Another First

Today I brought a little desk in from the barn. It has been waiting for Stella since before she was born. Happily, she's very much into coloring and crayons and pencils and notebooks. I've actually seen her carry around a pencil and a smidgen of paper no bigger than a square centimeter for more than 20minutes. Every so often stopping to jot down her thoughts (??). I'm hoping that her desk will be a little sanctuary for her amidst the household chaos.

First Day of School

At last!!

I was a little more enthusiastic than Violet.


But she loves school, and was happy to be there once we arrived.

Eeek! A Shark!

A dogfish shark, that is, at the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay.


We make a yearly trek up there to the one room aquarium, where you'd think the main attraction would be petting the sharks, but really it's rubbing the bumpy picture.




They also have a big touch tank where they actually let you take the critters out of the water, but Stella wanted nothing to do with them. Not even a little bit.


I really love the aquarium for it's relative peace and mild activities. Same puzzle year after year. There's something refreshing about the consistency of the place.

You know, it's just fun. You can't help but feel good out on the coast like that with the blue sky and bluer ocean.