We tried to make Easter as festive as possible with the traditional hot cross buns for breakfast, wearing our adoption ceremony outfits for couch church (and a photo shoot courtesy of Kristin, who traded family Easter pictures with me from a safe social distance), and enjoying our Easter treats from the grandparents. Our kids and […]
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Good thing we did back-to-back hikes, because now the governor has closed all the state parks. On Monday we took the Garnetts’ suggestion and explored Cobus Creek. It felt great to be outside together!
The weather is finally warm enough that we’re able to venture outside more. I’d been looking forward to hiking around Potato Creek State Park with the Raglands, Skeens, and Page-Woods, but social distancing means we just took a family hike today. The kids were big fans and can’t wait to come back with our nature […]
We had sunshine this week! Elizabeth was so excited to get out and talk to Hannah, even while they social distanced. I got sick of Tommy pulling at his hair while fighting with his sisters, so I started cutting it with the craft scissors. That made him stay still for a good half hour. We […]
This photo really tells it all…even in a tiny room, Elizabeth’s bed is made neatly, and Susie’s is just a cozy heap. I had originally had Elizabeth’s bed along the wall, but that left the egg chair awkwardly sitting in the middle of the room, so they rearranged to have a cozy reading corner. And […]
First Watercolor Project
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 25th, 2020
WordPress finally let me upload pictures from last week! We invited our little neighbor Hannah over for a homeschool art afternoon and did our first official watercolor tutorial. Our teacher told us to have fun and be kind to yourself instead of comparing to everyone else.
We spent the weekend in Michigan because we’re just four hours away! On Saturday we introduced the kids to bowling, and Henry, Sterling, and Woodleigh joined us! Most of the cousins thought it was pretty fun.
Finally, Ragtime Videos
Posted in Elizabeth on Nov 21st, 2019
I reread my camera manual to fix the focus problems I had during last dress rehearsal. Since this was a brush-up rehearsal, they just sang to piano instead of orchestra, and everyone skipped hair and make up. But here are Elizabeth’s main scenes! (Parents, there are a couple bad words in the opening number and […]
Last Week of the Show
Posted in Elizabeth on Nov 20th, 2019
Tonight was the brush-up rehearsal, so we finally got backstage pictures with more of Elizabeth’s buddies!