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 California, Elizabeth, Susanna on Aug 1st, 2012
This week, I made a mistake. I let Tommy stay inside, building legos, while the girls and I frisked around and expended energy in the kiddie pool. By evening, the effects of my choice were glaring. Tommy’s been a bundle of energy, with dreadful consequences. No more legos before noon for my energetic lad. Meanwhile, […]
Posted in Elizabeth on Jul 30th, 2012
This morning, I sent Elizabeth to go potty first thing. Several minutes later, I realized she wasn’t in the family room with the rest of us, and the bathroom door was still closed. I opened the door to discover her trying to paint her toenails while standing on my new, white hand towel. Needless to […]
Posted in Elizabeth on Jul 27th, 2012
Below is the exact transcript of Elizabeth’s first story, inspired by the memory of Tommy’s first story. You’ll notice Elizabeth favors the in medias res technique for starting a story. They had cupcakes and um some tea and some coffee for the boys, and the girls had tea. They had chocolate chips candy things where […]
Posted in Elizabeth on Jul 25th, 2012
Posted in Elizabeth on Jul 21st, 2012
Yesterday Derek stayed home with Tommy and Susie while I took Elizabeth to ballet. Since I didn’t need to spend class chasing Susie off the stage, I brought along my camera and took a few pictures of our aspiring ballerina! We love her teacher, Miss Molly!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 18th, 2012
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Jul 16th, 2012
I think it’s a combination of watching Cinderella and just being at the stage where she wants to do everything Mommy is doing, but Elizabeth is way into helping around the house. Every time I do a load of diapers, she asks if she can please fold the wipes while I stuff the diapers. Um, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 9th, 2012
Yesterday Susie decided that Grandpa couldn’t get the plumbing done unless she was sitting on his lap, helping. The kids are already wondering when Grandma and Grandpa can come back to visit again!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Tommy on Jul 4th, 2012
They had a great celebration at the Reagan Library this morning! Betsy Ross taught us how to make perfect 5-pointed stars and told us about lots of different iterations of the American flag. Ben Franklin was the only Founding Father reenactor that the kids would get close enough to take a picture.
The girls love the dance suites from my West Side Story soundtrack!