Kids Were Here

'If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully.' -Maya Angelou

Remember that time that you, Covey, said you needed a band-aid. I came to check on you & found this- lots of band-aid wrappers, lots of blush & those tiny footprints leading right back to you.

Remember when you, Ella, climbed all over everything in site & left those little handprints behind. 

Remember when we made a cake for your dad's birthday, & you, Ella, climbed up the chair your brother's left behind & got into one cake while I frosted the other.

Remember your Wonder-Woman costume, Ella, & the crown your brothers stuck behind the print on our bedroom wall.

Remember all those figurines all three of you kids liked to play with, & that one day I went for a water bottle, & found a little superhero.

Remember that one day I looked out at the wind & rain, & instead found one little monk upside-down, in another. I laughed, & knew it was you, Covey, & you laughed, & said 'that was me!'

Wonder Woman & Spiderman

The Day Covey Learned to Ride a Two-Wheeler

...& I didn't get a photograph. but I did get some video, phones can be handy.

'Life is like riding a bicycle In order to keep your balance You must keep moving.' - Albert Einstein

The First Two Weeks of September

1. She's anxious to fish. 2. Post-bath wild child.

3. This face is the response to 'are you excited for your first day of preschool?'

4. She loves her toy camera.

5. A rare serious moment.

6. Puddle jumping.

7. Making her boys laugh.

8. A rody ride, in the sun.

9. I've decided she's part monkey.

10. He's burying secret treasure.

11. Plotting her move against her brothers.

12. Sharing raisins.

13. Twinkle-twinkle, sings the gloworm.

14. Spiderman teaching Wonder Woman how to hold onto net.

15. This might be the official last night of summer.

5-minutes of Ella

  Have you seen Dana Pugh's 5-minute project? If not, check it out. I anxiously submitted to it, & was instantly inspired to document just that- 5-minutes.

When we're out in the yard, the chickens get to roam around, too. They love it, until Godz-Ella shows up. We fondly gave her this nickname because she fondly chases (& terrorizes) the chickens. But really she loves them, she just doesn't quite know how to express that love. Poor chickens? Perhaps, but I'm leaning towards no.

10-on-10: September

1. Good morning, Sunday. 2. The boys & their game.

3. The girl & her puzzles.

4. Found my reflection in a tiny-hand smeared mirror.

5. Where's the hat?

6. Cove & I went fishing.

7. Snack time.

8. Tajin, the spice for popcorn.

9. We canned cases of salmon.

10. Goodnight, Sunday. 

Now head to Alberta to complete our circle, with Michel's post.