Back to the usual mess making

Last night before I put Bean to bed I took out the new finger paints I’d bought and put paper down on the bathroom floor. Bean was so excited: alternately squealing with glee and furrowing his brows in concentration. He made it a full body experience, of course—and then I plunked him straight into a […]

She’s okay!

She is okay. Home from the hospital with several bruises—but she was cracking jokes over the phone. She has always been like this—somehow upbeat right in the midst of adversity. When she was little every picture she drew had a sunshine in it—always, and she’s like this still a little—though I’m sure she’d be the […]