Rainy days are rare here, but when they come, it’s nice to spend a cozy morning, coloring at the table.
Category Archive for 'Elizabeth'
For Grandpa, who will be pleased to know that the kids are making oboes out of duplos again:
From this: To this: Guess which child had a screaming temper tantrum in the polling place while I filled out my ballot this morning? It’s amazing what a simple hand-me-down photo shoot prop can do to a child’s psyche!
The Beloved Pink Flannel Nightgown
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth on Nov 5th, 2012
Elizabeth’s recent enthusiasm for Little House has coincided with the unearthing of one of my own childhood nightgowns (made by my mom or grandma when I was in the first throes of Little House passion). We’re reading about Laura and Mary and Baby Carrie every day (midway through Little House on the Prairie at the […]
I forgot to post this earlier this week–the kids convinced Daddy to carve our first real pumpkin moonshine!
This year we recycled our costumes from Pennsylvania, because no one here had seen them yet.=) (And because Mommy didn’t have the energy to make anything new this year. Taking ideas for a children’s book foursome for next year…)
Disneyland
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 29th, 2012
When our friends Greg and Melanie found out that the kids and I had never been to a theme park, they offered to take us to Disneyland with his employee guest passes! We took them up on their offer on Saturday. I wore my detested SI joint belt and took both my nausea meds before […]
Underwood, Again
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 24th, 2012
When another Pepperdine homeschool family asked us if we wanted to hit up the pumpkin patch, we didn’t have to think twice! The kids love Underwood Farms, and we spent another three hours there on Monday! If festive pictures are this hard with three kids, should I even bother trying with four? Evelyn and Marianne […]
Yesterday morning, Elizabeth insisted that she and Susie both needed to wear white dresses to church. Their Sunday School teachers complimented them on their matching (just what Elizabeth loves to hear!), and they were pretty pleased with themselves for the rest of the day. These pictures also give a great view of Susie’s inward pronation, […]