Callie Feyen

Here’s a picture of the first “guys” Harper ever drew.  She was about 2 and 1/2. Here’s a sample of what Harper’s “guys” look like now. And here’s a picture of her on some sort of climbing thing. This is the same climbing thing that Hadley was on last year at this time at her preschool graduation.  Harper couldn’t get… View Post

On Friday the girls and I went to the library to look at cookbooks. Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed with my writing I go to the library to find something new to concern myself over; like how to make my own starter for sourdough bread, or how to make a pie crust with cute crimped edges. Hadley found a book club… View Post

I always think I’m going to get a ton of work done on the weekends and I never do. I think about doing work. I even plan to do work. I’ll tell Jesse, “I need to work.” I’ll pack my bag full with notebooks and pens and books to read and mark up. I’ll leave the house and go to… View Post

Here’s a picture of Hadley and Harper about five minutes before they went to school Monday morning. About fifteen minutes before this picture was taken they were having a contest to see who could throw her underpants and hit the ceiling first. I clean the breakfast dishes up during the contest. Yes, it is a daily thing – the underpants… View Post

Last week Hadley went on a field trip to the zoo with her class.  For weeks, they had been researching an animal of their choosing; reading books, going to the computer lab, drawing pictures, all rather impressive things for Kindergartners to do, I’d say. Last week, they roamed the zoo to see the real, live thing. Hadley searched for the cheetah. On… View Post