A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
There is so much I love about this shot. Sitting on his pogo stick examining a rock (Mom! it's a rectangle prism!). This was a fun day spent outside climbing trees, watching the leaves fall and taking in the sites, sounds and smells of Autumn.
A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
I was really tempted to you use a brooding pic of Soren as 'Lego Batman', but he was SOOOO pumped about his big bed, I had to use one of these shots. Too much! Growing oh, too fast!
However, here are some bat ears popping out!
Your Mom gives you a sewing machine.
Well - buys a NEW sewing machine. Life has been a little nutty around these parts the past couple weeks, and that is putting it mildly. To distract me from my currently messy life, I decided to dive into Soren's costume this year.
Initially the little man wanted to be C3PO - not quite sure how he became familiar with the character, but none the less that is what we were planning on creating. THEN, he decided that Batman would be pretty cool. And since Soren is only familiar with the Lego character Batman - his idea of the Dark Knight has a yellow face and severe eye brows. So we rocked it.
Soren has his first Pre-K classmate B-day party this weekend and of course the theme IS: you guessed it - Lego Superheroes. I thought - how perfect! even more of an excuse to start diving in early!
Last year, I made Soren a stegosaurus costume on the my mom's first machine. I love that machine, really I do. But I started with my first stitches and couldn't get through! On par with my daily challenges these days. I tried different needles, thread, tension - you name it. Finally I called my Mom in a panic. 'I have 25 dollars of knit fabric and I can't do anything with it!'. She'd had it.
My Mom calmly explained 'Sweetie. That machine is 37 years old! I am so glad that you've been using it, but I am buying you a new one.' And that was it. She called an order in for a Singer Heavy Duty Basic, I went to pick it up and zipped out Soren's cape and hood yesterday (with his help, of course). I could barely peel it off of him for a bath last night. And I can't wait to dig into new projects now available to me with this machine. I never knew sewing could be done with such ease!
Success. Thanks Mom.
A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
Just hanging around! Soren made some awesome friends at the playground this week and had fun biking, climbing, swinging and of course - HANGING UPSIDE DOWN!! This kid amazes me everyday with his energy and lust for life. #motherhoodtrulyrules
Have you heard this song before?
I haven't. Soren came home yesterday singing the most adorable little tune.
'5 little cupcakes in the bakery shop. Ones with sugar and sprinkles on top! Along came momma with a penny to spend - so she bought one cupcake and raaaaaaan away!'
Seriously! We whole heartedly thought school was going to be a milestone for Soren, but we completely underestimated how much of an impact it would have. A few weeks in and we couldn't be happier. He shows so much enthusiasm and comes home with such confidence it's a joy to watch. Even on his uncertain or difficult days - we can talk and work through it.
The school also sends home sheets filled with information about how we can develop as Montessori parents. We now have a 'peace corner', we hang his working words (proactive this month), turn the radio off in the car and talk, sing sitting in a circle, set up - work through - and clean up works, well - you get the idea. It's been an absolute blast!