lazy hazy sunday

I haven't updated our blog in FOREVER! Yikes. Life has been busy, but I don't have an good excuse - I've just forgotten!

We're having a nice Sunday today. We've been relaxing and playing quietly. Aleida took apart her bed after her nap today (meaning she tossed out everything in it, including her mattress) and was sitting very content on the wood slab bottom. So, I gave her some books and 30 min later, she's still babbling happily. Owen is crafting away, the dining room has never looked so fulfilled. I touched up paint in the kitchen and front entry way. Those are areas of the house that seem to always need paint touch-ups.

Last night I used a couple of shirts that Ry and I don't wear anymore and I made myself a brand new shirt. I'm happy with the results! It will be a fun new summer shirt.

catch a cold.

We've run into a bought of sickness this past week. The kids are fighting a snotty, deep cough. Poor kids. Their moods have been amazing given that they feel crappy. We've been doing a lot of tea drinking, movie watching, and taking it easy. Now so long as Ry and I don't catch it . . . 

we will move.

I realized I should update the blog with our latest big news:

Ry was accepted into Princeton Theological Seminary's PhD program, to begin fall of 2011! This is the school that he most wanted to be accepted into, so we're thrilled about it. Though less thrilled about the move, of course. But alas, at the end of the summer, we will pack our lives up into a big truck and head East, to Princeton, NJ. We'll be one hour from New York City, an hour from the ocean, 7 and a half hrs from my parents, 10 hours from Toronto, and 10 hours from New Brunswick. It will be a treat to be East! Certainly we want as many visitors as possible. And we have hopes of making as many road-trips as we can manage. It will be a major transition, but it is one that we've been gearing up for ever since Ry discovered his passion for theology. We're so glad to be taking this major step toward him obtaining his PhD.

owen's brilliance revealed.

Oh, Owen. What a kid. And Aleida is being her sweet, smiling self.

hibernation

The cold continues and our time indoors has remained sane. We've gone our for walks and time outside when the temperature has been about 20F. That's not too frequent. But we have 'school' on Wednesday morning and church on Sunday and I think those activities have been really key for our winter survival.

To pass the time and really feel cozy I've been making a rug. My progress is slow but I hope to be done in the next couple of months.

lazy hazy sunday

Owen has a bit of a cough and runny nose, and Aleida is getting some molars in. Both kids (and parents!) are worn out! But we're in good spirits; it's been a lovely January thus far. We had a long, full morning at church today. The kids are responding so well to our church activities lately (being the past 2 weeks). Owen is really embracing and enjoying his preschool Sunday school class. It used to be a struggle & fight for him to attend nursery and his class so we're very grateful to have him excited and happy about his activities. He really loves his friends at church, too. Aleida can get upset at being left in nursery, but she settles quickly and plays well and seems to enjoy participating in new things. There's another little girl at church who is a number of months older than her -- they've had some bonding moments, it's very sweet.

Ry is marking exams. Owen is building a parking facility for his cars. Aleida is taking a nap. And I have a kitchen to clean, but before I tackle that, I thought I'd roam around our place and capture images that I enjoy seeing. (Aleida is asleep so she didn't make it into the mix... perhaps I'll find a pic of her from a different day :)

* Music of choice for the afternoon: Edward Sharpe & the Magnet Zeroes, as well as Local Natives (thanks Charlie for the recommendations) *


:: sunday school art project ::











i just read an article that our pastor wrote for our monthly newsletter in which she talked about storytelling & how it shapes our souls (a Thomas Moore idea); it isn't just the life experience itself, but the recounting, remembering and reprocessing that is important for our life-source. I think part of this process is intricately connected to our familial history as well -- it is crucial that we keeping the stories and experiences of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents ongoing and current.



:: my lovelies ::

keep it simple

lessons learned so far this new year: slow down, smell the flowers & hydrate.

i don't believe in new years resolutions because i don't find them helpful or constructive. But, I do want to keep the above ideas in mind (for my & my family's sanity & health!)