This weekend, I sheparded my ten-year-old son through part of a school project. As the 3-d portion of the display, he wanted to make a Japanese dragon. Not easy! First, we had to talk about the materials. He didn’t like the idea of paper maché or plaster of paris. He wanted real clay, and not play clay either but the real deal. I’m very thankful that there was a Michaels Arts and Crafts store nearby. It was raining and cold,…
Ben went trick or treating with his friends this year. They all had the exact same costume! The only trick or treaters that braved our vertical driveway were two of his friends – and one of those had the same costume too! Here is our beautiful clone soldier boy:
Mommy brag warning! Our son’s “Google doodle” made the cut and he is one of only six finalists at his elementary school to have the opportunity to enter the big Google contest. The contest theme is “What if…”. The kids had a template of the Google logo, and then designed their own drawings around it. At Google we believe in thinking big, and dreaming big, and we can’t think of anything more important than encouraging students to do the same….
Ben has named the kitten Lila. She is thriving, and very cute. I can hear Ben’s peals of laughter when they play together. Last night, he fell asleep on the couch – she was nestled in on his neck, with one little paw resting on his chin. Awww.
Ben got the Citizen of the Month Award (for August) at his Elementary School. Awwww. (We could even almost overlook that they spelled his name “Benjamim” on the award.)
In Memory of Little One: Little One 1989 – March 29, 2006. She lived to be 17. My cat Little One was “named” during the time that I was working on my MA in Philosophical Theology and Ethics. It was important to me to affirm “just a little one,” especially as a counterweight to all the reading and talk about a big, universal, all-knowing one. I took her to the vet because she appeared to have a hole in her…