a day for love and peace

"Love is the key 

to the problems of the world."

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Love is everywhere."                                Grace                                    February 2011

feeling love

I've learned that people will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget how you made them feel.

-Maya Angelou

terrific tuesday

"Hey, I could grow up in there and take care of the baby raccoons! Are you allowed to kiss their baby mouses? Can you ask them if I can do that?"

coffee's coffee

Ryan has a new hobby that doesn't involve bamboo or a glucose meter.

It is making us all so joyful!

"Wow, that has almost half crema." Grace

"I'm going to give you a big hug for that!" Dada

a ghost for Halloween

"Do you know that I have a Halloween birthday in August?"

to brighten your day

Don't worry about a thing

cause every little thing is gonna be alright!

--Bob Marley

xoxo love you honey

my little gardener

Emily is taking after her sister in her pure love of gardening. I had a very proud mama moment the other day when we were invited over to a neighbor's Octoberfest party. Grace and Emily were outside admiring their yard when Emily stroked their herb garden, enhaled a deep breath and said "Ahhhhhhh, wosemawee." 

Things I Overheard Today

Do you know my favorite letter? J!
Do you know my favorite number? You can't even count to it!
I love my mom infinity plus plus times plus times plus times times plus infinity!
You can't even count to that!
Do you know Emily's favorite thing of yoga, which we call baby yoga? Downward facing dog. Whenever she is sad, she just does Downyard Facing Dog.
Emily do you want to show him?
Oh, that was slobber. Did you see that slobber sliding down?

How does a great story begin?

"Once upon a time,
long, long ago,
when our aunts and ancestors were alive....."

First Tooth!

Emily got her first tooth today! Bottom, right.

I know Em looks a bit shocked in the photo above. 

She must have been surprised to receive such a prestigious honor. 

Grace: "Here Emily. These are your Nobel Prizes (aka Pup Pup and Captain Blue Bear.) 

Wilbur is my Nobel Prize."

I have no doubt that these girls are going to do amazing things!

Tiny Toes and a Great Big Smile

"Dada, that is you with pokey hairs...and your great big smile."

A Royal Wedding

I had the luxury of shopping alone at the farmer's market this weekend while Ryan took care of the girls. They spent hours making crowns for everyone we know. When I got home I gave Gracie a bouquet of narcissus. She gave me a huge hug and kiss and immediately turned to Ryan and said "Dad, will you marry me?"

And then she wanted to keep them by the changing table for Emily. Such a generous and thoughtful girl!

Solutions

G: Mama, how can we make mud for Wilbur?

B: We should make a brown silky!

G: Why?

B: Then we could pretend that the silky is mud.

G: I have a better solution. Let's make a big hole in our ceiling and put dirt all over the floor. Then when it rains, it will mix with the dirt and make MUD!

Yes, that would be a much better solution. Why didn't I think of that?

Just a Little Work

Nothing like working on the Joule Class Laser System in the morning. 

So she wants to be an astronaut physicist, a humanitarian and a mama. Good choices. 

You'll love this one honey

Gracie and I made shadow puppets last night with the guidance of one of our great Christmas presents (Thanks Auntie Beth!) Everyday is a Holiday - Year-Round Crafting with Kids. 


Punxsutawney Phil talking to the owl: "Okay Bob. Bye Bye."

It looks like she will love Cusack as much as we do!

The girl is mine.

We are listening to The Essential Michael Jackson and one of my favorites from Michael and Paul McCartney, The Girl is Mine.

Grace: Brook, This is my song to you.
Brook: The girl is mine?
Grace: Yes, I love you more than anything. I love you more than the whole university.

Is That Rudolph?

We found this fun blinking red nose at Restoration Hardware. They have really fun vintage stocking stuffers for those of you doing last minute shopping. We are getting so excited about Christmas here in the Coffee Cottage but Gracie said "I'm really excited about Christmas...but I am really, REALLY excited about Santa Barbara!" Maybe Ryan should be looking for a position at UCSB!?!

Dear Santa

Protection

B: Let's put on our raincoats and hike to collect some holly for the mantlepiece.
G: I also want to hike to the buckeye forest
B: We need to wait for daddy
G: Why?
B: Well, I get too nervous hiking by ourselves because of the mountain lion
G: Well, we can just take the kazoo with us!

I Like...

Grace: I like Christmas,Halloween and Wednesdays. Oh, and I like fish.