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, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 13th, 2014
This week, Katie and Jack met us up in Santa Barbara again for me to buy my new camera lens (!!!) and check out the little sea center that’s part of our SB Natural History Museum membership. It was pretty small, but I think we actually enjoyed ourselves more than at the Monterey Bay Aquarium […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth on Feb 6th, 2014
Not just a sprinkle–a real rain! Naturally, Elizabeth insisted on donning her swim suit and rushing outside….quickly to discover that 62 degrees is, in fact, pretty cold when you’re getting soaked. Yeah, have I mentioned we’re all sick with colds….?!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 5th, 2014
We’re all feeling yucky with chest colds and pinkeye (thusfar Tommy is the only one who had symptoms, and I immediately started dropping breastmilk in his eye–one reason to be glad that Janie is not weaned yet). So any pictures of us right now would not be pretty. But here are some pictures from our […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 27th, 2014
On Saturday, we met Jack and his parents at the Moorpark Teaching Zoo, just up the road! It’s pretty small, but we got to watch them feed the cougar. It was such a perfect, warm afternoon that we had to get a couple of photo shoot pictures, too.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 23rd, 2014
I’d like to say that we’re getting back into the swing of things. Janie is certainly back to her normal behavior. Well, tupperware is tupperware everywhere, and you don’t need to get out of your pajamas to spread it all over the kitchen. The kids jumped back into playing and making messes before I’d unpacked […]
Posted in California, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 8th, 2013
The kids and I just got back from a long weekend in Monterey, visiting the DeBords. We missed their wedding because we were flying to Switzerland that week, so I had never met Tristan! It was a pretty low-key visit, mostly hanging out, playing at some local playgrounds, and watching football. The big kids and […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 30th, 2013
We walked down the road to get our tree again this year. Outtake of our Christmas card photo The kids were helpful, as always. And Susie screamed all the way home and for the next 45 minutes at home. Good times.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 19th, 2013
After dropping Grandma off at LAX on Sunday, we headed over to UCLA for a huge science fair put on by the science departments. Perfect for homeschoolers! The kids got to visit all sorts of booths on things like finding exoplanets, looking at the sun through special telescopes, food chemistry, making ice cream with liquid […]
Posted in California, Janie on Nov 18th, 2013
Yes, my child’s first “big person food” was french fries…
Posted in California, Homemaking on Nov 11th, 2013
Last night Derek and I had a hot date in the family room, watching Veronica Mars while we seeded pomegranates for an hour. Approximately 30 whole pomegranates=about 15.5 cups of arils=about 40-50 ounces of juice, which I tried to cook down to pomegranate molasses. I think we’re set for the year.