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, Iowa, Janie, Susanna on Dec 21st, 2017
We just haven’t been able to say goodbye to our homeschool crew here, so we moms planned one last get-together this week. Missy hosted the girls’ club (where the girls decorated gingerbread houses–we laughed that this was the THIRD Christmas-themed gathering Missy has planned for us in the past few weeks!), and the boys all […]
For our last homeschool play group today, we had a Christmas party with board games, ornament making stations, and yummy food. We hugged everyone goodbye but did not cry because we’re in denial that this is the end. This semester flew by way too fast.
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 4th, 2017
Tonight the Isbells decided to have a bunch of us over for a Christmas season kick-off party. The under-ten crew came in their pj’s, we had cookies and cocoa and watched a Christmas movie, sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with motions, and had an impromptu Christmas carol piano recital. We love these guys!
The SoCal DenHartogs may be our BFFs, but the Midwest DenHartogs were our friends first! Jonathan and Jackie were some of our very first married friends in South Bend, and Jackie and I haven’t seen each other in person since she was super pregnant with Abby and I was newly pregnant with Tommy. And of […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Iowa, Susanna on Nov 12th, 2017
This weekend, just Tommy and Susie and I headed out to the Hoover Presidential Museum. It’s smaller than the Reagan Library, so we were through in under an hour. Susie was particularly fond of this Chinese robe from when the Hoovers were living in China. Sometimes it’s nice to go through a museum with only […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2017
For this year’s Reformation Day, we went with a joint book/tv show theme. “Beep Beep! Trick or treat!” “Take chances, make mistakes, get candy!” “According to my research, it’s Halloween!” [Liz the lizard was not really into the whole photo shoot thing…] We had to bundle quite a bit for the 37 degree weather! Leggings […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 27th, 2017
We wanted to get in one more time before our reciprocal membership ended this month, and the kids had just as much fun as last time! We checked out their creation lab and did a lot of hammering and screwing and hot glue ingredients. Best of all, today no one needed to be carried out, […]
My Magic School Bus crew joined our homeschool play group today for a costume party, complete with snacks, hot cider, a fire pit, and games. Have I mentioned that we love it here?
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 10th, 2017
When the Havemans, Lashmits, Isbells, and Mullers get together for dinner, there are 16 kids 12 and under! We love our Iowa homeschool friends.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 30th, 2017
Today we checked out Living History Farms, just outside of Des Moines. It’s a 1875 era town, with three living farms (Ioway Indians, 1850 settlers, 1900 farmers) that feature authentic reenactors to explain all sorts of little details about daily life in a small Iowa town in the 19th century. We helped the printer work […]