feeling happy.

of late, baby showers and settling into home and finishing the semester (yay!)

finn enamored with inga at lauren's baby shower:::

what i made for katie's baby shower (indeed, burp cloths):::

today, finn & papa p. planting tomatoes and peppers! also note the already-sprouted basil and thyme i got at the farmer's market and promptly re-potted mm-hmmmm:::::

finnegan in the glamorous adjunct english faculty office at kirkwood community college;;;;he came with me to pass back student portfolios (note that he is attempting escape):::::

baby love card i painted for lauren;;;;;;;

and now, my friends, i am done blogging for the night and i will mention i am also done grading and looooord am i ever happy about that! i feel summer is coming don't you-----hallelujah!!

rainy day people, number 2

on the day we explored the trail with native prairie plants, we also visited the natural history museum, where these very plants were on display behind glass!

rainy day people

recently, on a rainy day, finn & Q. & i explored the little prairie-restored nature trail by the creek by our house. . .

child portrait with self or self's portrait with child (or no self?)

to the mamas

here's an old poem list i found whilst moving; and finn with it


and here's new fun thing to do: make playdough (orange) in a new house

and here's to the mamas, who build their nests every which where (for example, this mama sparrow has laid here eggs in a big glass hanging thing on our porch) and who love their babies past, past, past what they knew before as love. what i mean is here's to my mama, and your mama, and you, and myself. we are awesome and wild and who knew we could do such amazing things?

the day before moving and moving day

the new place (notice old swingset on which we get to hang finn's swing!)



finn with his doll in our old backyard