"We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within." --Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man
We're in Mexico right now! We left on Friday night and will be back on Saturday...it's been really enjoyable so far. The weather is beautiful, sunny and warm and the resort is nice. We've been swimming a lot and we're going into town today...Oliver is in urgent need of a beach ball. Pictures soon...
He loves to paint and draw. The first thing he says when he wakes up is "I need to draw a picture." He sketches what he dreamed about and then always makes a picture for me to take to work. I'm glad he got his dad's talents...I think he's going to be pretty good at this. He also told me yesterday he needs 3 sisters and 3 brothers...still, the hold up is his name choices. Girls: E, Chicken and Cabbage. Boys: Oliver, Oliver, and Brussels Sprout. He even wrote them out on a list...girls names were in pink and boys names in orange. ADORABLE.
So, we lost the cord to the camera and couldn't upload pictures. I felt like I was like the last great Polaroid user because my pictures were unavailable to the public...except that even with Polaroid you can at least see your photos. Anyhow, we're back in action and I'm posting. It was a fun Halloween. Perfect weather. Oliver enjoyed handing out treats more than getting them.
Committed to learning and living life to its very fullest, we are a very busy family. I'm the mom to two wonderful, intelligent, clever children: Oliver (7) and Henry (17 months) and I'm married to Ben who is a wonderful father. I'm finishing my PhD in Education with an emphasis in Adolescent Literacy. I like to study writing instruction, specifically, and am especially curious about finding ways to support teachers in their writing instruction so that they can do their job more effectively and efficiently.