Be Still and Listen

to the equal, rhythmic bass of my feet

to the wind filling my lungs, keeping to the beat on the pavement

to the tiny cymbals that are my earrings, ching-chinging with every step

to the singing of the stream that runs along side me

to the high, stuttering solo of a kingfisher

to the warblers' duet

to the sigh of relief in a hot shower

This is the symphony heard on a morning jog when ipod batteries are dead.

Guest Blogger

I have a guest blogger! isent that cool. And my mom is making me tipe four lines. But I am going to make a volcano with my guest blogger. If I don't leave Ituns alone my mom will make me lisen to the song I don't like. And trust me its inoing. The song is sung by two people. Its contry I think but i'm not sure but I'm prity sure it's contry.

How to Have the Perfect Snow Day

1. Bundle up!
2. Get a fire going.

3. Catch some flakes.


4. Beware the slippery walk!

5. Invite a friend to play.

6. Bake cookies.

7. Play, play, play.


8. Thaw.


9. Drink cocoa.

10. Repeat.

On Friday we have to make a volcano so thats going to be fun.The math test I had was hard and easy at the same time.The way you make a volcano is you nead a plastic bottle some self harding clay thats all I know so far. I think making a volcano will be fun because its a craft and I like crafts. My mom is making me type more. She is also making me lisen to music I don't like. The songs are really weird.One even said '' drems ''.

happy holidays

what I love most about the holidays is watching a movie with a cup of hot coco, sitting next to th fire. I love it when it's flurrying out side but nice and cozy inside. I remember a long time ago that on Christmas day my whole family could go out side in short-sleves and take a picture. I didn't like that Christmas so much. I made my presents for my family. I'm seeing my Grandparents this saturday for breakfast. My grandma is coming over to make cookies tomorrow. I'm super excited because her cookies are the best!
I am reading "to kill a mocking bird" right now.At first i didn't like it so much because it was hard to understand. I'm on chapter 6 and i like it more.

Its a two-fer

Two posts in one day!! How can anyone be so lucky?!?
We had a wonderful day yesterday. One of those days when I thought over and over that if we weren't home schooling we would never do this.
My new friend (see previous post) called on Thursday and invited us to go with her to the harbor for the Army-Navy pep rally. Even though the decision to HS was partially about "doing those things we never get to do" it was still difficult to step out of that comort zone of home to pack everyone up on a winter day and head downtown knowing that it would exhaust us all and we still had a party to go to that evening. Oh well, what the heck.
What a terrific day spent cheering, watching, exploring and laughing.
Yes, we were exhausted when we got home. Yes, the Sambino missed his sanity-saving nap. Yes, I had very little time or energy to make the brownies, make the ornament, make the kids shower, make them eat. Yes, there was about 30 minutes of hell for everyone at the party when Sambino just crashed (thank goodness for his brother and their game of tackle).
And, NO, there is not one eensy-weensy bit of regret for any of it.

A bit late but still thankful...

For the wonderful chaos that family and dogs and holidays bring.
For the weekly walks with my kids and various companions.
For technology.
For ham shoved into rawhide.
For my handsome man returning safely from his travels.

I hope everyone had a most wonderful Thanksgiving. Are you looking forward to Christmas?