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 Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 28th, 2015
It’s amazing how motivated children can be when you tell them they can play with friends after schoolwork is done. Tommy was up before 7 am, working on math, in order to be free to play with James this afternoon! Elizabeth buckled down on her work, too, flying through her phonics, handwriting, and math test. […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 31st, 2015
In case you missed it on facebook, we celebrated our official first day of school today with the traditional name/age/grade signs and a joint school session with Beacon Hill Academy–DenHartog Campus!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Aug 14th, 2015
After four years, and just before we leave, the kids are suddenly playing with the neighbors all the time. When Henry moved 2 doors down last summer, we started meeting him out with his nanny and her little girl, Nora, in the street every once in a while, and we’d ride bikes a bit every […]
Joshua and John-Luke invited us over for a tea party on Monday. The kids looked so cute all dressed up! (And Janie threw up on the way home from Camarillo, because what I really needed on top of everything else was to deal with vomit on a bum leg. Fortunately we saw the neighbors starting […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 10th, 2015
The Haneys are in town, and the kids have loved getting to play together for the first time in two years! Last weekend, they went along with Derek and the kids to the Reagan Library Independence Day celebrations. And after visiting some family down in LA, they’re back to play some more!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Jul 6th, 2015
Last week, we started three back-to-back sessions of swimming lessons at CLU. Yep, we’re going to be pool rats this summer. We’ve loved the Parks and Rec instructors, and I’m hoping that swimming five days a week for six weeks will help the kids get really comfortable in the water. We’re invited to so many […]
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 […]
Elizabeth got to celebrate all day long, starting with breakfast in bed… And continuing with presents from the Fam… I remembered I’d won a Starbucks giftcard and took the kids out for steamers as a special treat… Then her BFF, Noa, came over to play… Then we had Community Group (potluck theme: breakfast for dinner, […]
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, […]