Category Archives: Duendesday

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} Here’s to new friends! Especially at a time when it is particularly hard to meet new people and to have the space to get to know them. But children are brilliant at that, anyway – no expectations, no messy introductions, they just sort of jump inContinue reading “Duendesday: new friends”

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} It’s been a crazy year so far. Too hot and sticky to really be out a lot this Summer, too buggy, too rainy, too icky – there has been something thwarting our deep outdoor adventures and plans this year. So, there has still been a lotContinue reading “Duendesday: Making Good Stuffs”

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} Lately it’s been hats, cakes, jumping on the new indoor rebounder, and the Tudor Monastery Farm. Today she is planning on steaming sticks to bend into basketry of some artistic (and likely unfunctional) kind. Yesterday she carved and boiled her own wooden butter knife. We’ve hadContinue reading “Duendesday: a bit of this, a bit of that”

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} So, a couple of weeks ago we managed to squeeze a camping trip into our crazy schedule which was good for all of us, even though we left a little early due to the rain, we got to meet up with a solid bunch of lovelyContinue reading “Duendesday: Summer’s End”

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} This kid is cray cray. She’s losing teeth all over the place (naturally, just seems all the time!), she’s foraging, gardening, climbing, dancing, swinging on the swing, making paper airplanes, making up games (like Belly Target – and yes, she wrote the numbers backwards because sheContinue reading “Duendesday: the Crazies”

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} Midsummer – full of plans and arrivals. It’s been a little extra hot and thick around these parts (something that is terribly affecting many good folk everywhere) – leading us to sneak out to a park or run errands when it breaks for a bit, orContinue reading “Duendesday: strange days”

{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} It’s been awhile since we’ve caught up with little Ms. Duende. She’s had an exciting Summer – visitations from Grammy & Poppi, a birthday with Pear, too (and Nana, Uncle Cameron & Angela, and Dave!), lots of ice cream scoops out in the world, Farmer’s MarketContinue reading “Duendesday: Catching Up”

{life with a curious and crazy almost 11 yr old} As we get closer to someone’s birthday she’s getting more and more excited. It’s not a big year, necessarily (every year is a big year); it’s not a cycle year (we celebrate 7 yr cycles as major milestones). But it’s still a marvelous birthday! 11,Continue reading “Duendesday: just another typical wonderful day”

{life with a curious and crazy almost 11 yr old} This big thing did great for her 5th grade assessment – told her lovely (and patient) teacher about her snap circuit/bat box building/new garden/cooking classes/geography lessons (she and her father are doing a 500 piece on American Indian Tribes as we speak). They talked aContinue reading “Duendesday: 6th Grade!”

{life with a curious and crazy almost 11 yr old}