A Pacific Northwest Mom with two boys on the journey of life
In fourth grade the kids learn to play the recorder. Jack brought his home about a month ago and is working at learning his first few songs. Each time he practices Islay goes crazy. We can’t decide if she likes it or hates it. She doesn’t run away, but in some cases will run from …
Photo Friday – Halloween 2014 Halloween this year was full of heroes. Jack was Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Will was Superman and Islay was Supergirl. Supergirl didn’t cooperate very well for the photo of their backs. I felt well protected last night.
This is Jack’s star week at school. One of the things we were asked to do is send in a letter that his teacher would read to the class. Taking inspiration from my friend Laura’s letter to her Will, I wrote a poem about Jack. Our boy Jackson Edward Was excited to meet us He …
Photo Friday – Then and Now I have been thinking back to last summer when we had a new puppy and all the craziness that came with that. She isn’t completely full grown, but she is getting closer. Such a pretty girl!
Photo Friday – Tristan Bowen at Sounders Camp The boys were at Sounders Soccer Camp this week. They weathered through a horribly rainy day on Wednesday and were rewarded on Thursday with a visit from Tristan Bowen, #7 for the Seattle Sounders FC. Tristan scored the final Sounders goal in the game on Saturday vs. …
Photo Friday – Jack the Archer Jack had Cub Scout Day Camp this week. The boys got to do activities from wood working and crafts to cooking and field sports. Their favorite activities are the shooting ones, archery and BB guns, of course. On Thursday I was able to volunteer for part of the day …
Jack went through an intensive feeding program at Seattle Children’s Hospital at the age of two-and-a-half to transition him off of his G-tube and to oral feeding. The program was run by Karen Quinn-Shea, an occupational therapist at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. We dubbed the program “Fun with Food” to help two year old Jack …
Photo Friday – Two Medicine Lake On our big camping trip this year we went to Glacier National Park. At the south eastern corner of the park is Two Medicine Lake. It is a beautiful area of the park, that isn’t visiting by many people. We loved seeing the lake and hiking to a waterfall …
Your kid, and every kid, is extraordinary. Celebrate your extraordinary kid. Although this blog is not named for Jack, he was half of the inspiration for it. From the moment he arrived he has been showing us that he is a true leader and a wonderful person. Jack taught me early on how to be …
Photo Friday – Tie Dye Cousins The Charki family have offically become part of the annual tie dye tradition. During our visit Steffi and I made family tie dyes for them and a bunch of additional onesies for Baby Qunicy. We forgot to bring our matching red, white and blue ones, but here are all …