I'm sorry, I had to. Quinny, just before bed tonight. When he, out of the blue, with no prompting, turned into a kitty. Sleep well! +Chelsea
All of last year, Sebastian and I slept in a lofted non-bed, an oddly shaped slab of plywood cut wide on the top and narrow at the bottom, with a thin sheet of egg-crate foam folded in as a mattress....
I have a special project I am working on this summer, for the novel I've hinted at here now and then. The novel I never thought I would write, but now that I have been given this time and space ...
The other day, Quinn found an ant close to our seedlings in the kitchen. He happily watched that ant crawl across the floor for five minutes and then gently coaxed the ant up onto his hand. That litt...
A perfect batch of granola, made last weekend. Stephanie's recipe works like a charm, every time. Rye OatsChopped Macademia Nuts Sliced AlmondsAmaranth Flax SeedChinese Five SpiceDried Tart Cher...
Twice now, the birds nesting above my bedroom window have de-rooted and made off with my nasturtium. This is a bummer for many reasons but primarily because we only have two fire escapes to garden on...
All the imaginative play that happens these days... It takes all measures of restraint for me to stand back, to simply watch and let it grow from him. It's so beautiful to watch. +Chelsea
Every night before bed I set my alarm for 5 am. Thinking that I will get up and exercise, or make breakfast for my family before they wake, or write, or do something. Though, mostly, the goal is exer...
Hello! I'm transitioning, slowly, out of school-mode and into... other-mode, I guess. I am working pretty much full time during the week, but I have a couple of projects going, one big adventure...
Just a quick hello. It's been a hellish couple of weeks. But some of it will ease off...after Tuesday! I am two days away from finishing my first year of grad school. I don't know what else...
Our ever-changing spring nature table. It is definitely a hands-on place for the boys. I recently participated in an easter egg swap with several other mamas, so many of the sweet little treasures ...
Working with little ones. I found these in my photo archives and they made me smile. +Chelsea
A couple of weeks ago, I started a masterclass titled: "The Literature of Motherhood." Ina May was on the reading list, so I figured it was my kind of motherhood. There are many titles on t...
CLOUD SAND. 8 cups flour to 1 cup baby oil. Measuring cups, cookie cutters, wooden knives, pouring spout. Naked babies. Messy, but very very fun. +Chelsea
We're fighting a stomach bug with all the old comforts I remember from childhood -- chicken soup, saltines. And lots of cuddling. +Chelsea
Happy Weekending! +Chelsea
A few from last fall, in our old neighborhood. Happy Spring! I had school, but the boys celebrated by starting some seeds, laying our nature table with flowers and treasures found around our neighbor...
We've been reading these books lately. They're like mini-chapter books, with very few pictures. Pan loves them. It is so wonderful to watch him kind of space out and get all dreamy-eyed ...
Pan washes potatoes. Sometimes I forget how truly capable he is. Sebastian wrote a poem about it. +Chelsea
A few from a while ago. Sometimes I still want to type 2010 into the date. My latest research for my novel has led me here and here. Thank you for being so wonderful. Yours,+Chelsea
Hello! It's been a while, no? Since I was last here... we moved! We are now Harlemites (a term I just saw used in Invisible Man, so it must work). My commute went from 1 hour each way to ...
Their Martinmas Smocks, knit over the summer with an eye towards growing boys and a very busy fall. They fit quite loose, especially in the shoulders, but the details are so very sweet. Vests are ...
The weekends are so much more significant, now. Hope yours is as lovely,+Chelsea
My words are elsewhere right now, so I can give you this, Pan at the park yesterday, Pan in his tunnel. I'm sorry it's a bit shaky, a bit blurry, Sebastian took it on his phone. At the end...
On the Williamsburg Bridge with the Slaven-Davis Family from Paul Kruse on Vimeo. On this snowy, snowy day in Brooklyn, a small bit of summer, leftover and warmed up when it's needed most. I...
Its rainy here, but warm. The boys had new wool slippers from St. Nicholas, a bit of chocolate and a new book. I've made all the preparations for the season -- a small tree lighting our window...
It was a beautiful Thanksgiving -- big and full and loud and delicious. Our dear new friends and our Brooklyn family and my sister from across the country all crowded around the table in our 350 squ...
Happy Birthday, my sweet one! Love,+Mama PS: his birth story, from THREE years ago, can be found here...
This month, the habit blog is posting open submissions: one photograph and a 30-words-or-less caption that gets at the essence of your day. It's a little bit addicting, you may find yourself th...
Laundry day in the city. With these little critters, this walk to the laundrymat happens several days each week. I love seeing things the way they see them. +Chelsea
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