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Blog posts tagged with Simon

Truth Be Told

The other day Simon came home from school, walked into the house, and told me "My star was in yellow today." His school uses a star program. Essent...

Seen + Overheard.

[ meeting storm troopers prior to marching in the Eugene Celebration parade ] To the bus driver as he boarded yesterday morning: "Shelia! Shelia! G...

Quieting Children's Fears.

[ First day of first grade : 09.03.08 ] As I was surfing around some of my favorite blogs this morning one of the things I noticed was a common thr...

Dear Simon,

Today you begin First Grade. Yesterday we all went together to the Open House to meet your teacher and visit your new classroom. You were so excite...

Overheard.

Overheard while putting on his airplane jammies with the long tight sleeves that are kinda tough to pull-on: "I can do it cause I'm a boy." That wa...

It's pretty unbelievable that Simon is finishing his last day in Kindergarten today. Chris took this shot of him last week when I was in Houston. R...

I had one of those experiences with Simon last night on our way to the swimming pool reminding me once again that he is just downright awesome. Dri...

Simon's Evening.

Dinner : simple bagel + cream cheese, apple, orange juice Dessert : chocolate chip cookies hot from the oven Bath : hot soapy Bert's Bees bubble ba...

Celebrating.

This is definitely one of the reasons I love photos & words and the creative process of putting them together. This is so Simon right now. And ...

Possibilities.

Once again I am enchanted by the possibilities of stories to be told.  I got a bunch of photos in the mail yesterday that I had uploaded for p...

CHA + Valentines.

CHA Experience 2008 The Craft + Hobby Association trade show is a BIG show. It literally takes days to walk through and it is completely possible t...

Six.

Big time excitement around here yesterday and today. Simon is six. Yesterday we had a party with five other little kids and a bunch of adults and f...

Me: Hey Simon, what should we get Auntie Liz for Christmas? Him: The race cars. Me: How about Uncle John? Him: The Thomas Tent. Me: How about Grand...