Category Archive for 'Elizabeth'
The big kids’ concept of playing with Susanna cracks me up. Tommy loves to build her towers, and Elizabeth will sing to her, “play the oboe” for her, or generally just jabber next to her…
Peter and Cammy’s Last Visit to State College
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 17th, 2011
There will likely be a lot of “last” posts in the next month. We loved hanging out with Peter and Cammy the past day and a half, though Elizabeth was under the impression that Peter was John. Or maybe she just thinks “John” is a generic term for any tall brother of Mommy’s. Peter was […]
Lucy Goes to the Park
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, State College, Tommy on Jun 15th, 2011
With the temperatures dropping this week, we’ve been getting out for nice, long bike rides. Tommy bikes, and I push the girls in the stroller. It works pretty well, especially since we discovered that it takes us less than half an hour to get to Tudek Park. Yesterday we met friends there for a play […]
Last Visit to the Island
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 14th, 2011
On the way home from the wedding last week, we knew it would be our last chance to visit Johnson’s Island before we move, so we stopped in Ohio overnight to introduce Great-Grandma Tony to her namesake. Cousin Kevin took Derek and the big kids for a ride on Lake Erie, and Grandma relished holding […]
A long time ago, I read on someone’s blog about this great idea of using a cookie sheet somehow for car trips. I don’t remember whose blog or how exactly it was used, but we came up with our own version for the Chicago trip. I’d “bought” Tommy a magnetic Tangoes Jr. game with diaper […]
Hannah and Robert’s Wedding
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 11th, 2011
I actually don’t have any pictures of the wedding (read on to see why), but here are the kids at the rehearsal. I didn’t know any of the groomsmen, so I didn’t worry about capturing them. =) And the rehearsal of the walk down the aisle. Oh, if only it had gone that way in […]
Chicago Friends
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 10th, 2011
Before the wedding activities started, we headed out to Wheaton to see the Musicks and the Ritters. I finally got to meet baby Joseph!! Oh my goodness, he’s even cuter in person. Since he’s the closest thing to a nephew I’m going to have for quite a while, let me just do the doting aunt […]
South Bend Friends
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 9th, 2011
On our way to Hannah’s wedding, we stopped to see friends in our old stomping grounds…with a slight hitch an hour into the drive when Elizabeth threw up her breakfast. No more feeding the kids breakfast on the road. Anyway… First stop, University Village at ND. Tommy and Edith at our BBQ with the Coles […]
Elizabeth Moves to the Big Girl Bed
Posted in Elizabeth on Jun 8th, 2011
So we were not expecting this. During our crazy 6 day/5 night trek west for Hannah’s wedding, the kids had to share a bed two nights (they slept in their sleeping bags the other nights). Elizabeth had never been in a big girl bed before, but I guess she liked it. Granted, it took her […]