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 California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 3rd, 2016
We have the greatest neighbors among the stinkers who I complain about. This week they have taken such good care of us that I still haven’t had to make dinner and only went to the grocery store for the first time yesterday. All of the families got together this morning and did a massive Christmas […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 29th, 2016
We’re trying to get back to normal life. The kids and I got a little schoolwork done. Derek went in to work yesterday and managed to teach both of his classes. I was still in a lot of pain, but Sarah and the boys came out for the day to hang out with us. The […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Susanna on Nov 26th, 2016
I was going to take a whole bunch of pictures of the girls helping me in the kitchen, preparing for Thanksgiving, but since Tommy woke up Thursday morning, vomiting, we didn’t end up doing much more than we’d pre-done on Wednesday. We’re rescheduling with our friends for Sunday evening, health permitting. Anyway, on Wednesday evening, […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 25th, 2016
After last year’s total bummer of no Christmas tree since we were moving, we headed back to our old neighborhood and cut down the perfect tree. Let it be noted that while I tried to get the kids in Christmas-y looking clothes (which they interpreted as long sleeves since “Christmas is supposed to be cold,” […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 16th, 2016
Monday found us in Long Beach, visiting the aquarium with Lexi and Theo! The kids seemed to learn a lot this time, and we had fun despite no stroller.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 12th, 2016
The Harvey girls joined us yesterday for a hike at Malibu Creek. Despite quite a bit of whining from everyone under age 9, Melanie and I had a good time walking and talking!
Posted in California, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 6th, 2016
After a week of busy evenings and random nights out late, it was so nice to just hang out on the pad with the neighbors. Susie and Nicholas, aka Nico, aka Nicky, BFFs and kindred spirits Declan and Janie, whose angelic faces hide their youngest-child, mischief-making tendencies Mattox serenading YoShen and Tommy with a harmonica […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Sewing Projects, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2016
Aragorn (inspiration) Arwen (inspiration) Eowyn (inspiration) Galadriel (inspiration) None of the girls knew about the girl characters in LOTR, having only read The Hobbit, but as soon as we told Susie she could wear a pretty dress and wield a sword, she was all in. Elizabeth got a necklace and Janie got a crown, so […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 26th, 2016
On Monday, we took a field trip day up to Santa Barbara! First up, the Ty Warner Sea Center. We love this little museum out on the SB pier. Since we’re studying oceans in science this year, we did a lot of observing and talking to the docents about the various sea creatures. As always, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 20th, 2016
We are loving the kids’private French classes with Marion, a French mom in TO. They sing songs and read books and play games and have a blast improving their accents and learning vocab. Our charter pays for the older three, and I just have to pay for Janie. Tommy looks underwhelmed in these two pictures, […]