Channel Sam

26 September 2013 Eight Inches

Sep 27, 2013

A while ago (a long while ago…) Sam announced that she wanted to grow her hair long and donate it to Locks of Love. Two of her friends have done it and it sounded like a great idea at time (oh so long ago). We have regular battles about hair care now. Our solution of late has been to keep Sam’s hair in braids nearly …

24 September 2013 Mini Pond Ecosystems

Sep 25, 2013

Today was the final day of the Lakes, Ponds and Rivers class at the Green Adventure Project. The kids had two challenges today: 1) make a water filter out of ordinary household materials and filter dirty pond water, and 2) construct a dam in the stream. Sam’s favorite thing about the class was that the teachers let the …

23 September 2013 A Secret Gift

Sep 24, 2013

Sam spent all afternoon working on a secret birthday present for Susie. Shhhhh….

22 September 2013 Cotton the Kid

Sep 23, 2013

Baby goats are unbelievably cute, kind of like puppies with hooves.

20 September 2013 Corn on the Clothesline

Sep 21, 2013

Because I’m crazy. Last year, after Sam’s mystery theme birthday party, I swore up and down that NEXT year we would do something simple–like go to the park. This year, we are going to the park (yay, follow-through!) but then Sam says, “I want us to play fun games… like tag and hide and seek.” “OK!” I say. “We can do …