Channel Sam

18 March 2011 EugÃ©nie et Pascal en Virginie

Mar 20, 2011

Poor EugÃ©nie and Pascal. They’ve moved around nearly as much as we have–from the Bay Area to Brighton to Charlottesville–as has my little kid French class, which debuted today. We had 12 kids, ages 1-8. Mon Dieu!

17 March 2011 Leprechaun Gold

Mar 20, 2011

Benjamin and Sam hunt for Leprechaun’s booty at Meade Park on St. Patrick’s Day.

16 March 2011 Green Goo

Mar 20, 2011

14 March 2011 Midway Matinee

Mar 20, 2011

Midway through the semester, parents are invited into the gym to watch the kids do their thing.

11 March 2011 Rexy Gets Low

Mar 12, 2011

And thinks about pouncing on the toy Sam is dangling. We’re cat sitting this weekend and Sam is thrilled. “You take care of the food and water and litter box, Mom,” she says, gesturing dismissively. “I’ll handle the playing.”

8 March 2011 Greenleaf Park

Mar 9, 2011

7 March 2011 The Little Gym

Mar 8, 2011

6 March 2011 What the House Looked Like on a Rainy Sunday

Mar 7, 2011

2 March 2011 Circle Time

Mar 3, 2011

28 February 2011 The Indoor Playground

Mar 1, 2011

I can’t decide what cracks me up more: the fact that there’s an indoor playground in Charlottesville’s “Fashion Square” Mall (very handy on a rainy day) or the fact that it’s Jeffersonian themed. Notice the stack of “books” that Sam and Benjamin are climbing on. One of them is a “Jefferson Bible.” Right outside of J.C. …