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, Family, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 5th, 2017
I will be honest here. I’m not a big biological science girl. So we saved the kids’ dissections for Grandma’s house. They learned a lot, she had fun showing them stuff, and I took some pictures and retreated to the fireplace before gagging.
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.
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 30th, 2016
We used our Santa Barbara Natural History Museum membership to get into the Michigan Science Center in downtown Detroit today. The kids especially loved the exhibits on making highways, steel, and automobiles! They had fun watching a science if combustion show that featured blowing things up, of course. Definitely a uniquely Detroit museum, and we’ll […]
It was so exciting to play in the snow! (And come inside for hot cocoa) All dressed up for the Christmas Eve service!
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna on Dec 26th, 2016
Jason and Matthew have been playing My Little Ponies with the girls at various points the past couple of days. According to secret cell phone footage, the girls’ ponies are saying things like, “You’re not beautiful! You can’t come to the ball!” When I asked them who taught them to play Mean Ponies, Susie proudly […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 25th, 2016
But at least I had some help getting them out of the insufficiently-greased pan…