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Archive for March, 2009

The Codfish Ball

We have enrolled Chuckles in Barclay dance classes. 
The pictures on the site say it all! It’s a white glove affair, a cross between dancing and finishing school.  We had to enroll her with a suitably aged male partner as…you might guess…the girls have more interest in this activity than the boys.
Jaden, her partner happens to [...]

Speed’s Mural

This is Speed’s (5yo son) first mural! 
Inspiration was Uncle Mike’s great work at the hospital.  See an example below Speed’s Mural!
We are loving Uncle Mike’s paintings.
Chuckles is also making one and Speed is on his second. 
It’s a blustery ol’ day, today. 
The children are spending the day in the woods.  Apparently they are going to making [...]

Hugo Cabret

Have you read Hugo Cabret?  It’s a fabulous book, full of intrigue and beautifully illustrated by the author Brian Selznick.  We just came back from our book club night at the Pequot library in Southport (CT). All of us read the book, and Speed (5 yo son) was extremely happy to be included on this [...]

The Element

I finally started The Elementtoday by Ken Robinson. This YouTube clip summarizes it.  I’m excited to finish it in some hammock in this beautiful spring weather…or Starbucks!  Either one.

Di Vinci Competition

Chuckles (9 year old daughter) and I have been kicking ideas around about what we should enter for the DiVinci Art exhibition/fundraiser coming up.  The theme is rulers…yes the kind you draw lines with…however the imagination is the limit to how that is interpreted.
Idea 1.    Tripod (made of rulers), black wooden camera on tripod with [...]

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