Maia’s Blog

Lexi picked out her clothes to wear to school this morning…a pink long sleeved velour dress, with multi-colored striped tights and her new white and purple Nike tennis shoes.  She says to us, “I am going to wear my pink dress and striped tights and new shoes and you’re going to call me rainbow girl” - can you [...]

colorfull, yet, very not loud,
calm and quiet, it screams peace,
the red leaves on the path
meet the red of the heart,
the white light pierce the fog
gently floating away from the water,
is it nature? still, civilisation is so there,
the stone bridge, between every contrast.
the light shows next to the shadows of the trees,
but the stone link is [...]

staying in the lines…i know! we were impressed as well. especially because literally, she was coming home with scribbles in september and early october. then one day on november she came home and her coloring was drastically improved. I asked her about and she said “miss trish [one of her teachers] [...]

i know the feeling (about getting permission…) but, chin up! if it is any consolation, i get permission more and more these days (for more things than just doing her hair).

I have been allowed to put pig-tails in Annika’s hair exactly twice. (She’s turning 3 in July, for the record). I have absolutely no idea why I was permitted on those two – and only two – mornings, but it’s a shame because her hair is so damn cute when it’s up! *sigh*

Wow! Her ability to stay in the lines is truly impressive! Is Daddy really less smiley than Mommy, even when he has a happy sun to hang out with?

yeah – cracked me up that she didn’t want it “wrinkly”. i bet she doesn’t let me braid it for a while because she won’t want it wrinkly.

Wrinkly hair!! heehee!
I remember when Jessi and I were little we would take a bath and then sit on the floor in the living room while my Mom brushed and braided or hair so i would be nice and “wrinkly” the next day.

Beautiful work Lexi:)

Today when I picked Lexi up from school, the monthly update letter was in her go-home file.  In the lette her teacher, Ms. Cindy, explains what the class has been working on and what they will be learning:  that the class cooked Stone Soup (if you don’t know the story, you can read one version [...]