <div>
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I've stayed offline to focus on my family, but the truth is that my family is a large and wonderful thing-- larger than the walls of this house by far. If the internet is a tool I can use to spread my love and gratitude to the dear friends I am lucky enough to call mine, then it is a tool worth using after all.</div>
Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-5965024904137762272014-02-04T11:00:00.000-08:002014-02-04T11:01:24.509-08:00First ChristmasThis was Ari's first Christmas!<br />
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And Lavender's third. And Geneva's fifth. And my thirtieth. And Avery's thirty-first. And my mom's fifty-fifth. I suppose this explains why I am just now getting around to posting pictures. Our family is getting quite big! It's funny that the holidays seem to magnify whatever state you're in: if you're single, you feel REALLY single; if you don't have children, your house seems very quiet; and if you have a largish family, buckle up! Our plans were simple, our visitors were few, and still this winter has felt very full to me. We baked, met Santa, wrote letters, played outside, saw a parade, read stories, gathered around the fire pit, invented a dessert called "snowman supreme," and rang in the new year with <span style="font-family: inherit;">gl<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">ö</span>gg </span>and good friends.<br />
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But nothing compares to the experience of watching a tiny being as he beholds all of this for the very first time. I could have thousands of children and this would not get old. So, Merry First Christmas, Ari! Happy first Solstice. Happy first New Year. Happy first everything.<br />
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This was going to be our holiday card this year. That was one thing that did <i>not </i>get crossed off the list! Oops.</div>
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A boy and his Daddy!</div>
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Visiting Mr. Claus himself. This was as close as Lavender would get!</div>
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Ari loves Santa.</div>
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Spending some time outside on one of many unseasonably warm days.</div>
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Swingin' Geneva!</div>
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Playing soccer...</div>
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We left a couple of pumpkins out and the girls got to observe decomposition. Hooray for rotten science!</div>
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Avery, three kids, and <i>The Polar Express</i>.</div>
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Ari and Nana on Christmas morning!</div>
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Lavender, using her new chopsticks to pick up her new farm animals.</div>
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Happy boys.</div>
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Lali and her new accordion.</div>
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Many years ago, Avery's mom sewed this sock monkey for his cousin Hilary. This Christmas his aunt Karen passed it down to Ari. What a gift!</div>
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Out for a walk on the Greenway with Papa.</div>
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Geneva exploring an amazing all-wood play structure!</div>
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Papa snuggles.</div>
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Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-75065704519504507992013-12-19T11:12:00.003-08:002013-12-19T11:21:49.312-08:00Thankful for PaperThank you, paper, for preserving the fleeting thoughts and ideas of my growing and changing children. What a gift to be able to keep these things-- letters to Santa, family portraits, to-do lists, the first-ever writing of a name-- forever and ever. And what a gift to get to share them with you!<div>
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I want a saddle, tickets to the theater (Nana), an umbrella (Lavender). What kind of cookies do you want? I think your reindeer are awesome. I want to ride a horse, please.<br />
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go atsid (go outside)<br />
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I anticipated that this would go over with a small to medium amount of whining and some reluctant regurgitation of ocean facts. What actually happened was kind of amazing, at least to me. They were engaged in the video, excited about our discussion, and eloquent in their description of deep sea life-- at least, by two- and four-year-old standards. I guess that makes the score kids one, mom zero. Or maybe TV one, mom zero. Heck, let's call it awesomeness one, boredom zero.<br />
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Down in the deep ocean there's a vent that is pretty cool, because it's kind of like a trap down in the ocean. This bubbly venty stuff comes up from it and then it traps fish because this aroma comes and makes them sick and they fall down, and so the fish that live up higher get sick and the other creatures that live down in the deep, deep ocean eat the fish that are caught.<br />
