“I lost my cool with the kids today. They were screaming like fucking crazy things! Lewis, especially. He screamed for 15 minutes because I wouldn’t let him go for a walk at 3:30pm. He needed a nap! And then he woke up and he was still crabby. I think he might have just fallen asleep. I don’t know. That kid is NUTS!”

Jess and I just ran around Lake Nokomis and afterwards Lewis asked in his own grunting way to sit on this fan powered boat. The fire dept was doing some training. –Sent from my handheld device.–

There’s a listserv the teacher keeps and she posted this interesting info and photos on it…
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Thursday – September 17, 2009
Snack – grapes, lemon/zucchini cookies (thanks Henry!)
Lunch – cheese tortellini, edamame, apples
Project – clay beads with glitter

Snack – fruit salad, doughnut holes (thanks Si!)
Lunch – mac and cheese, carrots
Project – community fruit salad

Snack – fruit, pirate booty
Lunch – ham, rice cakes, strawberries
Project – banana bread
Thursday – September 10, 2009
Snack – fruit, pirate booty
Lunch – grilled cheese, carrots
Project – cosmos flower picking, art and seeds

Snack – fruit salad
Lunch – mac and cheese, cherry tomatoes, carrots
Project – community fruit salad

Snack – fruit, pirate booty
Lunch – ham sandwiches, corn chips, raisins
Project – blueberry muffins

Snack – fruit, pretzels
Lunch – pb&j, corn chips, carrots
Project – Watercolor painting outside

Snack – fruit salad
Lunch – mac and Cheese, carrots
Project – community fruit salad

Snack – fruit, pretzels
Lunch – chicken, rice, carrots
Project – playdough

Both kids lately have been insisting on doing things more by themselves. If you try to carry Lewis down the stairs he’ll often scream as if you’re trying to murder him–he wants to do it himself. Last week Arthur and I went swimming in Lake Harriet and the first thing he told Mama when we returned is that he let go of Papa and swam by himself in the deep water. Right now giving them room to be independant feels almost as if we’re fooling them (we’re still right there the whole time). Truly releasing them into the world I imagine will feel quite different.

I took the kids to McRae park today and they have a super fun spinny thing.

And here’s a tiny video to see this fun thing in motion:

This morning a crowd gathered to watch as I huffed and puffed using a massive trench digging machine. I rented it to dig a 18-inch trench from the house to the garage to lay an electric cord, and the machine was quite the attraction. A number of neighbors also stopped by to check it out.