myla – Page 30 – See Jane Blog

news to me: it is a massachusetts state law, that as a parent, you are not allowed to take photos of your child, their school, or any of the activities/events. this is to protect the children/parents from unwanted exposure.

so, i will not be posting any photos this year of such events.

however, when sela started her preschool this fall, because she was a brand-new-student, she was required to attend two “visits” prior to school starting. during these visits i was told it was the only time i could photograph her at school + one of her teachers. so, i took advantage of the opportunity —

these visits were organized by the school for her to go through their entire daily routine in about half-the-time,

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we are not a very outdoorsy family by most definitions of outdoorsy.

we are a sportsy-active-family, but we avoid most camping/hiking/biking/anything that has’t to do with the REI-store-in general.
it’s just better that way. most of the times we’ve attempted river rafting, camping, biking – it ends in some sort of disaster.

having that said, i will still get the occasional itch to do something outdoorsy.

this time, it involved me BEGGING my family all day to go on a bike ride.
no one wanted to go.

husband actually told me in the middle of the afternoon,
“it just sounds so difficult & inconvenient…”

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we prepared…

then we waited, and waited, and waited for the eye of the storm…
while waiting:
we walked in the rain,
we did a little more unpacking,
we cleaned the house,
we cooked lots of food,
we filled our bath-tubs to store extra water,
we were lazy…

and, not much else happened.

in our neck of the woods, lots of old trees fell. tree branches were broken and covered the streets and yards,
but nothing more that couldn’t be cleaned up in a day.

…quite simply, it turned out to be two solid days of rain, giving us a good reason to stay inside.

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…thanks to katie {again!!!} we discovered nahant beach.
it takes thirty minutes to drive from our front door to this sun-loved-destination.

do you know what i love best about a good beach?

when my toes are in the sand, and the sun is hot on my skin, i feel still and peaceful and so very carefree. it’s good…that thoughtless state of relaxation that must come periodically to recharge our senses.

my little beach-lovin’-son really likes this place,
i could listen to him and my girls laughing in the salt air,

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we have this little tradition:
our kids take turns going with husband on his work trips to the philippines.

it’s really a win/win for husband and the kids. big papi gets homesick and really starts to miss us while taking 2-3 week work trips & having a kiddo with him totally helps + it’s very important to us {if you haven’t noticed} that we get our kids out-n-about in the world, we want them to love/respect other countries – admire people everywhere – and really have a good understanding/experience of the world around us. so, these little trips conquer multiple areas of good.

we have gone through the cycle once in this order: myla*kiana*kj, {unfortunatley,

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i love new challenges, starting lines, monday mornings, knowing there’s room for bigger and better.

…exciting in that first-day-of-school kind of way. when the pencils are freshly sharpened, the backpack is organized and the notebooks are waiting to be filled —

it’s called potential, and i like it.

my kiddos are standing at the front of the line for huge potential this year, and already i’ve witnessed their growth. they are constantly treading outside of their comfort zones. and, that. that is pushing them to succeed.

we have had some very cool surprises while preparing to go to school here. for example, kiana considered taking a year off of dance to have more time available to take classes in photoshop/design –

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sela’s preschool.

boston by bicycle

our weekend with irene.

nahant beach.

philippines.

first day of school in bahston.