A collection of memories, stories, recipes and dreams.
Written by a former actress/event planner/caregiver woman who is currently mama/wife/teacher/social activity organizer and is obsessed with travel, cooking, her family and finding a life outside of the label.
Sam's Open House
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Usually open house at the montessori school happens the day before Christmas break. This year, the montessori school teacher/director was in a car crash and open house was postponed until last Thursday. Michael and Sam and I dressed up, dropped Davis off at my grandparents' house with his kindle fire and drove to the Montessori school for our very last open house. Sam took us to his table and showed us two of his works. The first was contractions, where he matched up words with their contractions. The second was the metal dot board where he added three huge numbers together and did the carrying. We were very impressed. Then he took us to the side room and served us a plate of food that the children had prepared. Sam had even made a vegan cheese ball. It was very sweet and on the way home, Samuel, who had told us we didn't really have to go if we didn't want to, told us it was the best day of his life.
The times, they are a'changing. I think it might be time to start something new. I have the idea that I want to start a new travel website/blog. I want it to be fancy and pretty. It will be a place to focus all my travel obsession/passion. I will blog our trips there and talk about travel with children. I will post when I find places that I want to travel to and I will post when I find great travel deals. I will talk about the points game too. I want to talk about Generational Travel. I want to talk about traveling with small children, but I also want to talk about how it is to travel with my dad and my grandparents. I haven't been able to find any websites out there that talk about travel with alzheimers and I think it would be helpful to some people. Katie already told me she'd help with my social media. (sure, with all her spare time. ;)) This blog has been my journal for seven years. I have loved keeping a record of my family here. Each year, when I rec...
We have a new roof. Our tile roof was supposed to last a lifetime, but it was put on incorrectly and so we've been fighting leaks ever since we moved in. We had some bids offered on both a new tile roof or on several different types of metal. We chose a metal roof because I grew up with a metal roof and loved it and because it was less expensive than the tile. It took the crew seven working days to take off the tile and put up the new roof. They did a great job and we really love it. We were worried at first that it wouldn't be as beautiful, but we really do like it. Now I want to repaint the front door though.
First, Sam. Sam is in such a sweet stage right now. Gentle, giving, fun, sweet, easy. He loves to cuddle and share. He's talking a ton now and growing so fast. He's learning to ride a bike and yesterday and twice today, he pooped in the potty! He's only 21 months!!! He's working on his two year old molars and has been carrying around an old metal rattle to chew on. This morning he accidentally whacked Davis on the head with it. Davis cried and I pulled him in my lap. Sam ran over and crawled up next to us on the couch. "What happened?", he asked, deeply concerned. I explained that he had hurt his brother. Sammy said, "So Sorry, Dadis. Hug.", and gave him a big hug. Then he said to Davis, "I loves you.". I've never heard him say he loved anything or anyone and I was so touched to hear him say it to his brother. He would follow Davis anywhere and does. He leaps from the couch after Davis and tromps through the grass. He ex...
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