She may be all girl, and she may be only five, but this girl loves nothing more than playing with the big boys.
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A Weekend in Pictures
My older son was exuberant over a day off of school this week. (Actually, that may have been his mother I’m remembering.) My younger son spent a significant portion of one afternoon waiting for breaks in the waves so he could practice his swimming strokes. I’m not sure how much actual practice he managed, but […]
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My Two Oldest Boys
My two oldest boys took The Island, that large, round raft we have, out to sea the other day. There weren’t any hovering, camera-adoring ladies nearby this time, and the waves were a little larger than they often are at this particular beach, so I was able to get some entertaining shots this time around. […]
Having It All
Getting four people, three of them small, out the door to school in the morning has been the Island Family drama of the month. This has reminded me of something embarrassing yet funny that happened to me almost 10 years ago as a teacher and new mother. A few weeks after I returned to work […]
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The Last Beach Day Before School Started
First, my prayers go out for all the people who have already experienced Tropical Storm Isaac and for all the people potentially in its path the next few days. May it leave little sign of its passage. Next, I have a brief island life update for you. Naturally, stuff’s happened since we started school, as […]
Back to School, Island Family Style
It’s official. Eighty percent of our family is now back at school. Naturally, not much about the first day went according to The Plan I painstakingly detailed in The Land of My Mind. The night before school started, for instance, the garbage disposal clogged, impertinent enough to reject the straw I someone inadvertently put in […]