Little Loves (a poem)

Little resentments

will I release to

the leaves of the day.

Little loves will I

set free on the breezes

of beautiful intention.

(end of poem.)

[Edit: I switched the order of photos 1 and 2 on July 6, 2010 at 10:29 a.m. Texas Time because the first one freaked Lynn out and Dr. J. loves the second one!]   🙂

Kelly sure was inspired that November afternoon I took her to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden.

She was four.

We’d just come from the song contest awards (I’d won 2, whoo-hoo) and she was jazzed.

She’d run to and pose beside, in, on, around and under more than 30 pieces of art that day, singing out “Mommy, take my picture! Take my picture!!”

I’m glad she did.

And I’m glad I did.

She’s something else, that Kelly girl!

Now that I’ve maxed my photos to 790px wide, yep — 50px wider (couldn’t resist,) I feel very very extrahappy about sharing my favorites with you.

Official new English word — extrahappy!

Your input on my recent photo-size poll helped twist my rubber arm to the 790 pix.  😉  Thank you.

In other news… sooner than later I’ll explain the plan behind my new “Places I Like To Go…” links on my now 150px wide sidebar (down from 200 px!)

And post a video of me singing a new song I’m writing.

And have some kind of a giveaway.

All sound good?

P.S.  All photos in this post, unlike this photo the other day, are 100% unretouched.  Umlauf does keep things camera-ready!

xoxxoo

1929 Ford Roadster On The Fourth Of July

Hey festively free and frolicking friends.

I’m not sure if I’ll be adding any more words to this post or not.  The night is young and so am I — who knows how this post could morph?

Just want to get this up to say Happy Fourth Of July.

I love all you guys.  So much!

And have a sweet-loving day!

Jannie

xoxo

Oh yeah, Kelly above at age 3 with one of her little buddies from pre-school.

Dear Girl Who Got Your Cast Off Today,

Congratulations!

Wasn’t it amazing to enjoy a full bath tonight, after almost 7 weeks of partial baths with your cast wrapped in bags?

You’ve been such a trooper!!

Even with two broken bones you’ve kept on slugging away.

You’ve kept on shining up this town,
 

and shining up our lives.

You’ve stopped to not only smell the rosemary — but to roll in it.

Remember how excited you were 3 weeks ago when that big cast was switched out for the little pink one?

AWESOME day!

Wow — remember how clean that cast was?  (For a while.)

It didn’t stay so clean, you being an active kid and all.

But you did keep it dry, as per doctor’s orders — that was important.

You kept it so dry that the day of your 3rd Grade day trip you cried and cried.

Boy – when the other kids hit the water and left you on the shore most of the day — that was NOT fun for you. 

Or for me.

So much crying. You. And me. But I hid my crying, mostly.

Yet, you smiled some that day too!

You loved the sailing.

You were dubbed “Dancing Monster” in the nick-naming ceremony…

LOVE that smile!

That broken arm didn’t stop you from hanging out with really great people…

from playing board games,

from learning how to tie balloon animals,

or from getting the inside scoop on how to make really cool inexpensive costumes.  (That boy’s a lobster.)

And that broken arm sure didn’t stop you from eating watermelon with your friends on your tree house deck!

So, congratulations again, Super Girl!

It’ll be fun to have a cast-off party for you tomorrow night and finally fill up your swimming pool for the summer.

Whoo-hoo!

BTW, you know that smile on you above?  The one I captured a few minutes after your cast was off today? 

That is one GREAT smile!! Do that more in pictures, will you?  I know you’re self-conscious about your growing-in teeth, but don’t be.  Full smiles look really, really good on you! 

Thanks.

Love,

Graduation Angel

(Smiley faces edited in on June 1st, 2010 at 9:34 a.m. to respect potential privacy issues other parents may have.)

I’ve been waiting 2 years for this post.

Two years, People! (Because it’s a trio photo thing, as you’ll see.)

An exciting time Chez Funster, as next Friday Kelly graduates from “Little” Elementary to “Big” Elementary at her school.

Yes! Our angel will swoop under the time-honored “Arch of Life” as we celebrate the Pre-K kids moving up to Little El, the Little Els moving up to Big El, and the Big Els moving on to new schools.

It’ll be fun!

It’ll be GRRRREAT!!!

We’ll laugh.

I’ll cry.

Kelly’s just finished her “Golden Year” of Grade 3 — having spent grades 1, 2 and 3 with some wonderfully amazing teachers and friends! (At her school they have 3 grade levels combined in the same classroom.)

In the “Big El” classroom, she will complete grades 4, 5 and 6.  Then move on to a new school here in Austin. (If we haven’t moved back to Canada first.)

Actually, having been born here — Kelly will be moving “to” Canada.  For Jim and me it will be moving back.

(Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 — that’s First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Grades for all you Yanks, from this born-n-bred Canuck.  🙂

Can you figure out which 2 teachers she had for two years each, you lovely Sherlock people, you??  🙂

Remember Sherlock Hemlock from Sesame Street?

But I digress.

🙂

Yep, Kelly’s finished her full 3-year cycle, people!

Whooooo-hoooooooo!

(Actually, she’s the age of someone graduating from Second Grade — but more on that in June, 2013)

She’s soooooo excited to be reuniting this coming fall with a few of the girls who had moved up to Big El!!  They’re SUCH nice girls.

And it’s SUCH a nice school.

And today is SUCH a nice day.

After I post this I’ll be eating lunch, taking a bath, and having lots and lots and lots of FUN, FUN, FUN!!

Just one week of school left until 10 weeks summer vacation!!!

Life twirls on, is GRRRRREAT and…

She got her full arm cast off yesterday!!!!! Thrilled to be in a new short one!   Doctor’s office yesterday with iPhone…

Free!  Her elbow is free to move about again!!  New cast comes off in 3 weeks, so it’ll be 6 weeks+ 6 days total casting for this particular broken bone experience.

(Last fall’s broken elbow was only in cast 20 days — luxury!)

And If we’re lucky — she’ll not break any more bones until at least after July 4th.  🙂    🙂    🙂

And just outside the hospital door as we left yesterday…

And remember ‘way up yonder I said this post has been 2 years in the waiting? What’s the longest YOU’ve ever waited to get a post together?  🙂

xoxoxoxo

Kelly Flips Out — Triple Time! (And She Does NOT Break Her Arm In This Video)

If you read my last post, you know that Kelly won’t be doing any of that bouncy stuff for many weeks to come because…

… she broke her arm. Again! (Broke it in a bouncy house, not during gymnastics.)

Oy yoy.

In Other Major Woes…  🙂  …  I’m hungry, VERY behind reading blogs,something’s gone wacko with my Comment Luv, my Windows Movie Maker program won’t recognize any of my iPhone videos, even tho they seem perfectly legit with the .MOV extension. And another video-related glitch has besieged me.

But I’m sure I’ll get it all worked out!

And there’s peanut butter and bread in the cupboard, so off I go. 

Oh, and I’m closing in on my “Let’s Drink Up The Stars” lyrics — one of the 2 new songs I’ll enter in Kerrville Newfolk in 2011. So, whoo-hoo on that, People!!!  Whoo-hoo!!!!!!!!  🙂

Do you eat peanut butter?

xoxox