Wednesday, April 30, 2008

harold and the purple crayon

we've been playing "art" these last couple of weeks. luc has become quite the little artist. he's been practicing with all kinds of different mediums and his masterpieces are currently being displayed all over our house. the entire house. feel free to come over here to view his exhibit. i've posted a few of his finest "works" here.

this one he calls "my daddy at work. with a moose."
medium: paintbrush and watercolor
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this one he likes to call "a dragon. it's roaring at tom & jerry."
medium: finger painting with watercolors
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and this one he calls "picture of my-daddy-builds-somethin"
medium: paint brush with watercolors done in green for earth day
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this one he calls "baby elias is sleeping"
medium: black crayola crayon on glass
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and his finest piece of work to date called, "daddy builds something really really BIGGGG!"
medium: are-you-serious-sharpie-???-!!! in precious peach.
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yep, serious.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

the girls.

love is...
dear little girls {my sister-friends}:
i love you - and wanted to send that out into the universe.
love, lindsay

(p.s. - our family is sending out an S.O.S. jade's kody is still very very sick. please-oh-please save a little spot in your prayers/thoughts/hearts for my sweet littlest sister and her new husband. and while you're at it... throw in a little somethin' about steen and how i need her to show up on my couch tomorrow.)

Monday, April 21, 2008

the boiler room

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my favorite love story of all time:
angela chase + jordan catalano.
'nuff said.

if you're wondering where i've been...
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who was your brian krakow?

Sunday, April 13, 2008

the brave one

the world is the same today as it was yesterday,
only everything is different.

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so it wasn't what she'd planned. either of them...
but it was the sweetest wedding i've ever seen.
it's been a tough few days of crazy jumbled what-in-the-world-??
loving each other - that was the easy part.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

"bicycle, tricycle... take me far with my hands on your handlebars" -rosie thomas


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little red caboose! little red caboose! riding behind the train, choo! choo!
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get your ticket and get onboard...
we're gonna ride the train, choo! choo!
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little red caboose! little red caboose! riding behind the train, choo! choo!
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Monday, April 7, 2008

"this little light of mine" -frances england

my mama wrote me letters when i was in her belly. four little love letters written on a piece of notebook paper. she was twenty-five when i was born and i imagine her looking sort of like me a couple of years ago... twenty-five and belly all full of baby.
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twenty-seven years ago in this moment my mama was curled up on our orange plaid couch in her nightgown timing her contractions. i was born on a tuesday. in the afternoon on april seventh. they named me la-la-la-lovely lindsay ann. i went home from the hospital in a yellow volkswagen bug.
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two years ago in this moment i was at the end of my rope. i'd exhausted every ounce of strength/life that i hadn't even known i had. i squeezed my mama's hand. really hard. really hard. this little family andrey and i created of just the three of us was born in the wee hours of the morning on april seventh. we named him lucas jude. andrey held him first.
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two. is this for real? my baby. my boy. is turning two today. the weeks and months and years that have followed so quickly since i first saw his face. a flash of first baths/smiles/steps/loves right before our eyes. that first time - the first time i saw his face - i knew it was true... what they say about your heart walking around outside your body. there he was. a big giant chunk of my heart.
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my mama, lucas and me. we share this "birth" day.

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