Way Back When-esday: Construction

Isn't it great when kids get out their blocks and play together?

So cute and fun. . .until that moment when somebody needed to clean up.

I still remember that day.  They were so proud of the lego/blocks world they created.

Now they're older and they make a different kind of mess with their toys:

The blocks were definitely cuter.  The charging cords just give me a headache.

Way Back Whenesday is hosted by Cheryl at Twinfatuation.

Way Back When-esday: The Truth Revealed

Wasabi Girl and I were sorting through some of our old piano music last weekend, including stacks of student workbooks and theory sheets.  Look what I found carefully folded between the pages of one:

I had to smile.  The one who wrote this?  Spends a lot of time writing music now.  Times change.

I'll stick to my guns and my opinion that every young person needs a basic knowledge of music.  It's just another form of literacy and they'll use it their whole life.  As parents we need to guide them through those less-than-enthusiastic periods. 

Way Back When-esday is hosted by Cheryl at Twinfatuation.

Way Back When-esday: Focused

Summer 2003, Jungle Boy at age 5. He was sitting by me at the zoo, watching his sisters climb on a cargo net. I love this profile shot I managed to get.

A dozen shots later, I got this one of Drama Girl. Believe me, there was lots of smiling and happiness that day - but I'm glad I also got a few candid pictures of their serious faces.

I can't remember why each of them sat by me. I think it was hot and they were taking breaks from climbing around. Whatever the reason, I think these portraits serve as nice reflections of their inner selves.

Way Back When-esday is hosted by Cheryl, who has all the good ideas so I just join her parties all the time.

Way Back When-esday: Tinkerbell

I love this picture. Taken around Halloween time in 2003. Dear Wasabi Girl stands in her kindergarten classroom with "Readmore Bear," who is also in costume for the occasion. This was a hard time for Wasabi Girl. After seeing what fun her older sister had with the greatest teacher in the world, Wasabi Girl couldn't wait to become a kindergartener herself. She adored this teacher, who was larger than life and more wonderful than Santa Claus to her heart and mind.

Sadly, after teaching only six days that year, the teacher was hospitalized. Shortly before Halloween, she died. We were all devastated and we still talk about how wonderful that teacher was. To see Wasabi Girl put on a brave face and embrace that teacher's famous bear brings a tear to my eye even today.