All of Susie’s nearest and dearest know of her deep attachment to Lionel, the mangy little hunk of fabric that used to be a plush lion, an Easter gift from Nona when she was a year old. A year or two ago, I tried to buy a new Lionel on ebay after Old Lionel’s mouth […]
Category Archive for 'Janie'
Life has gotten busy this week. So much for trying to stay off my foot and rest–between real schoolwork, ballet, three soccer practices, grocery shopping, and play dates, we’ve been busy all day, every day. And my foot is definitely feeling it. Tonight the kids are out on the back patio, riding around as dusk […]
Official First Day of School
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 31st, 2015
In case you missed it on facebook, we celebrated our official first day of school today with the traditional name/age/grade signs and a joint school session with Beacon Hill Academy–DenHartog Campus!
It’s a good thing we have so many flower girl dresses around the house. The girls are currently big into playing wedding!
Oh Yes, Temper Tantrums
Posted in Janie on Aug 21st, 2015
I’d forgotten how a two year old can dissolve into tears and cry for half an hour over things like Mommy refusing to dance with her because my foot is broken. Or because she asked for a piece of bread and butter for a snack, and I gave her a piece of bread and butter […]
Sigh. What are you going to do?
“Soft Start” to the School Year and a Sort-of Update on my Foot
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 17th, 2015
We unofficially started school today with just a few subjects. Since we’re officially homeschooling under a public charter this year (for the $2K apiece for Tommy and Elizabeth’s textbooks, supplies, and extracurricular activities), our official first day of school will be August 31. But I feel like we’re ready to have a little structure in […]
Playing with the Neighbors
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Aug 14th, 2015
After four years, and just before we leave, the kids are suddenly playing with the neighbors all the time. When Henry moved 2 doors down last summer, we started meeting him out with his nanny and her little girl, Nora, in the street every once in a while, and we’d ride bikes a bit every […]
It was an In-n-Out kind of night.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 12th, 2015
Grandma stocked our freezer before she left, but I forgot to pull anything out the night before. Oops.
We took Grandma back to the airport this afternoon, but while Tommy was at soccer camp this morning, we girls had one last tea party together.