Z Vision

Downloading all these weird and wonderful images from Z's camera always makes me smile. I love seeing what she's been framing with her little pink camera...best gift ever!

I don't remember whether my parents ever encouraged or discouraged my creativity as I was growing up. But with four siblings, I suppose it was something they recognized would eventually find wings of its own no matter what they did or didn't do. While I'm much more engaged and encouraging of Z's ever blossoming imagination, I hope I will always give her the freedom to find her own expression.

But I'm totally going to be one of those mom's in the front row of every recital bursting with pride. And if those recitals happen to turn into science shows or the math olympics, so be it. Z mom is there! (Gah, I can hear it already... "oh, mom....")

P.S. In anticipation of Z's upcoming birthday, the blog's gone pink!

Moving On

So the days keep coming and going and life keeps shifting and we keep flowing...

After a lot of thinking and talking and hemming and hawing, we have put our Friestadt Road home on the market. When we bought the house so long ago it was just the two of us with no long commute times, no bad economies, no Miss Z, and no worries about busy streets and preschool programs.

But time moved us forward and the time proved right for us to move on. I do miss the basement storage and the brushed nickel towel bars and being surrounded by the quality of Casey's craftmanship, but I think I can live without those things for awhile.

So goodbye Freistadt Road. May another family love you just as well.

And hello Circle friends. May Miss Z's energy brighten your days (and hopefully not your nights).