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, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 25th, 2016
After last year’s total bummer of no Christmas tree since we were moving, we headed back to our old neighborhood and cut down the perfect tree. Let it be noted that while I tried to get the kids in Christmas-y looking clothes (which they interpreted as long sleeves since “Christmas is supposed to be cold,” […]
With both our husbands out of town and having been cooped up earlier in the week with sick kids, Devin and I escaped to the park together with our kids and ended up making a day of it in downtown Malibu! We will miss the Arguellos SOOO much when they move up to Washington next […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 16th, 2016
Monday found us in Long Beach, visiting the aquarium with Lexi and Theo! The kids seemed to learn a lot this time, and we had fun despite no stroller.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Nov 15th, 2016
The kids have private swimming lessons down at the Pepperdine pool on Tuesday mornings, and today I let them warm up in our neighborhood hot tub afterwards if they promised to recite their memory work for me while they lounged…
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 12th, 2016
The Harvey girls joined us yesterday for a hike at Malibu Creek. Despite quite a bit of whining from everyone under age 9, Melanie and I had a good time walking and talking!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Sewing Projects, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2016
Aragorn (inspiration) Arwen (inspiration) Eowyn (inspiration) Galadriel (inspiration) None of the girls knew about the girl characters in LOTR, having only read The Hobbit, but as soon as we told Susie she could wear a pretty dress and wield a sword, she was all in. Elizabeth got a necklace and Janie got a crown, so […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling on Oct 27th, 2016
Math is always more fun for Elizabeth when it involves craft supplies and making lists of her friends.=) Yesterday, it was a question of categorizing families with just boys, just girls, and some of each. A fun concept to discuss when every other family on our pad has all boys!!!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 26th, 2016
On Monday, we took a field trip day up to Santa Barbara! First up, the Ty Warner Sea Center. We love this little museum out on the SB pier. Since we’re studying oceans in science this year, we did a lot of observing and talking to the docents about the various sea creatures. As always, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 20th, 2016
We are loving the kids’private French classes with Marion, a French mom in TO. They sing songs and read books and play games and have a blast improving their accents and learning vocab. Our charter pays for the older three, and I just have to pay for Janie. Tommy looks underwhelmed in these two pictures, […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 14th, 2016
Our homeschool pumpkin patch field trip happened to be today, so we drove straight from the airport to the farm and brought Grandma along on the field trip! This was the fifth year with this crew, and the kids love it just as much now as they did back then. The weather was perfect, a […]