a peek inside the fishbowl

… means that I can sit here and plunk around on the computer while the kids cover the door. Halloween night is almost over. It’s almost 8 p.m. We’re just getting the stragglers now, and our four jack o’lanterns will soon be extinguished. Emma and Sarah covered a lot of ground this year. The amount of […]

I think it’s really important to expose our children to art (and culture in general) that is different, creative, and decidedly non-mainstream. Not only will the ideas subtly imprint on your kids, but as a family you will undoubtedly share something amazing and special. That being said, I have distinct memories of my parents dragging […]

We’re going on holiday. It’s not for awhile yet, but the girls can’t wait. It has surfaced in Sarah’s artwork recently. I’m not surprised. They have been talking about it non-stop. The tree on the left, that’s a grapefruit tree. The tree on the right, that’s an orange tree. That’s Sarah in the middle picking […]