Family News

We have come to the end of our second day on the flooring project and the girls (I too, to a lesser extent) already have cabin fever.
I never realized how much more exercise (or at least movement) was available in a house this size, and suddenly being constrained to the least open areas has been [...]

A family from our church did a “special” for the service tonight, with their pre-school son playing along on his 1/4-size cello. Natasha was riveted.
After it was over I asked her if she’d like to learn guitar to play like Beren does (the idea of early lessons has been batted around) and she responded [...]

Growing up each of us kids received an ornament at Christmas, usually representing something significant that had happened or changed. When each of us left home, Mom gave us our bucket of ornaments for our own tree.
I’ve started a similar collection (at least, so far I’ve managed a representative “first Christmas” ornament for each [...]

The girls (especially Natasha) are always trying to stretch out bedtime (as in, the amount of time it takes for me to leave).
Tonight I was leaning over the head of Natasha’s bed, while she tried to think of something to say. My face was less than a foot from hers, and she started studying [...]

I didn’t realize how long it’s been since I did an update on Elisha’s growth.
He’s mobile now, though only in reverse, so Jay and I are again being reminded how much we need to keep the floor clean and clear. We’ve had a few gagging episodes even after we cleaned up, and have found [...]

(Posted simultaneously at Untangling Tales.)
I am officially limiting myself.
I “flipped a coin” (it wasn’t a literal coin, I was driving) and– as I’ve noticed in the past– found while it was in the air what it was I really wanted.

Storytelling is on-hold. Maybe for a decade. Lord willing, I will eventually return.

Piano is [...]

I did a couple silly things this morning:

Meaning to press the ice lever for a cube in my hand (I usually put ice in Melody’s porridge so she doesn’t have to wait as long to eat it) I pressed the water lever [...]