Creepy Crawlies

We spent Saturday morning at a playdate for El Rio, a new charter school in the neighborhood. When they were not learning about Waldorf play the kids spent the morning pretending to be spiders.

In Their Element

It can be hard taking photos of the kids these days. They like to pick out their own clothes. They avoid having their hair brushed like the plague. Smiling for the camera is more like trying to scare a predator off. J. did manage to capture these photos of the kids in their natural environments. Here is Sadie at 7:30am this morning. This is her version of dressing for school.

This is a photo of Jack on a hike to Switzer Falls this weekend. He could not be happier than when he is swinging a giant stick around. He could have done this for hours.

Art

While I know that there is a bigger audience for photos of the kids, I feel compelled to also share the wonderful art that the kids have been making. Last week when I picked up the kids they were soooo excited to show me the "flying boats" they had made at school. It turns out that one of the moms at the Playhouse who runs an art studio for kids will now be volunteering once a week to lead an art class with the kids. The flying boat sculptures were their first project. Sadie's boat is the middle photo and Jack's is the very phallic-looking sculpture on the bottom. Who knew that you could do so much with cocktail umbrellas, cardboard, clay, straws and strips of cloth? These sculptures are now proudly displayed on our mantel.

Sadie has also just this week started drawing people. The pencil drawing at the top is a family. She is very excited to now be able to draw letters, numbers and people. Tonight we drew a picture together of the four of us. Her addition was to draw Jack holding his dad's and my hands. It was very cute.

Franklin Canyon

I've been solo with the kids this weekend while J. works. As a result I don't have any pics from this weekend, but J. did get some great shots when he took the kids on a nature walk last weekend in Franklin Canyon. J. joked that these could be the beginning of their band shots.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all our loved ones! We miss you so. Sadie and Jack have been talking about Valentine's Day since Christmas. They made these drawings and paintings for all their wonderful grandparents a few weeks ago, but I never found time to make it to the post office. Sorry :( Fortunately through the wonders of digital photography we can preserve the Valentine's Day creations forever and share them with our many loved ones. We hope that your Valentine's is filled with lots of love and good things to eat! xoxoxo