tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post4844604784432222924..comments2024-03-28T09:10:39.441-04:00Comments on ben and birdy: Summer and Summer and SummerBenBirdy1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-56080979303131515282015-08-27T09:23:53.148-04:002015-08-27T09:23:53.148-04:00"The kids are so completely here, but already..."The kids are so completely here, but already missing and half gone, and also leaving us. In the tent, I can watch their faces while they're sleeping without, like, being a total freak about it." That is the challenge, isn't it. My oldest, 13, always catches me staring at her and I'm sure it seems a bit freaky but I just can't stop marveling, panicking, gazing wistfully and desperately into their faces in hopes I might find something there I can hold onto, some sort of purchase, that feels permanent and safe and mine forever. Yep. Freak is the right word. <br />Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146269455952869492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-89178435847472831792015-08-20T22:08:03.887-04:002015-08-20T22:08:03.887-04:00Thanks for taking a corkscrew to my heart, wrenchi...Thanks for taking a corkscrew to my heart, wrenching it out, tossing it in the blender of summer happiness, and spitting out a putrid autumn smoothie. Babies, where have you gone???SeeTryFlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782835355960085067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-25095383152434811792015-08-16T05:17:55.510-04:002015-08-16T05:17:55.510-04:00Cet article semble être en négligeant le fait que ...Cet article semble être en négligeant le fait que l'information est un produit vendable et l'altruisme est un mauvais deuxième au commerce, en particulier dans le domaine de la santé. La recherche génétique peut être un exercice totalement fascinant pour ceux qui sont impliqués, mais il va vraiment fournir des avantages réalistes?<br /><a href="http://www.friv2016.info/" title="Yepi 500" rel="nofollow">Yepi 500</a> <a href="http://www.jeuxdeyoobfriv.com/" title="Friv50" rel="nofollow">Friv50</a> <a href="http://www.jogosdeyoob.com/" title="Jogos Kizi 2" rel="nofollow">Jogos Kizi 2</a> <a href="http://www.jogosdoyoob.com/" title="Jogos Yepi 3" rel="nofollow">Jogos Yepi 3</a> <br />Yepi 500http://www.friv2016.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-18220292759769908162015-08-15T01:22:28.668-04:002015-08-15T01:22:28.668-04:00So many thoughts here....
I love (!) the paints a...So many thoughts here....<br /><br />I love (!) the paints and the coloring books and wish I'd had them for the whole two weeks we were just in the woods. Filing the idea away for our camping trip over Labor Day....<br /><br />Your Birdy's EEBOO is the spitting image of my Avery's "HEE-PO" who she can't sleep without. She loved the pic of EEBOO in her tent and is now full of wistful ideas.....<br /><br />In the interest of you recommending wonderful books all the time, I have one to recommend to you and Birdy. It's called Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms and it is SO. GOOD. I just finished it in two days and the main character is going to live on in my mind for a very long time. I love what she learned in the book.<br /><br />LASTLY, I'd like to say hello to your gorgeous tablecloth. I myself have my own, in pink hues, lovely as all get out that I found on Amazon thanks to your former recommendation. <br /><br />I'm going to try that sunscreen, too.<br /><br />And finally, even though there was a LASTLY, I am so in the same boat about summer. I saw a maple leaf that was the same way and railed inwardly. Summer lasts until mid-September and that is that. Summer rules. And we tried to find floatation devices just this last week to no avail, because the school supplies were hogging the shelves. Pisses me off. I'm a teacher, too, so there's that. I will still dive into prepping for the year but I do. Not. Want. Summer. To Leave. So let's hold onto it together for just another moment....... <br />Tiahttp://mommatiablog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-90536237103779547562015-08-13T19:33:06.279-04:002015-08-13T19:33:06.279-04:00School doesn't start for us until September, a...School doesn't start for us until September, and I'm like, wait, what do you mean, summer's ending? No, she must be mistaken! I'm going to just sit right over here in the nice denial corner for awhile and enjoy my ice cream and tomatoes, thank you very much. Will. not. be. dragged. into. fall! (Oh OK, it's probably better for me to at least start thinking there might, someday, long from now, almost too far to imagine, be a slightly less summery-time out there.)craftsisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583285347680507970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-67102404177516754402015-08-07T22:42:34.740-04:002015-08-07T22:42:34.740-04:00Hey! Great tablecloth! I love to read about your c...Hey! Great tablecloth! I love to read about your camping. We camped this week too... and school starts on Monday... last baby starting kindergarten... I'm hoping for a good fall melancholy post before too long. I can't decide if I'm going to start drinking during the day, exercising, or just work more.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321661955053161791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-87078922371039215672015-08-07T14:57:06.731-04:002015-08-07T14:57:06.731-04:00Yay! A camping update! I love following your annua...Yay! A camping update! I love following your annual camping trip...maybe because we also go to the same place every year. Everything is the same except the kids' faces in our family picture.<br /><br />I love fall - it's my favorite season - but even *I* am sad to see the end of summer this year. Schools are starting early around here (August 11, wtf?) and the rush to the end of summer is both maddening and saddening.Kristin Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909175654826782519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-25929332911725569502015-08-07T12:31:22.180-04:002015-08-07T12:31:22.180-04:00Oh, I am so with you. Summer forevah, bitches!! My...Oh, I am so with you. Summer forevah, bitches!! My sister and I were at the art museum yesterday and there was this Bierstadt painting of red-leaved trees with this moody gray sky in the background and a wavy line of blackness across the top, like the curtain about to drop and that is exactly what fall is...waiting for the curtain to drop on life. Also, I just ordered those exact same watercolors from Dick Blick last week and I'm now even more excited for them to come (because Catherine Newman has the exact same set!!!) and I'm really happy I sprang an extra five dollars for the 24-color set. Also, I want to go camping again right away...argh, summer, no, don't leave me!!!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-79914915834020020002015-08-07T09:47:14.000-04:002015-08-07T09:47:14.000-04:00You're not lame Laura - you have a beautiful h...You're not lame Laura - you have a beautiful heart. I may have sobbed at one of Catherine's camping posts two years back when she shared about her and Birdy's conversations on their hike to the restrooms. <3Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897499458133249447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-3832141701487556782015-08-07T09:45:39.440-04:002015-08-07T09:45:39.440-04:00I remember when... ;) lol
