Tag Archives: ClaraJane

All Star Birthday Bar (Gavin’s 7th)

Posted on 2015/05/01 by circuskitchen

May 1st 2015 – Continued Later on Gavin’s 7th Birthday; After school, the arrival of Grandma Z, and 7 presents from Mom; We all went out for Pizza! I had to join late from a gig, but … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, domestic life, family, food, Friendship, health, love, parenthood, work | Tagged All Star Pizza Bar, Baby Mary, Bubble Wow, candy machine, Christina's Ice Cream, ClaraJane, cousins, enchanting neighborhood, family outing, Gavin's Birthday, gigging on my son's birthday, Grandma Z, I Like Pig Butts and I Cannot Lie, Ice Cream Conference, Inman Square, Miles, Sangria, Super Balls, two grandmas | 1 Comment

Berryland

Posted on 2015/04/15 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, April 15th 2015 – TAX DAY After getting a tooth fixed and taxes filed, I got to go on a date with my daughter. It’s called “Berry Line,” but we waive that point. (We look past it.) … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, domestic life, family, food, health, love, mental health, parenthood | Tagged Baby's growing up, Berry Line, ClaraJane, long legs, We're Free | 2 Comments

How Do You Spell “Pacifier”

Posted on 2015/03/30 by circuskitchen

March 30th 2015 2015-03-30 Spelling Pacifier [58seconds]:

Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, faith, family, forgiveness, Friendship, love, mental health, parenthood, patience | Tagged ClaraJane, determination, early literacy, pre-writing, torpedoes be damned | Leave a comment

Pyoom Pyoom

Posted on 2015/03/22 by circuskitchen

March 22, 2015 Benefits to Brother being nice enough to share his Trio blocks with his Sister: 1) Children getting along generously, kindly, happily. #priceless 2) This: Pyoom Pyoom [9 seconds]:

Posted in childhood, domestic life, family, love, nature, parenthood | Tagged ClaraJane, pyoom pyoom, shot through the heart, Trio Blocks | Leave a comment

Spirit Week Day 1: Favorite Book Character

Posted on 2015/03/02 by circuskitchen

Monday, March 2nd 2015 For “Favorite Book Character” Day at school, Gavin chose Greg Heffley, aka: the main character in all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney. ClaraJane on the other hand, chose the lady … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, faith, family, health, love, marriage, mental health, parenthood, patience | Tagged book character day, Book Fair, ClaraJane, diarrhea, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Do-It-Yourself, Do-It-Yourself Diary, Dr. Suess' Birthday, dress as your favorite book character, Gavin, Greg Heffley, Jeff Kinney, Pancakes for Breakfast, Pinkalicous, Pippi Longstockings, Spirit Week, Tobin Montessori, Tomie DePaola, Zaida | 2 Comments

Singing with Mamma

Posted on 2015/02/14 by circuskitchen

Saturday, February 14th 2015 On Valentine’s Day of 2015 the Cambridge Winter Farmers Market gave me my first (U.S.) gig as *Musical* Guest. I recall singing mostly songs about heartbreak and bad traffic. The kids took it upon themselves to … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, education, faith, family, health, music, parenthood, work, work-life balance | Tagged all in the family, bad traffic, Cambridge, ClaraJane, Gavin, heartbreak, on stage, on the mic, performing, The Continent Song, Valentine's Day, Winter Farmers Market, You Are My Sunshine | 1 Comment

What I Did Last Night

Posted on 2015/02/08 by circuskitchen

Saturday, February 7th 2015 As I biked home from the juggling convention through snowflakes and snowscapes in our beautiful city yesterday with my husband towing our kids all zipped up in their esteemed “chariot,” it occurred to me that it … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, faith, family, forgiveness, health, mental health, parenthood, patience, work | Tagged ClaraJane, Jenny the Juggler, Jenny the Juggler and ClaraJane, Juggling Convention, Juggling Festival, juggling soccer balls, juggling work and kids, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, MIT Juggling Club, Public Show, working mom | 3 Comments

Snow Day Sledding

Posted on 2015/01/28 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, January 28th 2015 Here we have one of the many snow days we had so far this year, in pictorial and video review. Or will be soon maybe: …as ClaraJane takes in the sites. … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, family, Friendship, health, nature, parenthood | Tagged Aunt Amanda, Baby Mary, Cambridge MA, ClaraJane, cousins, DaddyLove, Gavin, Kingsley Park, Miles, sledding, snow day | 1 Comment

Daddy Cake

Posted on 2015/01/21 by circuskitchen

January 21, 2015 Ridiculous. Adorable. And my favorite part is actually the official “passenger” in this scene; the brother. So beautiful and lovely how he is delighting in the hilarity of his sister’s antics. *Love sigh.* Daddy Cake [52 seconds]:

Posted in childhood, domestic life, family, food, health, love, mental health, parenthood, patience | Tagged baker's man, candlelight dinner, ClaraJane, DLove, inside Daddy's sweatshirt, Patty Cake, two-headed monster | 1 Comment

Florida Sand Cranes

Posted on 2015/01/08 by circuskitchen

Thursday, Jan 8th 2015 One of the most unexpected things to happen to us in Florida was outside 7-11 on our WAY to Legoland. 2015-01-08 Florida Sand Cranes (Click to Play) [53 secs]: BONUS CLIP! Here is another slice of our experience, … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, nature | Tagged Anchor Man, ClaraJane, Florida Turnpike, Gavin, Lego Land, News Anchor Boy, not *herons* per se, Sand Cranes | Leave a comment

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