I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 27th, 2017
The big three kids were huge fans of their first visit to the LA Opera! We got to hear soloists from the Young Artists program sing famous arias, saw Placido Domingo himself in person, checked out sample costumes and props (many from shows that Derek and I have seen!), watched one of the six full-time […]
Posted in California, Family, Friends, Janie on Mar 25th, 2017
Janie had her first ever birthday party today, with bubbles, pizza, and most of her best buddies there to celebrate with her! Micah, Ellis, Holly Joy, the birthday girl, Judah, and Heidi!
Last weekend, I took the girls to see their babysitter, Jennifer, in a new production of Cinderella. They loved our girls-only date! Beforehand, Oaks Christian put on this whole cute little princess tea, with yummy treats, chances to meet all the actors, and even face painting. As you would expect from a high school theatre […]
Posted in Janie on Mar 23rd, 2017
Though strangers would never believe it, Janie is our loudest, most-obnoxious-in-small-places child. She’s a youngest for sure! She yells, cries, laughs uproariously, and generally makes sure we don’t neglect her. =) She loves being a big girl, whether that means dropping naps earlier than her siblings did, running around and doing everything they do, or […]
Posted in Janie on Mar 20th, 2017
Our little bug is a big girl now, for sure. We spread her birthday over two days so that she could open her sand toys from Uncle Matthew on Sunday afternoon, eat homemade gnocci on Sunday night (when Derek had time to make it all), then did homemade cinnamon rolls and the traditional four books […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna on Mar 17th, 2017
We should have brought sweats, because the marine layer never lifted today!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Mar 16th, 2017
When the Arguello family moved to Washington in December, we were devastated at the loss of such beloved friends. But they’re back in town for a wedding this weekend, so we got to hang out with them all afternoon, went out for dinner, and talked and talked and talked. *happy sigh*
We just met the Walkers a few weeks ago, but our four hit it off with their four so quickly that we’ve squeezed in several play dates before they decided to move back East. We will miss them, but it was encouraging to see how quickly we can make homeschooling friends – – hopefully a […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Janie on Mar 7th, 2017
Unless your three year old starts copying letters on her own.
I always wanted a sister with whom to trade doing hairstyles. Now Elizabeth has taken over Sunday morning hair duty! Doing the “California Brush” on Susie.