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, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 19th, 2015
This is a pretty telling view of our school day this morning. Tommy, Elizabeth, and I were still in our PJs. Susie was in the dirty tutu she’d worn the day before. Janie was in a diaper. Before I made it out to the table, the kids had gotten out the color wonder markers, so […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 17th, 2015
We unofficially started school today with just a few subjects. Since we’re officially homeschooling under a public charter this year (for the $2K apiece for Tommy and Elizabeth’s textbooks, supplies, and extracurricular activities), our official first day of school will be August 31. But I feel like we’re ready to have a little structure in […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Aug 14th, 2015
After four years, and just before we leave, the kids are suddenly playing with the neighbors all the time. When Henry moved 2 doors down last summer, we started meeting him out with his nanny and her little girl, Nora, in the street every once in a while, and we’d ride bikes a bit every […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 12th, 2015
Grandma stocked our freezer before she left, but I forgot to pull anything out the night before. Oops.
We took Grandma back to the airport this afternoon, but while Tommy was at soccer camp this morning, we girls had one last tea party together.
Grandma is here, and our fridge is stocked, our laundry is caught up, our house is clean, and the kids are happy. Phew!
Doesn’t everyone dress up in ball gowns (and sock gloves) on a Saturday morning?
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 31st, 2015
The kids think this is a good theme song for our anniversary today! We may not have a dozen highly talented singer/dancer/performers, but our four are pretty cute.
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 29th, 2015
Since it takes me so long to get myself up and ready for the day with one foot, I haven’t been leaving my bedroom until I’m fully dressed and booted up, often not until 8 am! (I made the mistake on Monday of getting up and NOT getting my boot on right away–and kinda hurt […]
Joshua and John-Luke invited us over for a tea party on Monday. The kids looked so cute all dressed up! (And Janie threw up on the way home from Camarillo, because what I really needed on top of everything else was to deal with vomit on a bum leg. Fortunately we saw the neighbors starting […]