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, Tommy on Sep 30th, 2013
Derek’s students didn’t leave until dark last night, so we left the table and chairs outside. The kids loved having “open air school” today! (And yes, we are painting again.)
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2013
This morning, we packed up the car and headed into the Valley with our homeschooling friends Katie and Jack to visit the Getty Museum. Our excuse was wanting to see their four Monet paintings to finish up our month studying Monet, but in typical field trip fashion, we spent less than 10 minutes in the […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 16th, 2013
Last night we went to a Pirate swimming party for our buddy Sam. The kids are still wired from the swimming and the sugar!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Sep 13th, 2013
The kids just LOVE our fine art “special” for September. We’ve been reading about and watching movies about Monet, and it has inspired a frenzy of painting. Tommy has created our own “art corner” in the family room, and we’ve used up an obscene amount of art supplies every day we’re at home. (Family–art supplies, […]
One of Derek’s colleagues gave us their old kiddie pool last week, which was great for our second week in the 90s. Only problem is that our grass underneath was totally dead after just two days…any suggestions?
Our visit with Grandma just flew by. I just don’t know where the time went!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 6th, 2013
Our friends Katie and Jack procured tickets for us to visit the SBNHM with them this week. The highlights: a Tinkertoy Exhibit and the Backyard creek area. Too bad we have to drive an hour to go play in a creek…
Posted in Elizabeth, Photography on Sep 3rd, 2013
One thing that was great about taking a class from a portrait photographer who has kids of her own was that Jennings totally got that I am never going to use a tripod or remote to take pictures of my kids (two tools the single guy instructor highly recommended). They move. And I’m not just […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 28th, 2013
Disclaimer up front: I have no creative ideas on my own. They all come from pinterest. Where was pinterest when I was teaching art?! Last week, we painted with Lizzie’s flowers from Grandma that were finally past their prime. Huge hit–must do again! NB: It is very difficult to document most of our art projects, […]