Yesterday we made a fort with the kitchen chairs while I mopped the floor. Tommy and Elizabeth spent most of their morning inside…
Category Archive for 'Elizabeth'
It was Susanna’s turn to wear the beloved hot dog costume this year! Yum! Our MOPS church had a carnival last night, and the kids loved it! Fishing for treats…
Hand-me-downs
Posted in Elizabeth on Oct 29th, 2011
Elizabeth was running low on pjs, so I raided Tommy’s old bin. These were my absolute favorites when he wore them, and it’s so fun to see her in them now!
Creating
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 28th, 2011
A while back, Bethany wrote a great little piece on the distinction between arts and crafts. It definitely challenged me to encourage the kids to do more free art rather than set crafts. I am not artistic, so I rely heavily on others’ ideas (which tend to be on the crafts side of the spectrum). […]
Introducing Madeline and Pepito
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Tommy on Oct 27th, 2011
The kids LOVE Madeline and the Bad Hat, so this year, they’re dressing up as Madeline and Pepito! After last year’s last minute stress to finish Tommy’s bear costume, I learned my lesson and started a month ago. Everything actually went really smoothly, so we’ve been playing with them for several weeks.
Underwood Farms
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 25th, 2011
If you’d asked me 3 or 4 years ago if I would ever take three kids to a pumpkin patch by myself, the answer would have been emphatically NO. Taking just Tommy to the pumpkin patch by myself would have been too overwhelming! But with a paucity of local friends and residual runny noses we […]
Another Pancake Helper
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Oct 15th, 2011
Usually first thing in the morning, I emerge from feeding Susanna to find Tommy hard at work on artwork. This morning, he’s trying to copy the first page of Lentil. Susanna likes to watch. And Elizabeth is having a picnic breakfast with Lucy.
Little Things
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 13th, 2011
Elizabeth turns 29 months today. I suddenly think she’s looking like Tommy and not me anymore. I think she’s losing her baby chub! =( She is still erratic in potty training, having either 0 or 6 accidents in a day. This week’s new phrases: “Thank you, Mommy!” (to everything–it is SO sweet!) and “No, I […]
Hospitality, California-Style
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homemaking, Tommy on Oct 10th, 2011
Last night, we had 16 of Derek’s students over for dinner. They’re his mentor group, so we started with them, but eventually, we’ll try to get all 70 students over (in shifts). We had to get creative with seating (Derek and I settled for the stadium seats), and as you see, we had to eat […]