Ring Bearer, er, Pillow Holder

Sekani and Cousin Essau carry the pillow down the aisle for Marc and Lexie's wedding at St. Augustine's in Washington, DC.

LEGOLAND

Good times!

Valentines Day in LA

Winter swim! Sekani and buddy, Zion, get the sunscreen spray down before spending the day in the water. Much love Watts.

San Luis Obispo

After playing in the river, Sekani treks up the hill and starts running, away from us. I yell to him to stop running which he usually does, but he kept running, barefoot. When I finally catch up to him (perturbed and winded), I ask, "Why didn't you stop?" He replies, "Because this place makes me want to run."

HELPING HAITI

How do 4 and 5 year olds wrap their minds around events like the earthquake in Haiti? In Sekani's class, the conversation began like this:

On Monday, after hearing a story about a Hippo that was stranded on a sandbar by a tsunami, the children asked, “What’s a tsunami?” I wasn’t able to finish my sentence, “A tsunami is when there is a big earthquake in the bottom of the…” when the class became very excited, “There was a big earthquake in Haiti!” they exclaimed. Yesterday, Chiara brought in a letter and some coins from her piggy bank to send to Haiti. Today we reflected on the things children can do to help the people of Haiti and why they need help.

Anaiya said, “They don’t have clothes, we could make clothes.

Max said, “Their food got smashed.”

Ethan said, “I want them to feel better.”

David said, “A ginormous jet could get stuff to them.”

Wynant said, “We are a very rich country, and it’s very likely that they have earthquakes.” Haiti is a very poor country and their houses aren’t as strong as ours.”

Johnnie Lee said, “They need some food and drink to make them healthy.”

Aydin said, “The soldiers are there to help the people.

Max said, My dad could help make wood houses.”

Griffin said, “You could give away your baby toys.”

Isiah said, “We could drop boxes from a plane and the toys could come out.”

Izzie said, “We could sell some food because they don’t have it.”

We all decided to have a bake sale to raise money for Haiti.

Smarties and Duds...

Last year was the first year Sekani trick-o-treated and I got away with calling the candy pieces, "counters." We simply opened the candy, counted them, then made a candy sculpture. At 4.5, I didn't think that plan would fly again, but as Halloween approached he mentioned that he was going to make a train with his sugar bounty. Sweet!!! Upon our return from the streets, he was allowed to eat 2 pieces (he chose Smarties and Milk Duds) and then he went to town and created a park with gumball baths, Almond Joy cars, and licorice swings. I think this tradition is a keeper.