Category Archive for 'Friends'
Field Trip to the Getty
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2013
This morning, we packed up the car and headed into the Valley with our homeschooling friends Katie and Jack to visit the Getty Museum. Our excuse was wanting to see their four Monet paintings to finish up our month studying Monet, but in typical field trip fashion, we spent less than 10 minutes in the […]
Santa Barbara Natural History Museum
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 6th, 2013
Our friends Katie and Jack procured tickets for us to visit the SBNHM with them this week. The highlights: a Tinkertoy Exhibit and the Backyard creek area. Too bad we have to drive an hour to go play in a creek…
Derek Forgot His Lunch…
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends on Aug 19th, 2013
…so we just Had to go to Malibu and bring it to him and drop by our friends who live on campus. As you can tell, it was an arduous task. In other news, I made it through the canyon twice without hyperventilating. I still hate the drive and wish I never had to do […]
Boxes, Redux
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 16th, 2013
Derek has had to order a bunch of stuff for coaching Tommy’s soccer team, so we’re enjoying an influx of large-ish cardboard boxes. Yesterday afternoon, the kids and their buddy James created “robot boats” with our newest boxes!
With our college friend, Joe Hunt, in town over the weekend, we had a great excuse to go out to Malibu and have a beach day. The kids LOVED it, and we really do need to go more often. The kids riding in their “motorboat”… Tommy meticulously worked on details such as the grills at […]
A Visit from the Haneys
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 16th, 2013
Last week, we hosted the Haneys (who had hosted us back in January). It was fun to see how well our girls are playing together (considering that Elizabeth and Claire have been friends since birth, back in Chicago), and of course Naomi and I never ran out of things to talk about. (a musical duo:) […]
Blueberry Picking
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 17th, 2013
Friday morning, we packed into the car with Sarah and James and headed out to Somis to pick blueberries. The big kids had a great time! Susie picked about 20 and then melted down completely. I couldn’t pick her up because I was already wearing Jane. Temper tantrums aside, I’d call the day a success. […]
Yesterday, both Leann and Katie were able to come over and hang out at my mom’s and meet Jane. The fascinator is a throwback to our photo shoot days. Tommy very proudly took this picture of Leann and me with all the girls. Only minor cropping needed.
Memorial Day With the Millers
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 1st, 2013
Our second stop in Hillsdale was the Millers’ house. The kids and I hadn’t seen them since last Memorial Day weekend, but of course we picked right up where we left off. Evangeline and K2’s dress up clothes were so fun that my girls spent most of Monday wearing them. We had big plans to […]