Downtown Columbia is nearly unrecognizable from my childhood, and I was very concerned when I heard about Shakespeare’s. They tore down the original building to build apartments, but fortunately the first floor is as much of a replica of the original as possible. This was our first time back in CoMo since they reopened. The […]
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On New Year’s Eve, Nona got to meet Sterling and enjoy the presence of all six of her great-grandchildren! Three boys and three girls! Everybody’s favorite Christmas baby wasn’t upset by the adoration of four generations of relatives. The kids are all enthusiastic members of the Sterling Cobb fan club. And Henry just led the […]
Michigan Science Center
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 30th, 2016
We used our Santa Barbara Natural History Museum membership to get into the Michigan Science Center in downtown Detroit today. The kids especially loved the exhibits on making highways, steel, and automobiles! They had fun watching a science if combustion show that featured blowing things up, of course. Definitely a uniquely Detroit museum, and we’ll […]
It was so exciting to play in the snow! (And come inside for hot cocoa) All dressed up for the Christmas Eve service!
Mean Ponies
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna on Dec 26th, 2016
Jason and Matthew have been playing My Little Ponies with the girls at various points the past couple of days. According to secret cell phone footage, the girls’ ponies are saying things like, “You’re not beautiful! You can’t come to the ball!” When I asked them who taught them to play Mean Ponies, Susie proudly […]
Christmas morning
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 25th, 2016
But at least I had some help getting them out of the insufficiently-greased pan…
S-Pad Christmas Cookies
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 3rd, 2016
We have the greatest neighbors among the stinkers who I complain about. This week they have taken such good care of us that I still haven’t had to make dinner and only went to the grocery store for the first time yesterday. All of the families got together this morning and did a massive Christmas […]
Painting Projects
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 29th, 2016
We’re trying to get back to normal life. The kids and I got a little schoolwork done. Derek went in to work yesterday and managed to teach both of his classes. I was still in a lot of pain, but Sarah and the boys came out for the day to hang out with us. The […]
Pie Making
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Susanna on Nov 26th, 2016
I was going to take a whole bunch of pictures of the girls helping me in the kitchen, preparing for Thanksgiving, but since Tommy woke up Thursday morning, vomiting, we didn’t end up doing much more than we’d pre-done on Wednesday. We’re rescheduling with our friends for Sunday evening, health permitting. Anyway, on Wednesday evening, […]