a life beyond running shoes.

a moveable feast .  ernest hemingway part of what the Paris wife was based on in terms of information gathered about Hadley (hemingway's first wife). what was interesting were the "introduction" and "preface" regarding the stories that hemingway kept changing.....or the fact that he could not really decide on a title. i am so glad i read it in light of my fascination with hemingway in the twenties but probably not noteworthy on its own. although, some of his comments on fitzgerald are rather snarky and therefore delightful to read. the sun also rises.   ernest hemingway. still working through some hemingway. okay, but what I loved about this was that I had some biographical context for this story.....if any of the paris wife novel was true...for example, the character that he based brett on and how she caused a scene in pamplona when a group of parisian expatriates went for the running of the bulls. again, in the context of my readings I loved it. h...

please, please one more game of wall ball.....  this is by far the saddest part of school ending.... no more recess. graduates (5th graders and kinders) participate in a "fashion show" and since peanut is in a K/1 combo class he got to participate....... can you tell how much he loved it. and fun visit from a brooklyn friend..... so, glad you let us come meet you!!! (see people we do drive to you if you let us know you are coming!) and fun exploration of more west coast beaches..... the wind & waves were cold! but i got to try a lobster roll.... rated one of the top 5 sandwiches in the US.  bummer i did not get a photo of that.

means lots of new experiences.... - neat art projects using books: the very hungry caterpillar   - being in a play at school. the three billy goats gruff calypso  can you tell how much he enjoyed that! - and finally loosing that first tooth. funny thing, we don't know where it is. it disappeared in the night. daddy tooth-fairy will still visit though. what a big kid. hard to believe he is seven! it is fun to keep learning about him and how he is different from anyone else i know. he has loved baseball season and can hardly wait for soccer this fall. he is a great reader and really loves math. he has four days left of first grade and he has done amazing! peanut, you are an awesome kid!