15 Minutes Before Jorn's Guitar Lesson

Some side notes (honestly no pun intended)

Simonne wears her Kimba Hat all the time. All. the. time.

She also thinks that we are supposed to be in every catalog that arrives at our house since 99% of my non bill mail is knitting related and there are Berroco Remix ads in most of them somewhere. In that top picture she's looking for one of us in a holiday catalog that arrived today :)

Jorn loves playing the guitar.

and

I'm still not so great at using the self timer.

A few seconds after we snapped these frames we had to rush out the door to get to Jorn's lesson. The light in the living room was so nice today after a few gray days here in Vermont and that light is a precious commodity in the Northeast during these darker months. I really thought that we didn't have any time to take some pictures before we left for the lesson. We had just arrived home from picking up Jorn at school and were only stopping in to get a snack and his guitar but I got the camera out anyway. It took maybe three minutes to take these shots then we quickly packed up and left.

While Jorn has his 1/2 hour lesson each week Simonne, Vaughn and I hit the local health food store and the Goodwill which are just right across the street. Sometimes I cram a few other errands into that precious time and it's typically a hectic afternoon of rushing around with three kids in tow. These pictures seem so calm to me though looking at them now, not necessarily a true representation of how I was feeling this afternoon. But they are a true representation of a choice we made to claim this bit of time as our own.

It's getting to be that busy-holiday time of the year already and looking at these pictures is a reminder for me to make sure that we pause and just relax for a minute. Even if it seems like we don't have the time, we'll make it.

Comments

[Melissa Bramble]

Abi, those pictures are so lovely! Thanks for sharing them with us. And thank you for the gluten-free stuffing recipe--Sean is allergic to wheat, and we've used that tapioca bread, too. :-) Hope you all are having a lovely pre-Solstice season.

Best wishes,
Melissa

[Kathy]

the world would be a better place if pictures of kimba girl were in every knitting catalog. :)

[larissa]

Love photos of your beautiful family. My middle guy (age 9) wants a guitar for Hannukah but i don't think he can get one without lessons and i'll have to figure out how to squeeze some into out schedule.

I totally agree with your girlie - i was looking at the latest interweave knits and there she was in the cutest blue dress with the most adorable smile. save every issue - these are priceless!

[Sense of Home]

Beautiful, in the moment, photos!

-Brenda

[Abi]

Thanks Melissa! Give it a try, it's so good. I hope you and Sean are having a great holiday season! ooxx

[Abi]

:)

[Abi]

oh, i agree. jorn wanted a guitar for a year but wouldn't take lessons. he finally agreed last year but then we couldn't find a teacher who would take (a then) 7 yr old. he has a great instructor now and he's doing so well.

i am always surprised when i see one of the ads in interweave etc. it's *very* surreal. i have them all stashed away :)

[Abi]

thanks brenda!

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