Working on the Christmas Letter
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 23rd, 2011
Category Archive for 'California'
New Favorite Playground
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 22nd, 2011
Reagan Library with G&G Willett
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 21st, 2011
We took Grandma and Grandpa to the Reagan Library last week… Tommy had a little trouble reading the teleprompters. Air Force One! Riding with President Reagan Snuggle Outside orange tree!
Underwood Farms
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 25th, 2011
If you’d asked me 3 or 4 years ago if I would ever take three kids to a pumpkin patch by myself, the answer would have been emphatically NO. Taking just Tommy to the pumpkin patch by myself would have been too overwhelming! But with a paucity of local friends and residual runny noses we […]
Pomegranates
Posted in California, Homemaking on Oct 17th, 2011
Here’s the first part of our pomegranate harvest–the fruit that was easy to reach. I’ve used 17 so far, mainly juicing them for a couple recipes. (Cake=nasty, frozen yogurt=good) There are so many more to use up! We’ll hold off on harvesting the rest that you can see here until my parents come out next […]
Little Things
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 13th, 2011
Elizabeth turns 29 months today. I suddenly think she’s looking like Tommy and not me anymore. I think she’s losing her baby chub! =( She is still erratic in potty training, having either 0 or 6 accidents in a day. This week’s new phrases: “Thank you, Mommy!” (to everything–it is SO sweet!) and “No, I […]
Hospitality, California-Style
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homemaking, Tommy on Oct 10th, 2011
Last night, we had 16 of Derek’s students over for dinner. They’re his mentor group, so we started with them, but eventually, we’ll try to get all 70 students over (in shifts). We had to get creative with seating (Derek and I settled for the stadium seats), and as you see, we had to eat […]
The Playhouse
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 7th, 2011
It’s so nice to have it back up! Tommy’s already marking out his territory.
Eveningside House Tour: Master Bedroom
Posted in California, Homemaking on Sep 22nd, 2011
It’s actually not too exciting, as we haven’t done anything new to our room except stick in the treadmill and the old tv/vhs unit (because I’m more likely to walk on the treadmill if I’m watching some BBC miniseries). But here’s the master bedroom! The doorway with lots of light coming through is our bathroom. […]
Two Car Garage
Posted in California on Sep 14th, 2011
It only took me 6 weeks, but I finally managed to consolidate all of the junk that had lived in our past three basements onto shelving (instead of sprawling across half the garage). Now we finally have a two car garage!