Row Row Row Your Boat!

Clara is a boat owner! She saved up her allowance and bought her own rowboat - shown her on one of the ponds with Lucy at the oars. I'm so proud of her! (and thankful for Zach facilitating her ownership).
And thanks also to Nona for reminding us that every boat needs life vests!

Malcolm X Elementary movie night!

Ikea chair

This is what happens when the girls and I go to IKEA on our own: we have fun figuring out how to climb the giant chair sculpture!

Molly & Sofi

Photo credit to Andrea Sliger, our friend Kim's aunt, who spent part of last week out at the farm with us. This was from a relaxing evening at the Road Trip restaurant, enjoying music and dollar burgers. 

Time Capsule

We are doing a big "rearranging" in the house - and as part of that we got the idea (thanks to Mary P!) to leave a little time capsule in one of the walls. And we finally did it this morning! (phew! It was our last chance, since the last section of wall rearranging gets closed up today!). 

I won't reveal everything that's in it, but to give a sense there was:

• two photographs of our family in front of the house - one showing the whole front and one zoomed in a bit more on us
• a letter from me to the future reader of the letter, whoever that might be, describing the pictures, telling a little bit about each of us, and asking questions about the future
  
• a note from Zach, with hopes, concerns, and questions about the future
• a picture from Clara - a tracing of her hands, colored in, and her name
• a paper doll from Clara
• a drawing of Molly's name from Molly
• a catalog (Lands End kids)
• the front page of last Sunday's New York Times

It's fun to imagine someone finding that in the future - and guessing whether it will be 5, 10, or 100 years! 

Glasses!

Clara got glasses! She's thrilled. Apparently she's ever so slightly farsighted, something that many kids grow out of. She may or may not grow out of it, but for now she's got some awesome spectacles!

Birthday Party

As the Molly's birthday week winds to an end, we celebrated with an awesome party. Highlights included:

** "10" cake by Mary P!

** Stamp making at the Family Book Lab

** Running around like crazy kids in the Edible Schoolyard (aka Garden) at the Middle School.