MonsterFool

Please Mind the Gap

Mar 23, 2011

This video is likely of interest only to me, but I wanted to preserve it, because it is so representative of our time in the UK: a train ride through green and wet countryside, Sam gazing out the window, and my reading of a book (in this case, Watership Down) interrupted by the automatic train lady voice reminding us …

22 March 2011 Back to the UK

Mar 23, 2011

As I write this, AC is now on an airplane (hopefully asleep!) bound for London.

21 March 2011 Bookworms

Mar 22, 2011

20 March 2011 First Day of Spring

Mar 21, 2011

This is Sam’s poem for the first day of spring (I have normalized the spelling): Flowers Grow in the Spring twirling in the sunshine Look at them

19 March 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book

Mar 20, 2011

I attended a couple of sessions on children’s book publishing at the awesome (and free!) Virginia Festival of the Book today.

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

15 March 2011 MGV

Mar 20, 2011

“MGV” stands for “Moto Ã grande vitesse,” which means “high speed motorcycle.” That’s what we called this bike back in CA. It arrived today, the last of our belongings from the Golden State, and AC was pretty darned thrilled. He’s really not happy unless he’s doing something dangerous.

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.