You posted about bein...I remember when... ;) lol<br /><br />You posted about being pregnant with dear Birdy and you were in the tent with all the camping smells - that trip, and thought you were so completely brave to tent camp with such a little guy and pregnant!!! (there's not enough exclamation points for that sentence my friend). I feel so proud of my old timer status. <br />Turns out - the mandalas... are NOT making me calmer. pity. Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897499458133249447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-64135967504955604472015-08-06T22:19:18.768-04:002015-08-06T22:19:18.768-04:00I will be coming back in a bit, thanks for the gre...I will be coming back in a bit, thanks for the great article. <br />----<br />i like play game <a href="http://www.clickjogosclick.com/" rel="nofollow">clickjogos</a> online free and apply <a href="http://www.baixarfacebookmovel.com/" rel="nofollow">baixar facebook</a> online free and apply <a href="http://baixarmobogenie.com" rel="nofollow">baixar mobogenie</a>mobogeniehttp://blog.sina.com.cn/baixarmobogenienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-4955710392721914572015-08-06T20:58:32.365-04:002015-08-06T20:58:32.365-04:00I feel like I'm in that tough in-between stage...I feel like I'm in that tough in-between stage, with my youngest (twins) starting full-day pre-k (and therefore SCHOOL EVERY YEAR UNTIL THEY MOVE OUT). I'm so excited and ready for quiet, time, peace, independence (sorta), but...my babies. They're gonna go get all corrupted and big at school, and it'll never be the same. (That sums it up, doesn't it? Nothing will ever be the same again.) Change is so hard.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111019119717032861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-8324953056726340642015-08-06T19:48:23.144-04:002015-08-06T19:48:23.144-04:00On a scale on 1 to 10, how lame are you if you cri...On a scale on 1 to 10, how lame are you if you cried three times just reading this post thinking about summer being over, about kids growing up, etc. Asking for a friend. *cough, cough*Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483078649048935253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-47752165194356054662015-08-06T16:54:31.027-04:002015-08-06T16:54:31.027-04:00Thank you for writing. I've been obsessively c...Thank you for writing. I've been obsessively clicking, hoping for a Catherine fix.HAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448286139555866055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-28385220786319953942015-08-06T12:54:02.960-04:002015-08-06T12:54:02.960-04:00I noticed a few leaves changing color on a street ...I noticed a few leaves changing color on a street near our house yesterday and had close to the exact reaction that Ben did.<br /><br />"The kids are so completely here, but already missing and half gone." Love this. Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622779909538501157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-91006995044418338002015-08-06T12:34:16.363-04:002015-08-06T12:34:16.363-04:00Ah, all the long-timers are chiming in. I love you...Ah, all the long-timers are chiming in. I love you guys.BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-7345863346755859262015-08-06T12:16:41.443-04:002015-08-06T12:16:41.443-04:00You can get beach towels at Kohl's now for lik...You can get beach towels at Kohl's now for like 6 bucks - the big thick ones - ours are not big and thick. wait a minute. <br /><br />we went tent camping all of us (3 kiddos) for the first time this year - for ONE WHOLE NIGHT. We survived. I'm thinking I'm a cabin girl. I also bought a mandala coloring book. they take a looooong time to color those mandalas. you know cuz of all those little patterns and such. it's supposed to make me feel calmer. I'll get back to you. Love to you and yours CatherineJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897499458133249447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-40712462514728963282015-08-05T18:34:11.610-04:002015-08-05T18:34:11.610-04:00Ah, yes, I see Hanabi has come up in earlier comme...Ah, yes, I see Hanabi has come up in earlier comments sections. Search FIRST, Swistle; THEN comment.Swistlehttp://www.swistle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-79336935854094492882015-08-05T18:31:56.338-04:002015-08-05T18:31:56.338-04:00We just returned from vacation, and we are so sad....We just returned from vacation, and we are so sad. Sadder than I can remember being since we've had children. I think it's because it was the first year without naps/diapers/baby gates/meltdowns/etc. It was magical. *sigh*Nowheymamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977594440010163078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-1317095653371997672015-08-05T18:30:47.557-04:002015-08-05T18:30:47.557-04:00I had no intention of buying coloring books, and y...I had no intention of buying coloring books, and yet somehow I ordered two of them (Mania and Patterns) before finishing this post.<br /><br />Also, maybe you have already played this game, and perhaps even recommended it, but we are enjoying Hanabi this summer. It didn't LOOK fun to me, but I played it at my brother's house and went home and bought it.Swistlehttp://www.swistle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-37982565755656894482015-08-05T16:34:33.978-04:002015-08-05T16:34:33.978-04:00Thank you. I can't believe summer is almost ov...Thank you. I can't believe summer is almost over. I've got so many things left to do! <br />Love your water color still-lifes. Marikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798470848233207574noreply@blogger.com