Aspen’s yellow tomatoes in the 4-H & Youth Division (completed 4th-12th grade)
Blue Ribbon Day at the Fair
7 Aug 11 by Jenn Martin | 2 Comments | 49 view(s)Categories: family, garden | Tags: aspen, garden, lindy, oakley
Aspen and Elvis
19 Jun 11 by Jenn Martin | No Comments | 30 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, Camp Nakanawa, oakley
From Aspen’s most recent letter home: “Today at nature I got to hold a staff snake named Elvis. He has been at camp 17 summers! Wow! He barely moved and was so sweet!”
Please Mr. Postman
18 Jun 11 by Jenn Martin | 2 Comments | 139 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, Camp Nakanawa, oakley
Wait!
Oh yes, wait a minute, Mr. Postman
Wait! Wai-ai-ai-ait Mr. Postman
Mr. Postman, look and see (oh, yeah)
If there’s a letter in your bag for me (please, please Mr. Po-o-o-stman)
I been waiting such a long time (oh, yeah)
Since I heard from that girl of mine.
Vacation away from vacation
30 May 11 by Tim Martin | 2 Comments | 89 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley, pool
And so ends an awesome weekend here, without a moment in a car. That’s right, we took the long weekend and went nowhere. And it was good.
Yes, I ate a pile of home grown peas.
Yes, I ate a pile of homemade strawberry + nutella crepes.
And yes, we swam.
Oakley and the Midget
3 Apr 11 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 57 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: lindy, oakley, soccer
Spring break means lots of things, including substantially reduced soccer rosters. So, Oakley brought her own sister on the field for a U8 advanced league game. And while the Cheetahs weren’t able to overcome the best team in their league, Lindy didn’t look totally lost either.
First, we dance!
“Love Bug” by Oakley Martin
4 Mar 11 by Tim Martin | 2 Comments | 44 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: oakley, school, words
It was a Monday evening, and I had just gotten home from school. Now I was tromping up the stairs to my room. I got upstairs and sat on my window seat. Something cracked under the seat of pants! I practically jumped up and out of my pants. Who would expect something to crack under the seat of their pants when they sat down?! The answer is NOBODY! So, I quickly came back to my senses and slowly turned around. There sat a crushed ladybug without one of his wings. I let out a relieved sigh of old, cooped up breath. Then there rose the other ladybug wing. ”Whoa!” I said. Then, it tickled me under the chin. I laughed. I sure hoped this was over. Then the ladybug came back together and lived hap-bug-ly ever after.
Oakley Martin
February 2011
Mr. Peppy Businessman
31 Jan 11 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 102 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: funny, oakley, school, words
This morning, before I left for work, I said goodbye to Oakley. She responded with an upturned, “Okay!”. And so, of course, I mocked her, responding with equal pep. I mean, that is my job as her father, right?
We went our separate ways for the day; me to work, Oakley to school. Tonight, after the girls were in bed, I got to see two pretty funny things. First, Oakley’s steno, which includes a daily note from Oakley, written during school.
Self Confidence, Oakley Style
14 Nov 10 by Tim Martin | 3 Comments | 43 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: oakley, writing
Yesterday, I helped Oakley log in to send an email to a favorite person of hers. I left her, and off she went.
Last night, I received an email indicating that there was a new comment on a flamingobear post. It was from Oakley. The post was “The Call of the Bird“, and the comment reads like this:
WOW! I never knew I could write that well. Ben Oswald is better, though.
You may be wondering who this great author Ben Oswald is… Well, keep wondering… it’s actually another story Oakley is writing!
Happy Halloween 2010
31 Oct 10 by Tim Martin | 2 Comments | 42 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, halloween, lindy, oakley
This year, featuring Hermione Grainger (Harry Potter), Mrs. Which (A Wrinkle in Time), and Elphaba (Wicked), minus the green face.
Also featuring, a white pumpkin, lit up by two birthday candles. Funny.
Fall Break… time for fill-ins
19 Oct 10 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 5 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, oakley, soccer, video
That’s right, we’ve already seen Oakley play soccer this week, but she found herself in a second game this week. Watch for Oakley’s near misses and Aspen’s successes.