one day....

..one day we're gonna rent one of these and go up and down the coast with our instruments
(definitely the ukulele!) and our surfboards (ha).
wanna rent one too and come along??
check out this place where you can rent them...

wish I had time for more kids classes...so so fun!

I hosted a class (with Mac, Emmett and Indi's help) for a group of families that trade-off child care in the summers and have come up with a great camp cooperative! So far they have farmed, recycled, baked, gone rock climbing etc etc...great families, sweet kids and a fun morning for me. I miss teaching kids classes!

summer days...

some good news...please....

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one day Emmett wants to build a treehouse...

Mac's Beautiful New Room

good morning and happy happy father's day!!!!

goodbye 3rd grade and 7th grade...

...hello glorious summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANNIE! ANNIE! ANNIE! ANNIE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY

What can you say about Annie? Wife, mother, potter, gardener, friend, daughter, poet, musician, artist, teacher, dancer and so much more. I say, "we love you and Happy Birthday! The world is a better place because of you"

I had to wait until the middle of the night and sneak on to the computer to post this, don't let her delete it!
Matt

Dmitry

Our family is going to miss Dmitry.
The whole school actually.
There just is no one like him.
From mythology to music and math to vegetarianism, he is inspirational without being boring or preachy.
He makes it cool to be smart and celebrates the "geek" in every kid.
And he is hilarious.
He gives everyone names... Mac "Madame Snowtree" and Emmett is "Five-Eighths Cinch Brass Hose Adaptor"....all the kids have some long complicated name that cracks us all up.
He has an imaginary friend/fall-guy named Shlomo and makes up word problems about other teachers like..." Mr. Plapp, while driving his pink scooter 50 miles per hour on the freeway, dropped his Dora the Explorer Doll 10 minutes ago, how long will it take him to retrieve it? (not counting the time it takes to cry and wimper?)" ...or something like that, (I made that up.)

Yes, the school won't be the same without him and I feel bad for every kid who doesn't get him for 3rd grade. (Silas is being seriously jipped!)

Below is a too-short snippet from the 2010 talent show...he's leading the school, singing "Cupid" by Sam Cooke. What will we do without him next year in the talent show?? (Mac insists that he just come back for it ...!!!)

Very talented, he even stood in for the lead singer at the middle school dance a couple years back and rocked Led Zeppelin unrehearsed in front of the most critical of audiences...12-14 year olds.

Dmitry, if you are reading this...
Us Dreyers send out big love to you and thank you for all you've given us!
May your future with your beautiful family be happy and fulfilling!
You will be missed.

light through color

I can't wait!

I get chills hearing the first three notes from the movie trailer!!!

I can't believe I have to wait until November.

And when did they get so grown-up and cool, all brit-fashion and
hair-do's.

What incredible lives these kids/actors have had so far.
But really I prefer to think of them as
Harry, Ron and Hermione.

Wrapping my head around the enormity of this disaster...

Check out this comparison map .
It helped me to see how big this thing is.
But the craziest part is to imagine it doubling
itself in every direction over time, and then
again with any kind of storm...

I can't imagine what it must be like to look
out at the sea for all those people now.
And all those animals...for who knows how
long.

What's going to happen???

School Garden Art

The shed was painted on Art Night by anyone and eveyone that stopped by, Daleth and I watching over the proceedings...the beautiful garden sign was written by the 3rd graders in Emmett's class and painted by Michelle (Sean's mom!) , and the "Tree of Life" was painted by CJ Hawke and I asked her to make me one! ;)

Megan, Crys, Music and the Love of Learning New Things!

Papa and Mac lucked out yesterday when they found a resonably priced Epiphone Hummingbird for Mac. Mac decided to give Megan her old guitar because her hands out grew the baby Martin big time and Megan has mini hands, just right for it. So there was musical happiness all around...perfect
for our Sunday music gatherings with Meg and Crys when everyone crams into the "music room". This is becoming a tradition. And I must say Meg and Crys are two of the happiest and most adventurous people we know along with you know who...(click <---- )
So, I decided, with Megan's encouragement in the form of a dare, to learn to play a song or two on the ukulele.
This snippet is after my first 1/2 hour with Matt. As you can see, I need a little practice ;)


But Emmett thought we should get some video of it...so when I am awesome we can look back
at my humble beginnings....
"What a lovely day and a dreamy night!"