Height check -- Pete asked for visual aids to the children's current heights, so he won't be totally shocked when he sees them in December. Here are Katherine and I on her 10th birthday. She's wearing a scarf I've knitted on and off (mostly off) for the entire 5 years we've lived in the Deep South. I took a break from packing up the house to complete it. She said that she understands she once liked that color . . .
Tall, dark, and handsome -- here's Gregory. I'm dressed to paint (don't ask), and he's looking snazzy on his sister's birthday. And yes, he is almost a head taller than I am. Sorry Pete, he could be your height by Christmas. You'll experience New England cold and the shock of having a nearly grown nephew.
Making a wish. Yes, she's double digits. She was an incredibly good sport about having the house in utter chaos on her birthday.
Autodidacts even in the midst of massive life change, the kids did some serious hands-on learning these past two days as we painted a couple of rooms. They've done a lot of spatial reasoning lately while packing up their belongings.
Gregory has developed an admirable life philosophy -- don't hang on to stuff. His new room will be spare and minimalist. Katherine cherishes everything and finds potential good and usefulness in what may appear to you or I to be a mere scrap. Then she turns around and creates art from said scraps, humbling all doubters. We are lucky to be their parents, and we are learning all the time from both of these wise souls.
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