it's blitz!

A few weeks ago i had the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album playing through out the house, when i stumbled upon my daughter Elyott and my nephew Ryder dancing in the reflection of the window.  I stood there for a long time filming without their knowledge....and what i caught was so uninhibited* and random.  I love it!

{*try and count all the boogers picked...}

Also...If you liked this and/or need a good laugh, look here at this awesome kid bust a move. it's priceless.

sing out.

"Express yourself with enthusiasm and confidence.  Be alert to all kinds of beauty around you and inside you....value your childlike playfulness and sense of curiosity. Let life happen, enjoy the pleasures available in the moment."

-Alexandra Stoddard {happines for two} 

"cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way?"

-Emerson

{art by Andrew Bannecker} 

country fool.

What is it about summertime that makes me crave country music?? Granted some songs are cheery, catchy and even mainstream....but generally the lyrics are such an entertaining mess!  I drive in my car feeling ambivalence while my soul both swells with nostalgia, then slowly dies a little at the ridiculouness that is twang.


But even i know it's never too late to come to your senses, and come August I'll likely do just that....and it will all be over faster than you can say "cameltoe".

boo is growing up...

our life...made of tiny moments . Some we love...some make us ache, but they are ours. Here's to growing old together !

*to the many curious people we love...we are slow to grow in "numbers" , but are growing up nevertheless ;)

leave your mark.

"my biggest regret of motherhood is not being able to slap people"

-Dirty Little Secrets from Otherwise Perfect Moms 

This morning after Elyott was already at school, my husband found that she'd carved her name into the paint of our new car. She has been meaning to give it a name, but i never thought she'd make it so official.


Kids can be such turds.


While this sort of this does not set me off (i'm not really that into cars).....i know it can't go without consequence. So, Elyott chose her own punishment after getting time to mull it over (an effective tactic used frequently in my husband's childhood, thanks Jeanine!)...she chose no computer for a month! i thought that was very big of her (hopefully she understands what a month truly is).  She even said to me a couple weeks into it "i just wish i had made a better choice mom." 

...thats right sucker! 

JK i love you ;)