Category: Caitlyn

Caitlyn, current events, education

Observing History

 

Thirty years ago, something woke me up in the middle of the night. When I went downstairs to investigate, I found my mom watching the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Amazingly, she didn’t send me back to bed, and we watched the live broadcast in the middle of the California night. I was 6 years old. Caitlyn is well-trained to sleep through a lot, so I didn’t wait for her to wake up on her own, but collected her from her bed shortly after 2am our time Friday morning to watch the live stream of Prince William’s wedding …

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Spring Rabbits

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Well, I was going to post some pictures of the bunny that Caitlyn will be discovering outside her bedroom door on Easter, but apparently I didn’t manage to take any decent pictures today. I think I might have been a bit too enraptured by the sunshine, since I put the bunny directly in said sunshine, ending up with photos simultaneously too bright and too dark. If the sun comes back in the next day or so, I’ll try again. Today was the first day of Caitlyn’s spring break, and she did a lot of coloring. The marble run and the …

Caitlyn, sewing

Waiting for Summer

Last summer we discovered (with hardly any surprise) that the sun hat I bought for Caitlyn from the Point Defiance Zoo at least three years ago was too small. She immediately requested a big floppy sun hat like mine. I used a pattern from Amy Butler. Completely coincidentally, Caitlyn picked an Amy Butler fabric for the exterior. This new hat fits her exactly right now. Should have made a medium. I think she likes it. Now, we just have to figure out how to keep it on her head. Save

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A new first

Caitlyn brought home a packet of homework from school yesterday: ten pages of number writing practice, with space to draw a picture of what each number means. She sat at her table (as opposed to lying on her belly on the floor or sitting on her bed) and used a pencil (as opposed to markers or crayons) for the numbers and did the whole thing, all at once, without prompting. It’s a first, and I know it won’t last. The first page had no drawing (for zero) and for the last several she wrote out a word the proper number …

Caitlyn, quilts

A Quilt for Caitlyn

A long while back, on a trip to Pacific Fabrics for something entirely different, I found bundles of pre-cut squares from Hoffman Fabrics. On a whim, I asked Caitlyn to pick a bundle. We took home pink, of course. I didn’t have a pattern in mind, so this may be one of my more “organic” quilts. I started with those pre-cut squares, was deliberate with the contrast, and added borders until it felt “done”. Special thanks go to Lianna for her more experienced eye for contrast and her magic ability to find the perfect border fabric. While Caitlyn was out …

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Getting There Faster

While waiting for her grilled cheese sandwich yesterday, Caitlyn invented a transporter. Grandma’s house is just too far away. She explained that she wanted a box that she could go into and then when she left it, she would be in California. Actually, she decided, this box should have three doors, one for Grandma’s house, one for the museum/aquarium we recently visited, and one for a specific corner on the road to Grandma’s house, one that is often hugely decorated for the most recent holiday. It was covered with enormous red hearts and twinkly lights when we saw it last …