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, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 28th, 2014
As usual, we went down the street to cut our Christmas tree. The 80+ degree weather put Susie in a horrible mood. The kids love decorating the tree so much–the joy of pulling out ornaments just increases each year as they recognize them again. It’s totally worth it even though we’ll be leaving in less […]
Janie woke up with a DRY diaper. Derek immediately put her on the potty, and she went a ton! My heart was so full of happiness I couldn’t stop beaming. With all the praise we were heaping on Janie, Susie (who woke up with a full, wet diaper) decided to go potty on her own […]
Posted in Janie on Nov 20th, 2014
Well, guess who told me she had to go potty this morning, sat down, and went? Yes, that would be this child. Her language is really starting to take off. She’s repeating most words we say to her, including our names. And she has figured out to nod her head (though she can say […]
Today Susie came to me with a poopy diaper that I hadn’t put on her–Lizzie had changed her old wet one and put on a fresh one just minutes before. Something’s wrong if your sister 23 months older is perfectly changing your diaper, right? Then tonight Janie pooped on the potty. Something’s wrong if your […]
Posted in Janie on Nov 14th, 2014
Someone had her hair in pigtails for the first time today! Who does she look like now?
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 3rd, 2014
Now that we’re going to our (amazing!) church just a few blocks up from the Santa Monica Pier, we decided to meet the Watlingtons, fellow State College transplants, for lunch after church this weekend. We’re looking forward to showing off the sights to our families next time they visit for a weekend!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 1st, 2014
Yesterday we joined our CBS homeschool playgroup for a field trip to Underwood. This time it was much less about the pumpkins and much more about all the fun with friends. Tommy, Jackson, and Jonah were pretty much inseparable. Despite the frowny faces, the girls all enjoyed the wagon ride… Picking out pumpkins always takes […]
Peter Rabbit with Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail! Batman came along, too. (Note Tommy’s bunny tail–I totally forgot to get a rear view of their costumes, but it was super cute.)
In addition to the normal school-and-grocery-shopping, we started the mummification process on a young chicken (salt makes an unbelievable mess when you have a 3, 4, 5, and 7 year old helping you), Tommy sliced his finger open cutting pre-sliced bagels and I realized we’re out of antibiotic ointment and almost out of bandaids, I […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 22nd, 2014
Janie wanted to color a map of Ancient Egypt, too. And everyone got out their colored pencils when we went to Gardens of the World to sketch with the Boyds.