Channel Sam

5 October 2012 Preparations for the Mystery Party

Oct 6, 2012

The mystery is how I am going to pull this birthday party off. Next year we’re just going to the park.

4 October 2012 Gap Tooth Girl Redux

Oct 5, 2012

3 October 2012 Grand-mÃ¨re’s New Wheels

Oct 4, 2012

2 October 2012 Seven!

Oct 3, 2012

Happy Birthday, Sammy!

1 October 2012 Team Orange Huddle

Oct 2, 2012

It never rained the entire time we were in Seattle. So of course it rains our first day back in Charlottesville. That didn’t stop team orange from putting the moves on team white, though.

27 September 2012 Gap Tooth Girl

Sep 30, 2012

Sam lost her third tooth while we were sitting at Charlottesville airport, our flight delayed. Tooth fairy will need to find her in Seattle tonight! (Unless our flight is delayed for much longer…)

26 September 2012 Aunt Skip at the Little Gym

Sep 27, 2012

25 September 2012 Collaboration

Sep 26, 2012

Our local homeschool group has a weekly park meet-up on Tuesdays. Today we went to Pen Park. Behind the playground is a forested area with a bit of a clearing. The kids were thrilled to discover a stick hut there. They happily played until some older boys kicked them out, claiming a stronger tie to ownership: “Our …

24 September 2012 Best Buds

Sep 25, 2012

Happy Birthday to Susie!

21 September 2012 Sick Day Drawing

Sep 22, 2012

During one of her more active periods during a mostly feverish day, Sam asked me for a photograph of an animal that she could copy. I dug up this old one of kitten Camus from the mid-90s. I think Sam definitely captured something of him, but he does look a little forlorn– perhaps the artist infused some of her own …