Godfather

"Godfadder!" 

Sebastian falls in love daily, especially with the many house-guests we host (and especially the ladies) but no one has really taken his heart like Andy, or as he's known around here, Godfather.  

Andy made the trip out west from Montreal last month and for a few days I think 

Sebastian was in heaven. 

Mia

Sebastian has an imagination these days. Mainly there are a lot of imaginary friends around. I hear him talking softly to them. There are the Wump-a-Gumps who seem a little rambunctious and mischievous. There's a little faerie who lives in a lantern with a beeswax candle that is often getting put to sleep and shut in her little home. But mostly, there's Mia. God knows where he heard the name Mia, but to me it sounds ultra feminine. Mia is his girlfriend. They hang out a lot. At first there were three Mias, but one died and he ate the other one. So now there's just one. Mia. He let me take this photo of them posing together.

Leaky Boat

You may remember this boat. Well, say goodbye. We all have.

Sebi & Tigger

the garden store cat that we're in love with 

These two beasts are Galeaux D'esyines pumpkins I started from seed a month or two ago. Apparently our house has enough natural light to start seedlings just fine. They're almost outgrowing their one gallon pots and starting to flower... Trouble is that squash can't go outside on the West Coat until late May or June. They've been living on our kitchen windowsill, but they're getting a little jungle-big for the house. 

So, I'm doing a pumpkin experiment. I put one of the three in the ground yesterday. It's in a raised rock bed, the soil feels pretty warm and I put this plastic around it to further warm up the soil. Add some cedar branches and some fleece cloche and voila... 

A very ugly tent. 

Well, what can you do. So far, it seems perfectly happy despite the low temp last night. This could revolutionize our squash growing. I've had lots of pumpkin nay-sayers giving me advice these days, but I think we'll show them. 

Bike

These videos amuse me. They might actually be really boring, but I think they're funny. Sebastian's second day on the push bike proved he's braver than we thought. I wish I could have gotten his first trip down this ramp on camera. He bombed down with no fear. I had to remind him to be careful, and after that he rode more cautiously. It kind of reminded me of watching my little brother learn to snowboard when he was three or four. He just angled his board down the hill and took off. Come to think of it, my parents had a little ski leash for me when I was two or three and skiing for the first time. 

Oh, to have no fear. 

The suspense was killing us!

A cautious but brave little descent

Earth Day in the Creek

Little Hands Art Class

I've posted about Little Hands off and on since Sebastian started going, but I've never really shared any photos of the space and action. Little Hands is pretty much the greatest thing to happen to our kid drop-in days. Drop-ins can be really cheesy or full of stand-offish people or just kind of crazy and chaotic. Sebastian and I have met a lot of awesome people through the program, and it's as much a social time for him as it is for me. After the class is over, the kids can often be seen fleeing through the grassy hills surrounding the buildings, sitting on the rocks in the middle of the duck pond (where no grown up can go) or climbing trees. They're kind of like a wild art gang. Today was a good day.

Art Building: somehow, this used to be our town library

 These motorbikes on the sidewalk are getting out of hand

Uma&Seb

Before, obviously... 

Beach glass collections

Fish on a wire

"Pretend I'm the dad and we're making pinecone soup!!"

Box monster aka drier lint mache 

"Baby" Alva