"have faith in the process."

-kate

pangaimotu island

 fa-fa-fa-fa-ll-ll-ll

today consisted of running records

& roasting marshmallows.

!spaghetti squash!

autumn autumn autumn.

it's my new favorite season.

kiki and i both bought too many groceries:

look, the bags ripped open.

"look, a moth! let's use our looking-lens"

*5 kindergarteners rush to get a good look
but in the process, end up accidentally

crushing it to death*

we all watch it flutter helplessly
to the ground with its smashed wings.

everyone was silent.

"oh..look what happened, ummm

come here & look at this pretty flower instead..."

a group of my favorite little humans

ran up to me last Friday & all tried to hug me

at the same time.

 it was the best group hug i've ever had.
(dozens of smiling 5-6 year olds screaming
your name when they see you is..awesome).
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 i made a mailbox out of

colored card-stock paper and

i've been "sending" them mail

to keep in contact for the 4 days i'm not there.

cathy says they love

listening to my letter

and looking at the stamps i draw.

heads or tails by lilli carre
this is one of my favorite [graphic] novels.

it is whimsical, strange and original.

it feels sort of like magical realism

conveyed through illustration.

i read the whole book

during one sitting a few weeks ago.

the leaves are changing colors:

H A P P Y  B I R T H D A Y!

**ham, potato and celery soup**

*roasted fall veggies**

"Great minds discuss ideas;

average minds discuss events;

small minds discuss people."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"and this is a picture of my new grandson."
"IS HE A BOY OR GIRL?"
"boy."

"awwwwwwww! i wish he was a little girl."

fall photoshoot with

decor from the dollar store!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL!

"see children as leaders,

not trouble makers."

prepping for our science unit

& designed an ecosystem for snails today!

0 o O o o 0 o O o 0 o

how exciting it is to be

the first person in the world to

show a child how to hold a paintbrush

for the very first time, dip it in paint,

and sweep it across a sheet of paper

to illuminate it with colorssssss.