We were feeling pretty down after the family left on Sunday, but on Wednesday afternoon, we ubered up to Eleanor’s for the afternoon, and Annie played with the girls while I got in my baby cuddles and added some books to my list and enjoyed adult conversation with Eleanor and ate yummy homemade food! Then […]
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Halloween 2022
Posted in Annie, Children's Books, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2022
Little Women! And this year, Tommy opted not to participate in the group costume. Instead, he and Quinn were Men in Black. We trick or treated with the Hedts and Schroeders again!
A Visit with the Fishers
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Aug 1st, 2022
The Fisher girls stopped by Iowa City at the end of July for a few fun days filled with dressing up, tea parties, and dancing!
Susie was all set to perform her recital a month ago, when her beloved teacher, Cande, had to have emergency gallbladder surgery and spent 13 days in the hospital! The recital obviously had to be postponed indefinitely. When Cande and I finally sat down to reschedule this week, we realized that between the activities for […]
Janie finally got to have a party this year, and she just so happened to know nine girls to invite! She asked for a Mysterious Benedict Society theme, which kinda stumped me since only three of the guests were familiar with the series. We decided to go for a generally bookish, clever children theme.
Trick or treating happened again! Our new friends who moved here from Australia, the Hedts, invited us, the Shroeders, and Lashmits over to help them celebrate their first American Halloween. Our kids, of course, went as children’s book characters. Presenting the Mysterious Benedict Society! Milligan, the world’s best amnesiac secret agent dad, ready to protect […]
We’re so excited that ball parks are open again, and back before we knew when the mask mandates would be lifted, Derek got us a suite for a Cedar Rapids Kernels game so that we could celebrate the end of the school year and eat and hang out with friends, without masks. We were so […]
Leah texted last week to say that their little Lutheran school had a teacher work day on Friday, and it just so happened to be the only free day for weeks for our family. So the three little girls and I drove over to Davenport for the day to hang out with Lydia and William […]
We have another child in double digits! Susie celebrated by getting up early to open her ten books and other assorted gifts. We had an abbreviated school day so that she could play with her new toys and read new books! Homemade pork dumplings and chocolate cake with chocolate icing for dinner. Then on to […]
We’ve been super lonely here in Iowa City this covid winter, so it’s nice when we get a chance to play with old and new friends! We met the Fellers at a Mid-Prairie Homeschool Program ice skating date, and our girls immediately recognized kindred spirits. You know, the types who have dress-up pioneer dresses and […]