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, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 1st, 2014
Yesterday we joined our CBS homeschool playgroup for a field trip to Underwood. This time it was much less about the pumpkins and much more about all the fun with friends. Tommy, Jackson, and Jonah were pretty much inseparable. Despite the frowny faces, the girls all enjoyed the wagon ride… Picking out pumpkins always takes […]
Peter Rabbit with Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail! Batman came along, too. (Note Tommy’s bunny tail–I totally forgot to get a rear view of their costumes, but it was super cute.)
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 29th, 2014
It’s a classical homeschooler rite of passage, right? The dreaded chicken mummy. What mom in her right mind wants a raw chicken sitting around her house for 40 days? Last week was crazy, but I waited until Sarah brought her boys over and figured it would be fun for James to join in, too. We […]
In preparation for Tommy’s first baseball camp on Monday, we went to watch Jonah play in a tournament this weekend. Tommy is getting so excited to play real baseball soon!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 13th, 2014
We went to a historical village/park with Ben the other day. And of course the boys were silly when Ginny and I tried to take their picture… …oh well! We are going to keep trying to get a good one of all our kids (plus the babies) before they move this summer!
Forgot to put up these pictures of Geneva and Tommy gaming last week. They pulled out most of our big kid games; Tommy taught her Catan Junior (mostly on his own with a few explanations from me), and she picked it up right away (with no parental help). Unfortunately for Tommy, she also picked up […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 31st, 2014
We went over to Malibu on Friday morning and did a beach day. The kids played in the sand, found crabs and “special rocks,” and most excitingly, saw a pod of dolphins swimming really close! For perspective, that’s Cisco with the big girls in the lower right corner. And those are two dolphins right next […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 30th, 2014
I just love when our kids love our friends’ kids. And we still like hanging out, even after 14 years…
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Apr 21st, 2014
Ben is staying with us for a couple days, so I’m having to make Tommy’s schoolwork preschooler-friendly. Today we learned greater than/less than/equal to with duplos!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 18th, 2014
Since Ben’s birthday was yesterday, we joined them at Underwood Farms for a playdate party. Unfortunately, it was also spring break, so Underwood decided to jack up their prices and strew tacky Easter eggs everywhere for the week. (Somehow I don’t find enormous pumpkins tacky–I just object to minivan sized Easter baskets.) The farmhand yelled […]