Archive for January, 2009

A letter to the president

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

For school, my daughter wrote a letter to President Obama. Short and sweet, it read: “Dear Obama, Could you try and have some times when you could be whith (sic) your family. From: D. West” Of all the things she could say to the president, and of all the concerns we have with our nation [...]

Orange anatomy?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

K., after Stephanie had peeled her an orange: “I have never seen an orange split open showing its bones!” This picture is of K at school. Her teacher reported in Parent/Teacher Conference: “K. makes me laugh in how she sees the world.” Yep, we know what you mean.

Cute children stories

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

A few favorite quotes and stories from our kids and holiday vacation recently: 1) When we were visiting some friends of ours in Logan over the holiday break, a family showed up at the party (unrelated to us) and K. boldly introduced herself by saying, “Hi, we’re your new cousins. You’ll get used to us!” [...]