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, Susanna on Dec 2nd, 2014
That’s newsworthy here! We showed at for church on Sunday in our normal SoCal garb–sleeveless dresses and sandals, polo and shorts–and several people told us we had underdressed the children because it was a chilly 60 degrees. It rained during the service (though fortunately not when we had to go to four different buildings to […]
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 […]
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 Homeschooling, Susanna on Nov 17th, 2014
Susie begs every day to do “big kid school” like her siblings. So I found an old alphabet book hand-me-down from our babysitters, and she’s happily “writing letters” now.
Posted in Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 12th, 2014
Final Product:
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!
Elizabeth and Susanna, reciting the days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day!