10.28.2011
10.25.2011
A small treasure
When my dad passed away this summer, I took just 1 thing from his house. His baby grand piano. Not such a little thing, a quite impressive beauty actually. For years before he died, he wanted me to have the piano but it was never the right time.
This is the piano I played on as a child. It will forever remind me of my dad and I love it. I asked the big kiddos if they wanted to take piano lessons this fall and Callie eagerly jumped on board. We placed the piano in our main room so actually all the kids play on it all the time. And despite my sensitivity to noise (yes I have 4 kiddos) I don't mind the piano.
Today I went to my dad's house to work on the final phases of cleaning it out. I was going through his closet and found this. My old metronome. My brother told me to take it and I was thrilled. If you look close, it's held together by rubberbands. I brought it home and plugged it in and it works. I absolutely love it, and Callie does too. This will be one of the most meaningful things in my home now, and it will forever remind me of my dad.
This is the piano I played on as a child. It will forever remind me of my dad and I love it. I asked the big kiddos if they wanted to take piano lessons this fall and Callie eagerly jumped on board. We placed the piano in our main room so actually all the kids play on it all the time. And despite my sensitivity to noise (yes I have 4 kiddos) I don't mind the piano.
Today I went to my dad's house to work on the final phases of cleaning it out. I was going through his closet and found this. My old metronome. My brother told me to take it and I was thrilled. If you look close, it's held together by rubberbands. I brought it home and plugged it in and it works. I absolutely love it, and Callie does too. This will be one of the most meaningful things in my home now, and it will forever remind me of my dad.
10.24.2011
10.18.2011
10.16.2011
Autumn Weekend
This weather, in a word, heavenly. While the big kids were at swim team practice I took the little kids to a scuplture park. They ran around like crazy and let me take lots of pictures.
In the afternoon we went to Jack's soccer game. He played well and I wish I would have taken a picture of what the other kids were doing. They weren't watching soccer, just playing so intently in the dirt you would have thought they were looking for gold.
I took these pictures of Callie this morning before church. I wanted a picture of her front tooth. It's dangling by a thread, crooked, but it won't come out. Patience.
And this is my desperate attempt to get just one picture of Jack. But he's not having it. He's about to put his hands in the air and say "come on Mom!!"
In the afternoon we went to Jack's soccer game. He played well and I wish I would have taken a picture of what the other kids were doing. They weren't watching soccer, just playing so intently in the dirt you would have thought they were looking for gold.
I took these pictures of Callie this morning before church. I wanted a picture of her front tooth. It's dangling by a thread, crooked, but it won't come out. Patience.
And this is my desperate attempt to get just one picture of Jack. But he's not having it. He's about to put his hands in the air and say "come on Mom!!"
Hope it was a beautiful weekend for you too.
10.12.2011
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