Rainbows for Miss Lu

Miss Lucy and I made the following rainbow to hang on her bedroom wall. We followed this tutorial. The whole time we were melting the crayons, she kept on shouting "Come on Red! Go Red! You can do it! Go, go!" to encourage the appropriate color to both melt and run clear down the canvas. Gotta love her enthusiasm.

Communication 101

 

I took Miss Lucy to see the Indian dancers this weekend, hence her outfit here. But this post isn't about that. I just like these photos. 

Here's the conversation Miss Lu and I had on Saturday.

Me: "Lucy, we just need to communicate better. Any ideas how we can do that?"

Miss Lu: [pauses for a moment] "Umm, text?"

Made me laugh :)

Lunch bunch

This fantastic banana is going in Lucy's lunch tomorrow. Yes, I'm really an amazing mother :)

 

 

(It's double sided! Sweet!)

I love TED

Favorite TED talks of late. (For you to watch in all your spare time :)

For sheer fun and beauty: Marco Tempest's "The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)"



For thinking about the relationship between algorithms and their potential for changing the actual, physical earth: Kevin Slavin's "How Algorithms Shape Our World"



And, just in case you want more and you never watched Jill Bolte Taylor's "Stroke of Insight", which is a must-watch in my opinion, here it is:

Paint as paint

An artist I admire, Paul Ferney, recently redesigned his website (it's beautiful). While flipping through, I came across his description of painting, which I really like:

I like the way paint feels, the look of paint. If I'm painting a tree, I'm not trying to make the painting look like a tree; I want it to look like paint—to never forget that it is paint. I like how primitive painting tools are. I use hair tied to a stick to spread oil mixed with plants and dirt on cloth.

 That last line is fabulous.

Conjugation

 

Favorite part of General Conference: Miss Lucy, listening to Pres. Eyring quoting a scripture about Alma, asks "Is he speaking the words that Alma spake?"

Coming Home Dance

Our latest ward activity was a formal dance. Even though Nick and I can't dance to save our lives, we went and had a good time admiring all of our friends who can. And now we can pretend we went to homecoming together :)

My boys

Mom for a day

 

Today I

wiped Calvin's nose fourteen times

bought soccer cleats for Lucy

filled the bathtub twice (after Calvin emptied his first bath)

made lunch

made dinner

supervised a playdate with the neighbor

played trains

sat in the car with a napping baby

& watched out the window during Lucy's soccer practice

bought bread

brushed Lucy's hair

changed five diapers

unloaded groceries

made snacks

changed outfits for each child twice

played peek-a-boo

sang silly songs

found Lucy (hiding in the clothing racks at the department store)

helped Lucy practice for music class

shared my bread with Calvin

ran a load of laundry

made (a healthy!) dessert

started family home evening

gave hugs & kisses

received hugs & kisses (and wet smooches and loving hair pulls)

Wisdom with age

Conversation between Miss Lu and a new friend:

Lucy: "How old are you?"
Friend: "Four and a half."
Lucy: "Oh, that's a good age. I liked four!"
Friend: "How old are you?"
Lucy: "I'm six. Six is fun too, but you have to do a lot more work. Like WAY more than kindergarten."


(Recent examples of all that first grade work)