Potatoes from a friend's garden and green goo too.

We're swooping through the ranch to get our stuff out of storage and say hello, and along the way what is better than harvesting a few potatoes and cooking them up for dinner?



Well, it's true that Tj is way cooler than me, and here's the proof.











Oobleck. It's cornstarch and water, mixed with a little food coloring, and I have to say that I shudder away from such mess, but Tj doesn't. She's not afraid of a little mess when kids can enjoy themselves like this!

We had a messy day... lots of clothes being changed, lots of dunks in the bath. Oh, oobleck. Oh, basement storage. Oh, muddy hills to slide down. Oh, harvesting chickens.

All I know is that I am plopping these children straight into the van in the morning, before Tj and Mark can get their hands on them again.

Comments

[tj]

LOL. Somehow that looks way worse than it was.
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[mark]

The dirt, and horse poop, and oobleck, and everything else we covered your children with should be viewed as normal and usual... for a child, that is... Thank you for trusting us with your most valuable pocession.s
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[Rose]

Rae, I commented on this blog several days ago, and at the time I had never stumbled upon it before. I loved your writing so much, and it struck me in such a way, that I went right back to the beginning and read every post from start to finish over the last week, and I've enjoyed it so much. If you ever get tired of writing novels, you should consider a memoir.

Anyway, although you don't know me at all, I have been given the gift of getting to know you a little bit through your blog, and I really feel like I have connected with a kindred spirit or a sister (and I hope you don't find that too forward.) In some ways our lives are so different, but at the same time I feel such a connection to your experience with anxiety and depression, and balancing family and artistic endeavor. When you were writing about Humboldt, I drank in every word, having made my home there, at one time, and when you were writing about India I drank that in, too, although I've never laid eyes on it.

I am very...well, PROUD of you for finishing your book, and I hope to be able to read it soon.

Rose

P.S. Your children are stunning!
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[laura]

oobleck...is that the sound makes when you squished it through your fingers?
Hoping and praying that your next adventure will be just as exciting as the oobleck was for your children (but not as messy?).

[blackbird]

I remember oobleck well. I always limited it to the kitchen sink!
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[debra]

your children are so deliciously beautiful!!
goop is what my tribe calls it. last summer we had goop on the walls, goop in the ears, goop in the hair and goop on the ceiling. they painted one another with goop. they painted the dog with goop. they discovered the dog does not like to be painted with goop but he does like to run through the garden hose :)

[Lulu]

Rae,

All the pictures were great. The one of Solo sitting up is absolutely priceless!

I'm glad you all are having a super trip home.

[Kim]

Obleck- the easiest mess to ever clean up- my all time favorite! :)
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