“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
kiana: is trying-out for her high school softball team tomorrow! she’s been practicing with big papi all week.
myla: enjoys cleaning the garage.
kj: prefers to smile without showing his teeth. always has.
sela: refuses to wear socks. always has.
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since i arrived home from Alt. summit in January i have been making my way through the business cards i collected from all the incredible people i met. since doing so, i decided 2013 would be a good year to add a blog roll to seejaneblog that includes many of my well-loved favorite bloggers {mostly friends} and some of the new virtual connections. while i am post-surgery resting, working on a few other upcoming events and projects, and spring cleaning… this will give you time {months actually!} to peruse these blogs. also, i am currently updating my google reader {did you know google reader retires on July 1st? any recommendations on what to do???}, please share your favorite blogs in the comment section below if they are not included on my list!
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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
kiana: likes to paint her fingernails. sometimes, a few times a week.
myla: my pot o gold!
kj: loves the Beattles. he knows every word to songs i’ve never heard.
sela: recently started tucking her hair behind her ear. with those front teeth missing, she’s growing up. boo.
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this past weekend, i was craving family time and a road trip, so we combined those two and headed to central massachusetts to visit the williams farm sugarhouse:
the smell of maple is billowing out the top of the sugarhouse…
boiling the fresh maple:
have you ever visited a sugarhouse? do you have a favorite one in the northeast? i’d love to know. those williams farm waffles were worth every minute of the two hour drive…
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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
kiana: has serious skills when it comes to french-braiding hair.
myla: is a book worm. the girl read so many novels this past fall i banned her from reading in december, hoping to encourage her to be more social! we had guests in october that said she was like having a ghost in the house, you could just spot her moving from one favorite reading spot to another, quietly doing her thing.
kj: i gave him one lesson on how to make crepes,
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i don’t even know where to begin.
and so i sit here, just staring at the screen, wanting so badly to be able to take this storm of feelings and find words that are worthy.
my baby girl turned fifteen years old yesterday.
for starters, we had our traditional family celebration pre-breakfast…
we are following a new trend to have a tower of donuts in place of a cake… for now, our kiddos seem to love it. {and it saves time!}
party favors for the younger siblings…
yesterday was a really rough day emotionally.
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