Month: October 2020

Riding Lesson

I signed Mina up for a riding lesson today. It turned out to be more like an “animal experience” lesson. She got to meet a wallaby, Vietnamese pigs, an emu,…

A Halloween Poem

Linus has been having Writers Workshop at school, in which they learn about stories. He’s gotten very interested in stories and today he decided to write a story – all…

Fungi

Linus took this photo of a cluster of American Parasol in the neighbors’ yard. He’s got a good eye!

August 18 – October 12, 2020

What a strange thing it is to look back on these photos and see how much has passed. Linus hadn’t started school. There were leaves on the trees. Mina was…

Bartleby’s Grand Day Out

I completely forgot about this set of photos – which is ironic because we took them to surprise Yen. The kids and I were alone one sunny weekend afternoon and…

Family Photo Shoot

At some point every year, Yen moans about how few family portraits we have. We decided we should try working out something with our lovely fall garden. It turned out…

Halloween for Manatees

The seacows are trick-or-treating. Roundnose is a ghost, Bartleby is a skeleton, and Paddlehead is a zombie. They crawl up to Mina’s bed and she says, “What wonderful costumes!” before…

Halloween Songs

The kids made Halloween videos. The first is a classic. The second is a Linus Tran original.

Mini Mina Update

Several of you have asked me how Mina is getting on now that Linus is in school. It’s true that she had a rough start, wanding the house looking lost.…