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 Annie, Children's Books, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2022
Little Women! And this year, Tommy opted not to participate in the group costume. Instead, he and Quinn were Men in Black. We trick or treated with the Hedts and Schroeders again!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Aug 1st, 2022
The Fisher girls stopped by Iowa City at the end of July for a few fun days filled with dressing up, tea parties, and dancing!
The middle girls went in for their annual check-ups this week. After so many appointments with Annie (and even Susie with her ear) talking with doctors about things that are wrong, it’s so nice to have an easy check-up with no problems! 20/20 vision and no concerns! Susie at 11 years: Height: 53.75 in (15%) […]
Posted in Susanna on Apr 19th, 2022
Books, brunch at The Encounter Cafe, and confetti birthday cake baked from scratch by Janie. Blue light glasses so she “looks more bookish.” Four and half of her eleven books read by bedtime. Pretty happy birthday for our middle bookworm.!
Susie was all set to perform her recital a month ago, when her beloved teacher, Cande, had to have emergency gallbladder surgery and spent 13 days in the hospital! The recital obviously had to be postponed indefinitely. When Cande and I finally sat down to reschedule this week, we realized that between the activities for […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Iowa, Janie, Susanna on Dec 15th, 2021
All three girls played in the Mid-Prairie Homeschool Assistance Program Christmas Concert! Between the band, orchestras, and choirs, about 150 kids participated. It was Janie’s first-ever public performance, and she did great! Grandma Willett even got to drive up to see it! Janie’s beginning viola class joined the whole combined orchestra for “Joy to the […]
Trick or treating happened again! Our new friends who moved here from Australia, the Hedts, invited us, the Shroeders, and Lashmits over to help them celebrate their first American Halloween. Our kids, of course, went as children’s book characters. Presenting the Mysterious Benedict Society! Milligan, the world’s best amnesiac secret agent dad, ready to protect […]
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 20th, 2021
Since we were all in quarantine, we decided that our “soft start” to school this week would actually be a real start to school. We did sleep in an extra hour because Tommy was still tired at the beginning of the week, and I had to homeschool briefly from the couch Wed morning before retreating […]
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 20th, 2021
The zoo in Des Moines had a special event on Sunday for families of special needs kids. So the kids and I drove over for Annie’s first trip to a zoo that she actually remembers. Everything was free–from sack lunches to giraffe feeding to all the rides!–and it felt great being back in a public […]
Posted in Susanna on May 28th, 2021
Susie went right from the orchestra concert Monday night to Fiddle Camp the next three mornings! Miss Sheila and Miss Cande taught the fiddlers several fun songs to play for their group performance at the Iowa State Fair this August. Susie’s favorite is Orange Blossom Special, which she learned for the first time this week. […]