This evening we took our second annual trip with our homeschooling coop group to a local assisted living center to spread some holiday cheer. The kids sang their songs and distributed treats they had baked to the residents. It was a lot of fun. Aidan was rehearsing all week for the big day. He sang [...]
christmas caroling 2009
December 19th, 2009
2 Comments
Tags: holidays · performance · service-learning · singing · video · volunteering
an hour with ted kooser on a saturday morning
November 7th, 2009
No Comments
This morning Aidan (my six year old son) and I sat for an hour together watching Ted Kooser read his poetry to a packed hall at UC Santa Barbara in August of 2005. Kooser has such a gentle and honest style. He helps us notice the simple magnificence that surrounds us all. It was an [...]
Tags: performance · poetry · reading · video
busy week photo roundup
May 23rd, 2009
2 Comments
It’s been a busy week with many activities.We had gymnastics on Saturday; visited a farm with friends Autumn and Clay Monday afternoon, and then checked out cousin Sean’s play that evening. Tuesday morning Aidan and I continued building and painting a Pinewood Derby car that we started a while back. He enjoyed working the Dremel [...]
Tags: animals · art · classes · friends · nature · performance · photos · socializing · sports · theater
