Author: Geoff

Margot and Hazel are playing in the living room, and our of nowhere Margot says, in a uncharacteristically serious little voice looks at Hazel and says: " I know right now is a tough time for a lot of people, so thank you for making

She said it reminded her of Tahiti

Hazel is an avid, avid reader, and devours books. She seems to pick up and use new words really well too. The funny part is that she frequently uses words that she is learned from a book, but probably hasn’t heard much, so she uses

She painted it with raindrops because "you can’t have a rainbow with out rain" which was something we had talked about on Moo’rea

Me in the bathroom, door closed. From the hall I hear Margot: Daddy, are you almost done? Me " Yes, are you ready to go to the store? " Margot " yes, I have fairy wings on" Me "Ok" I walk out. ALL she has

< p dir=”ltr”>Recently, Hazel earned a "Yes" day, where Kim and I would say yes to nearly anything. My father Malcolm was visiting from Texas this weekend, and we asked if he’d be up for being part of "yes day". < p dir=”ltr”>Kim and I

My favorite part of Cabo was spending time in the ocean. We did two days of snorkeling on our short trip. Didn’t see much at the Arch, but Cabo Pulmo the next day was really nice. It was Hazel’s first time using a snorkel and

Hazel and I had a great time building our first set from the Lego Architecture series

So I let her eat at her desk so she didn’t have to be social.

She has discovered it’s far easier to read while eating, and she can change the page with her elbow.

Last week, I tried to take most of the week off to have “Daddy Camp” with the girls for their last week of summer. I didn’t succeed completely, but I did take a fair chunk of the week off. One of the things we did

Hazel decided to write a book. This was page 1

And she’s happiest in the gift store, reading the science books. —

This is how I found Hazel reading her book. —

She’s been talking about it for 6+ months. Finally was long enough —

I asked her to tell me about it. She said "I have a statement. I drew our house blue because it is blue. This is popos house. It’s brown because it has brown on it in real life. That’s a rainbow in the middle. I

Wonderful. Please tell Hazel I’m so proud of her

Hazel sewed (from a kit) q teddy bear, and decided on her own to give it to Margot.