Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup -- they all die. So do we. And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: look. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living. Think what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world -- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. ~ Robert Fulghum ~

Monday, July 21, 2008

Litchfield 2008

The weekend before July 4th Patrick and I took the babies to Litchfield like last year. We had such a great time again! We stayed in the building that is directly next to the waterpark so it was very convenient. They were all old enough this year to really enjoy the splash pool, lazy river, beach, etc. At night I don't know who was more tired, us or the kids!! Anna found a live Conch under the sand that people came down the beach to see, so it made her feel very special! Anna had no fear of the ocean which I am not sure is a good thing but at least my ocean fears have not been passed on to her. Jack took his fishing pole and spent a lot of time just casting into the ocean. He was sure he would catch a shark or something exciting!! He also enjoyed his Spiderman kite and flying it all over the beach. Alec spent most of his time digging in the dirt and snacking!! He had a great time covering Patrick with sand! He actually was a little bit scared to go in to the ocean too far, but has no fear of pools! We took a visit to the Shark mouth beach store again, went a few times for ice cream, went once to the marina but mostly we just stayed at the resort and relaxed. Looking forward to doing it again next year!
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