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 Children's Books, Elizabeth on Jul 22nd, 2015
Thank goodness for librovox. Stuck mostly at home, the kids have been listening to a lot of audiobooks since my foot broke. The girls’ current favorite author is Louisa May Alcott. This morning, I emerged from my bedroom to find that Elizabeth had tried to search for jakadajillodobk (that’s Jack and Jill Audiobook, for those […]
This is our house.
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 14th, 2015
There are two Chick-fil-a options within 10 minutes. Since loading the kids into the car and hobbling into a restaurant isn’t that much harder than making a meal, we went to one for lunch and one for dinner. No creative costumes this year, just their standard print-out to get our free meals. And Tommy has […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 10th, 2015
The Haneys are in town, and the kids have loved getting to play together for the first time in two years! Last weekend, they went along with Derek and the kids to the Reagan Library Independence Day celebrations. And after visiting some family down in LA, they’re back to play some more!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Jul 6th, 2015
Last week, we started three back-to-back sessions of swimming lessons at CLU. Yep, we’re going to be pool rats this summer. We’ve loved the Parks and Rec instructors, and I’m hoping that swimming five days a week for six weeks will help the kids get really comfortable in the water. We’re invited to so many […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 4th, 2015
Sunday morning photo shoot… Tea party with Grandma… Shakespeares! (South side) We found out that Mondays were kids eat free days, so each of the kids got their own pizza as well as dough to play with while we waited. And family devotions with Grandpa.
On our first time through MO, Grandma mentioned there was a race in Fulton the weekend we came back. So Tommy went running with us several times in Detroit, and he completed his first one-mile race in under ten minutes! He ran the whole thing without stopping! Then we cheered on Grandma in the 5K. […]
Since Derek was gone for Father’s Day, we had a little photo shoot mid-way through Tommy’s buzz cut to fool Daddy into thinking his son had a mohawk! And then we had to take a group photo. The mohawk put everyone in a silly mood!
The kids had fun helping harvest (and eat) raspberries. And Grandpa and Grandma even figured out a camping night, complete with sleeping in a tent (in the back porch) and making s’mores (in the grill)…
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 30th, 2015
Last summer, when we realized we’d be in MO three times in a 12-month period, we decided to spring for a Magic House membership. I stupidly got the one that had 10 guest passes, thinking we’d be bringing Grandma and Grandpa along with us most times. Nope, they didn’t make it once. I used up […]