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 Jun 3rd, 2015
Sarah and I took the kids to Underwood Somis again to pick blueberries. We were smart this year and went early enough that it was mostly pleasant and overcast while we picked. Tommy went right to work, picking a whole pint in no time. The girls coordinated with James to fill his. Susie got help […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 15th, 2015
I’ve been wanting to take the kids to LACMA ever since learning that they have a NexGen program for kids where all kids under age 18 get free admission and can bring an adult in for free, too. And there’s so much great art there! But ever since my stressful attempt to take the kids […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 8th, 2015
We had our last CBS meeting yesterday, which meant our last homeschool park day afterwards! Over the past three years, these afternoons are pretty much the highlights of our month. Since we’re not doing a formal birthday party for Elizabeth next week, we brought cupcakes and had everybody sing “Happy Birthday”–with some babies not pictured, […]
Posted in California, Children's Books, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 20th, 2015
We finally went, because my parents were here, and we figured a 1:1 adult:child ratio would be good. The kids recently got The Day the Crayons Quit from Derek’s Complex Litigation class when they came over for dinner, and we’ve been enjoying it ever since. Imagine our excitement when we found out the author and […]
Posted in California, Tommy on Apr 14th, 2015
Today I hauled the kids over to Malibu in the afternoon to take pictures of all of the Pepperdine law students who got clerkships. Derek’s one of the clerkship advisers, and they couldn’t get the real college photographer to come up the hill to take pictures, so instead, they asked me. And then I spent […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 18th, 2015
Ariana and I are doing a better job of monthly field trips this spring, and today we met up at the Long Beach Aquarium. It was Janie’s first time, and she LOVED it!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 27th, 2015
When Ariana and I decided to check out the Discovery Cube a few months ago, I opted for a membership and had an extra child slot that I used for Abby. So we went back this week to see the new Thomas the Tank Engine exhibit. As lame as the museum is overall, the kids […]
Posted in California, Friends on Feb 9th, 2015
This weekend, Derek took charge of the kids (and massive cleaning) while I drove down to Orange County with Christina (aka Noa’s mom) for a Sally Clarkson Mom Heart conference. The conference itself was meh. It wasn’t really about motherhood, and we all could tell that Sally was kindof worn out. She’s such a Godly […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 14th, 2015
Since we had to head over to Burbank yesterday to bring friends a meal, I figured we might as well make a field trip of it. Turns out the Autry Museum of the American West is free on the second Tuesday of every month! The kids liked it, though it was a quick hour-and-a-half. There’s […]
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 […]