Daily Musings

Yesterday, the kids and I were driving to go get ice cream at the Washtenaw Dairy (www.washtenawdairy.com) when we stopped next to a pick-up truck at a traffic light.

"Look, Mommy," said IEM. "Flowers in that truck."

At first, I thought that he was referring to flowers being hauled home in the back of the pick-up. But, no, the truck's owners had made a flower box/bed in the bed of the pick up, directly behind the cab. In it were growing some beautiful petunias. I wish I'd had my camera to snap a picture. And then I thought, "Why haven't I ever seen that before???" It just seemed so logical. We spend so much time in our cars...and seemingly so little at home these days...why not take your garden with you. Of course, I'm not sure how long said garden would survive in other cities but it had lasted the summer here.

IEM seems to be enjoying his Montessori school. He goes five days a week, 9 to noon. I got there early today to get the lead in carpool line (and to let his sister sleep in the car). I watched him run around the playground, laughing and playing with three other little boys, lost in their game of pretend. His teacher is very seasoned and I like what I've seen and heard thus far. It seems like a good group of kids and parents. And I am in the minority in carpool line: Most parents are biking their kids to school in this good weather. But I don't have a bike so I don't feel too bad.

We are meeting lots of folks around the neighborhood. There are tons of kids. Last Friday night, we went to a pizza night over at our neighbor's house. They have a six-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son who goes to IEM's Montessori. Another Montessori family from the neighborhood was there as well as some other folks from the street. Turns out our hostess went to Vandy and graduated one year before Zack. The next day, they were still playing the name game and she told Zack that she thought of someone he might know...and that someone turned out to be our friend Andrew who had just stayed with us the week before. Small, small world.

On a final (and food-related) note: I had to, just HAD to, go to Zingerman's this evening to buy some bread. So in addition to the bread I needed (not kneaded, haha), I bought some of their chocolate cherry bread and some of the rice pudding. That chocolate bread is just begging to be made into bread pudding. And that rice pudding. Oh-my-word.

KWF Reunion weekend starts tomorrow...and my mother-in-law arrived today. Will post more (with photos, I promise!) later this weekend.

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