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 Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 31st, 2017
We’ve enjoyed the tradition of Friday Pizza and Movie Nights this year, and last week, we invited the Boards over to share pizza and watch The Aristocats. Nicholas is Susie’s soulmate, and we all love cuddling little James! Other than the cranky old people, we have the best neighbors.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 30th, 2017
Most of our homeschool days are hard, hard work. Occasionally, Tommy will get up at 6:20 am to start his schoolwork, everyone will be diligent, we’ll have minimal distraction and fighting, and we’ll be done by lunchtime! Today we celebrated that rare awesome day by getting croissants at Starbucks (it’s National Croissant Day, don’t you […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 27th, 2017
Yesterday at dinner, Susie told us that if she could invent a new holiday, it would be Favorites Day: a day when you get to eat your favorite foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. So of course all the kids had to tell me what they’d choose for their own Favorites Day! I wrote […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 26th, 2017
The kids are still loving their French class with Marion. Even Janie is brave enough to speak up now!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 24th, 2017
Sunde and I braved crazy rain last Friday to do a homeschool field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. I just haven’t done as much ocean study this year as I’d wanted, so it was good to get back there and spend another day looking around. Because the Daughrity kids love […]
Nothing beats blankets and encyclopedias for a good fort!
When we came through before Christmas, we had one day of leftover snow before it melted. The kids were out sledding right away, of course, but we were afraid that would be the only day of snow play we’d get in Columbia. When we came back this week, it was brown and bare, but midweek, […]
Downtown Columbia is nearly unrecognizable from my childhood, and I was very concerned when I heard about Shakespeare’s. They tore down the original building to build apartments, but fortunately the first floor is as much of a replica of the original as possible. This was our first time back in CoMo since they reopened. The […]
On New Year’s Eve, Nona got to meet Sterling and enjoy the presence of all six of her great-grandchildren! Three boys and three girls! Everybody’s favorite Christmas baby wasn’t upset by the adoration of four generations of relatives. The kids are all enthusiastic members of the Sterling Cobb fan club. And Henry just led the […]
I hope the kids grow up with lots of memories of being read to at their grandparents’ houses! I never get tired of scenes like this.