Monday morning
We had such a perfect, gentle weekend. It’s always hard waking on a Monday and feeling that wrench as the realisation of the upcoming rush-to-get-out-the door kicks in. This morning we woke late and got to school just before the second bell but we somehow managed to keep things cheerful.
This is the list on the door inside one of the kitchen cupboards which Amelia refers to almost every day when getting ready and packing her bag for school. She kicks around all morning; drawing, playing the piano, constructing elaborate plans for tree houses or performances, gazing into the plastic container where her pill bugs live, slowly getting dressed in unbelievably drawn-out stages while all the time chat chat chatting. Thankfully, when we hit the urgent, last minute race to get away, there is this list for making life easier. As Meg (who is an old friend and author of my new favourite blog) wrote, the world can be divided into those who keep lists, and those who don’t. Amelia has most definitely inherited my keen love of all things list-like.
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Speaking of kids – Mixtape – The Kids Issue is now available for preorder at the Mixtape online shop. I did the cover illustration and if the content is at all like that of the previous issues, it will be a rad read.
Responses
27th October 2008 at 2:07 pm
Oh I love lists too!
And by the way, your cover for Mixtape looks great!
27th October 2008 at 4:25 pm
Amelia’s list is great. In her own writing and important to her as well as you. In a good spot too! Your illustration is so sweet!
27th October 2008 at 5:43 pm
thanks a bunch Claire 
hey i forgot to say in the email that I hope you are feeling much better!
Jus
27th October 2008 at 5:44 pm
Oh, the mixtape kids issue looks really great! I just pre ordered it I just wanted to stop and say hi. I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while but have never left a comment. Thought that I would come out of the shadows *grin*. Have a great week!
27th October 2008 at 6:47 pm
Thanks for the link to Meg’s blog – an instant favourite.
27th October 2008 at 9:27 pm
Cute list. What are Pe-shoes? As a shoeoholic, it causes some concern. =)
27th October 2008 at 11:34 pm
This sounds great I used to get the martha stewart’s kids magazine until they stopped printing it. Now I get one called cookie but always looking for good magazines on kids:)
28th October 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hey Claire!
I managed to get my hands on an old Mixtape zine, and it had your interview in it. It was a great interview- you sound like a really nice person. Your new cover illustration is also lovely!
By the way, your monster-in-the-weeds Photoshop picture freaked me out!
Love Carla
http://www.carladarling.blogspot.com
28th October 2008 at 3:12 pm
that list is the most adorable thing! hi im erica, i just found your blog and love it! check mine out sometime 
keep it up!
28th October 2008 at 5:11 pm
I love that list so much. Kid lists really are the best.
29th October 2008 at 12:34 pm
we do exactly the same thing in our house. it works for about 3 or 4 days in a row. I then hide the list for a few days, then bring it out and it is just like new. I also say, “I bet I can have a shower and get dressed before you can do all of your morning chores (dressed, teeth, hair etc) They were ready to go at 7.15am this morning.
it was a good morning!
7th November 2008 at 9:19 pm
congrats on having the cover of mixtape!
I love the illustration, you have a great style.
I think my Amelia will be a list girl too. I adore Amelia’s list, and even more so that she refers to it!
27th October 2008 at 1:46 pm
I’m not a list person, but I think I need to become one, even just a little bit. I love Amelia’s list and I might get our two to make a similar one. At least that way they can remember what needs to happen.
Hopefully.