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 Friends on Dec 3rd, 2010
It’s nice that Lee’s parents live so close to Derek’s–we’re often able to squeeze in a get-together while we’re all in town over the holidays! It’s fun to see Margaret and Edith in person after following their youtube career so closely the rest of the year. =) Next time we take a couch picture, there […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, State College on Oct 23rd, 2010
Tommy was so excited to go to the church bonfire today! The weather was perfect for running around outside and roasting hot dogs, apples (stuffed with butter and brown sugar–yum), and marshmallows over the fire. Derek, hard at work on dinner. Elizabeth enjoyed the attention of about five teenage girls who walked with her around […]
This weekend Derek needed to get a lot of work done, so the kids and I headed down to DC to visit Dana and Reagan (Justin was also busy this weekend) in their new house. We were happy to see that Tommy and Reagan’s mutual affection had not abated over the summer–they had a blast together! Elizabeth tried her […]
So says Tommy, and we agree. We’re pretty much all big fans of the Pelttaris, and we’re so glad they came to visit us on Saturday!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, State College, Tommy on Sep 23rd, 2010
Can I just say that it’s great to be out and about again? And that Target sells Kleenex with Lotion in 10-packs now. Just in case you needed to know. This morning we met friends at Way Fruit Farm to pick up some fall goodies. Tommy was so excited to see real tractors and play […]
Posted in Friends, Homeschooling, State College, Tommy on Sep 7th, 2010
Yesterday was Susannah and Ellie’s official first day of school, so even though we’d been doing a bit here and there, we decided it would be our official first day, too. After doing school in the morning, we celebrated with a picnic lunch at Spring Creek Park! (I was the delinquent mom and didn’t bring what […]
Posted in Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 25th, 2010
I’ve been wanting to try this idea for a long time, and when Susannah and Ellie came over this week, I decided that prepping art projects for three would be almost as simple as just for Tommy. I adjusted the original idea, and the kids had a lot of fun! They picked out their background […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, State College, Tommy on Aug 2nd, 2010
I’m going to be really honest. The difference in my emotional state between living in an unfriendly, crowded, dirty big city and living in a welcoming, charming small college town is amazing. I already feel more at home here than I ever did there. We haven’t been here two months, and we’re already grilling out […]
Here’s a quick recap of Elizabeth’s and my travels over the past week! On Wednesday, we flew into St Louis and drove to Columbia for a couple days with my mom. Elizabeth loved the attention, and they read a lot of books and played with stacking toys. Elizabeth made this whole tower by herself! After […]
The kids and I just got back from a quick trip to DC for a Mauck girls reunion! Clare and Natalie flew out to stay with Regina and Margee this week, so we decided to tag along for a couple days. Wednesday night, Clare surprised us with an envelope full of predictions that we wrote […]