Goddard Open House
Another busy Saturday! This morning I had to step out early to get my hair done, while Brandon and the kids headed to Lowes for another Build and Grow event! Today Brian built a Pizza Planet delivery car, as featured in the Toy Story movies. Poor Kendall had to watch from her stroller! Brian had been begging for a key from the custom key cutting area in Lowes–a house key printed with an M&M pattern. Brandon gave in, and even had it cut for him–so now Brian has his first...
Read MoreSummertime
Ah, summer–when we get piles and piles of sweet corn in our Produce Box, and the kids have Splash Day at Goddard School once a week. It’s so much fun for the kids, getting to go to school in their swimsuits–but as excited as they are, they can get distracted by the cat piano. Sometimes you just have to jam a little before school, I guess! We’re having a lot of sweet corn lately, and Kendall will no longer tolerate her corn being cut off the cob. She reacts with all...
Read MoreNew Shoes!
It’s new shoes day at the Perkins household–and not to be totally predictable, but it’s Hello Kitty and Star Wars! 🙂 I thought they were so cute together. Kendall was very cute this morning, rocking out to the toy radio. She seems pretty proud of her new Kitty shoes! Also, here’s a picture of one of Brian’s many artworks on the wall at school. I love it when his teachers transcribe his narratives of what his drawings are about. I can tell they do it with as...
Read MoreRoot Retrospective, 2012-2013
Brian’s teacher, Ms. Sarah Catherine, was wonderfully kind and sent us these photos from Brian’s 2012-2013 school year at Root! I could (and often do!) sing her praises for days, as a lot of you well know. We really do credit her with so much of Brian’s success and amazing progress over the past 2+ years. She’s helped Brandon and me to become better parents, offering evening seminars and workshops based on Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline program....
Read MorePopsicles!
With the top floor’s air conditioning unit being broken for the past few days (why does this sort of thing always happen around a holiday?!) it finally became unbearable upstairs.. So, we had a family sleepover, together on the middle level. Brandon and I had the pull-out couch, Brian had the other couch, and Kendall (to her great displeasure) was in the pack’n’play. Not the most comfortable, but we made the most of it! The kids made all sorts of pillow forts and blanket...
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