while they play... » blogger http://whiletheyplay.com Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:45:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 a new blog and a new pair of glasses… http://whiletheyplay.com/2007/09/a-new-blog-and-a-new-pair-of-glasses/ http://whiletheyplay.com/2007/09/a-new-blog-and-a-new-pair-of-glasses/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:13:00 +0000 kalurah http://whiletheyplay.com/?p=138 I started on a project last week that is very dear to my mending, school-mom heart.this was the only way for me to let all of my focus remain on my sweet, baby girl….and not have it classified as “border-line compulsion“.

introducing:

Zoe is so excited about her new blog.in fact, she’s beginning [...]]]>

I started on a project last week that is very dear to my mending, school-mom heart.
this was the only way for me to let all of my focus remain on my sweet, baby girl….
and not have it classified as “border-line compulsion“.

introducing:

Zoe is so excited about her new blog.
in fact, she’s beginning to show early signs of a Blogg-a-holic!

when we were on our walk on Saturday, we saw a funny, little squirrel that was hiding up in a tree with a big berry stuffed in his mouth.
she pulled out her camera and took a picture then whipped herself around and shouted, “Put this on my blog!”

now how often do you hear that, I ask you?

I’m hoping this will raise my excitement level over this whole “school” thing.
so far, it’s been therapeutic for this love-lorn mama.
I get to hear her tell me all about her day at school and then in turn, I get to share in that experience by helping her put it on her blog.

as she learns to write and spell, she will soon be taking over her little space and will truly make it her own.
a thought that absolutely terrified me before, now has me aching in sheer expectation.

I am looking to the future with a shiny new pair of rose-colored glasses.

and I never want to take them off.

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]]> http://whiletheyplay.com/2007/09/a-new-blog-and-a-new-pair-of-glasses/feed/ 3 the kindness of strangers… http://whiletheyplay.com/2007/05/the-kindness-of-strangers/ http://whiletheyplay.com/2007/05/the-kindness-of-strangers/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 16:17:00 +0000 kalurah http://whiletheyplay.com/?p=28 I was just recently directed to one of the most captivating blogs I have ever read. it’s down to earth, gritty and candid memoirs of a housewife and mother of four.Confessions of a Pioneer Woman.the woman has me down on all fours, pounding the floor, with tears rolling down my face. so much of what [...]]]> I was just recently directed to one of the most captivating blogs I have ever read. it’s down to earth, gritty and candid memoirs of a housewife and mother of four.
Confessions of a Pioneer Woman.
the woman has me down on all fours, pounding the floor, with tears rolling down my face. so much of what she writes about feels so familiar to me, apart from the life on a ranch part, of course.
the closest I’ve ever come to ranch life is potty training two boys at once! (I’ve never shoveled so much poo in my life!)
I discovered on her blog, that she occasionally holds “name that photo” contests, and rewards the chosen winner with the supreme of all prizes! from hundred dollar gift certificates to espresso machines down to the current prize, her beloved Nikon D70. (hummina, hummina)
what a kind woman this must be, to give of what she has. she has been writing in her blog for a mere year and she has oodles and oodles of adoring fans. it’s a special thing to give to people whom you only see through black on white text.
this whole “blog world” is new to me, but I can see how giving and receiving kind words to one another through the vast space that is the internet, could give your weighed down heart a little lift.
if you get a chance, mosey on over to Ree’s lovely little blog and take a firsthand look at the kindness of strangers.

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