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"and this is a picture of my dog"
"what's his name?!"
"mops"
"mops?"

'mops!" "mops! "mops!!!"

screamed 21 kindergarteners

who gathered around trying to look at this picture:

"that's a dog? he doesn't look like a dog."

"he looks like a sheep!"
"or a bear!"

s u g a r   c o o k i e s ~

hooray for library books &

flowers from a dumpster

taro root baby

 vanessa and i ate lots of food

& walked around three different neighborhoods,

and watched a whimsical french animation called:

Mia and the Migoo

vanessa and i walked past these

pretty flowers this evening. i've never seen

johnny jump up violas of this coloring!

HI LITTLE FRIENDS!

8am - 6pm

all day, every day.

 i designed a paper aquarium with these twins today.

miranda studied my drawing and then said:

"your octopus is beautiful."

later, one of them screamed:
"HEY, MY SISTER IS COPYING MY PICTURE.
TELL HER TO STOP IT!!!"

i decided to say something along the lines of:
"You know what? when someone copies your drawing,

it means they really like what you drew and

want to try it themselves. If someone

ever copies you, you should feel

proud of yourself because it means

they really liked your idea,

and because we're all friends,

it's nice to share ideas with each other!
for example, i loved how you drew
that cupcake so i copied you and
drew hearts on mine too because i
thought you had a great idea!"

she seemed satisfied with that answer

and then continued drawing happily.

a storm is coming

whee!

after 8 hours of helping my CT

kindergarten teacher prep the classroom for the
~*~*~FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL*~*~

i did my own little "neighborhood walk"

around the school.

sweet pea flowers grow everywhere on
the surrounding hills so i picked some,

sat on a concrete structure

and looked at the lake and mountains.

i painted this at like 1:30am.

"summer juice"
it was inspired by calder mobiles,
pinterest popsicles + blueberry picking.

hiked up rattlesnake ridge

with anna & kristina today;
saw a snake.

maryna and theresa mailed me

the collapsible colander i

had been obsessed with for a year!

the package was accompanied with

macarons and monterrey bay aquarium gifts

and the infamous ballooo0o0o!
i laughed out loud when i saw him.
THANK YOU!!

~from a few months ago~

ashley and i looked at each other today and realized

we were both wearing black dresses with blue cardigans.

then we decided "eh, why not?" & got matching necklaces
made from calendars by ugandan teenagers
^then i made us both puffball garlands ^

the day i wandered to the lake,

sat under a tree and read a book

about a syrian man during hurricane katrina
(based on true events)