What happens when you’re cooped up in a house for days on end. You start being crafty just to keep from losing your mind.
Pattern via instructables.com.
Category: Neko
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Saturday morning science
My children, you should know that not everyone’s life is like this. Not everyone has a dad who turns cardboard boxes into houses complete with chimneys and mailboxes. Not everyone has a dad who pulls out amps and microphones and turns our living room into a concert venue. Most kids don’t have a dad who dusts off the sewing machine and makes capes on a whim.
This morning as I sipped my coffee, I watched him tearing apart an old hard drive, flanked by the three of you, each holding a screwdriver or a set of pliers.
Your lives are bound to be full of crazy. But based on the last eight years, it’s mostly all the goood kind of crazy with some crazy crazy mixed in. Not a bad deal if you ask me.
Happy anniversary.
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Comic book workshop
I looked down from cleaning up in the loft to see Tom leading a comic book workshop. Everyone was hard at work at their own comic books.
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Photo shoot gone terribly wrong
I had on a white shirt and my pajama bottoms. And then Neko came out all excited that she’d put on a white shirt and pajama bottoms. Of course, then Shep and Ellery had to get in on the act.
And I was all like, “We should get a photo of this!”
Things I’ve learned:
1. Our kitchen at night has hopeless lighting.
2. I should probably adjust the settings before I hand Tom my camera in hopeless lighting.
3. Our kids never stand still.
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Oy, soccer.
Soccer. It seemed like a slam dunk for Neko. Constant running. Kicking of a ball. There’s even a good friend on her team!
But soccer? Neko hates it.
I’m not sure if it’s that it’s organized activity. Or that she’s not the best one on the team. Or that she has sports-challenged parents who haven’t properly immersed her in sport. But omigosh, this season has been a struggle.
She begrudgingly follows along at practices, and at games she stands stock still in her position, sometimes picking dandelions. But the minute the hour is up, she comes dribbling the ball to me like she’s been doing it all her life.
Mid-October cannot come soon enough.
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Tagged and ready to fly
One of the dads at Neko’s school is involved in Monarch Watch, a program dedicated to the conservation and research of monarch butterflies. At the back-to-school picnic, he made sure every child could took home a caterpillar (or six) to watch the process up close and personal.
When the butterflies emerge, the kids can bring them to school to be tagged before they are released. I brought our new friends to school when I picked up Neko. They were tagged, but, um, not released.
Tomorrow, someone has promised me. You know, after she’s done loving them.
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Car wash
Sheesh. I’m feeling like Boring Mom these days. Every time I turn around, Tom is doing something fun and inventive with the kids. Today while I was putting together the shards of my sanity, he held a car wash with the kids.
Watermelon. Car washes. Never know what you might get yourself into when you head down our driveway…