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Divers wear suits and swim. They see clouds under the ocean. There are volcanoes. Crabs, a whale, and a little shrimp live under the deep ocean. They eat fish.<br />
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We also saw crabs down in the ocean. They are the ones who eat the other ones who live on the top. The flatfish go way down in the ocean. They live down in the deep sea because they are adapted. The deep ocean is full of creatures. They like it dark because it's very dark down in the deep ocean. People can't live there because the pressure pushes them down too much.Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-59313687042409362492013-10-18T17:08:00.002-07:002013-10-18T17:08:43.380-07:00Fall with Five<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-27250625090227509972013-08-18T21:52:00.001-07:002013-08-18T21:52:17.384-07:00The Story That Wasn'tGeneva told me this story just before going to sleep. Actually, I should say that she <i>set up</i> this story before going to sleep. Apparently describing the characters was too exhausting to allow for any plot development, which is too bad. I found the ghost dog monkey kind of intriguing.<br />
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Mom, can I tell you a story? <i>Of course</i>. Not from a book but one that I'm just telling. I have a shelf in my mind. I can look and see what I have. Hmmm... I don't have any grown-up stories in there. Just kid stories. Is it okay if I tell you a kid story? <i>I love kid stories!</i> Okay. This story is kind of spooky. Actually it's kind of scary. It's really scary, actually. If you get scared you can just reach over and hold my hand. <i>Okay.</i> It's about a ghost that's a dog but it's in the shape of a monkey. So there's a ghost dog. Monkey. A ghost that looks like a monkey and is a dog.<i> Is he friendly?</i> No, he's angry! He's a mean kind of ghost. Um, and also there was this princess, and her name was .............Mom! What's her name? <i>Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you wanted me to answer. Is it Vivian?</i> No. <i>Claire?</i> No. <i>Melissa?</i> No. <i>Celeste?</i> No. It's Belle. And there's another princess. She's, like, really a princess. What's her name? <i>Why don't you just tell me?</i> Okay, her name is Merida. So there are two good guys. Um, but there was another princess and her name was Cinderella. So there were three good guys. I mean there were four good guys. There was another princess. Four good guys ...and a HUNDRED BILLION bad guys! Woah. Isn't this a scary story? And they were in a circle, a really big circle, that was as big as this whole, like, bed. I mean house. Actually it was as big as the whole continent. As big as the whole Earth. So the princesses were there and the bad guys were all in a circle and, um, this story is going to be too long. I'll tell you a different one.<br />
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I think if I ever write a book (hi, internet! Discover me, please!) I will use this as my foreword.Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-67882818595070830712013-08-13T17:20:00.002-07:002013-08-13T17:20:40.382-07:00Interview with LavenderJamaica: What is your name?<br />
<i>Lavender: Dada.</i><br />
You're not Dada!<br />
<i>Yeah. Daddy.</i><br />
Haha, okay. What is your favorite animal?<br />
<i>Wolfie.</i><br />
What do wolfies eat?<br />
<i>Pigs.</i><br />
What do wolfies say?<br /><i>Huff and puff and blow your house in.</i><br />
And what do wolfies like to do?<br />
<i>Puff.</i><br />
Tell me something you like to do.<br />
<i>Play.</i><br />
What do you play?<br />
<i>Chase.</i><br />
Oh yeah? Who do you play chase with?<br />
<i>Katie.</i><br />
Katie's a good friend, isn't she?<br />
<i>[smile, head shake]</i><br />
Do you have a favorite food?<br />
<i>Soup, cottage cheese, and pancakes.</i><br />
How do you make pancakes?<br />
<i>In bed!</i><br />
Haha! What ingredients do you use?<br />
<i>Powder, butter, buttermilk, egg.</i><br />
What job do you want to do when you grow up?<br />
<i>Paint.</i><br />
Are you going to make pictures?<br />
<i>Yeah. Of Mommy.</i><br />
How old is Mommy?<br />
<i>Four.</i><br />
What does Mommy do?<br />
<i>Paint.</i><br />
What do you think Mommy's favorite thing to do is?<br />
<i>Help me!</i><br />
I do like that. Do I love you, Lali?<br />
<i>Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!</i><br />
What is your favorite story?<br />
<i>Nemo.</i><br />
Tell me about Nemo.<br />
<i>He four. Swim, splash, cuddle with Cory (Dory).</i><br />
Who is in your family?<br />
<i>Sharks!</i><br />
Is Ari a shark?<br />
<i>Uh-uh. Barracuda.</i><br />
Okay, what is Geneva?<br />
<i>Marlin. I'm Cory. [gasp] Shark! Ahhhhhhh! [runs out]</i><br />
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Love her.<br />
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Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-27386315359426444052013-07-28T12:11:00.006-07:002013-07-28T12:11:57.422-07:00Life is Good<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722233273678804260.post-27147896568665482892013-07-16T09:52:00.003-07:002013-07-28T12:12:47.051-07:00It's the Little Things<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I love love love it when a simple image tells a vivid story... like when I find a large tuft of cat hair pinned between the toilet seat and the lid.</span>Jamaicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101837549008957726noreply@blogger.com0