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, Friends, Janie, Musings, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 21st, 2018
Clare and Paul are out in San Diego for a family vacation, so the kids and I spent Monday with Clare and her crew down on Coronado Island! Natalie and Chris came down for the afternoon, too. Back in college, Clare and Leah and I had this grand plan of how we were going to […]
Posted in Tommy on Feb 17th, 2018
This kid is a full-on tween now. I won’t embarrass him by detailing all the physical and emotional changes going on (note: this privacy thing is an adjustment for me!), but he is definitely not a little kid anymore. Lately I’ve been giving him some extra responsibilities (running into the grocery store to pick up […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 16th, 2018
I pretty much switched to instagram for pictures of the kids last semester while we didn’t have internet access, but the ads are starting to annoy me, so I really do intend to move back from my phone to my camera and post here. Look what else was on my camera card! Pictures from our […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 16th, 2018
I guess in the stress of moving back here and getting sick, I never cleared off my camera card. Look what I found!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 25th, 2018
On Thursdays, we come through the canyon for a full day. CBS in the morning, followed by errands (Dr or orthodontist appointments, Sprouts and Target runs, library, etc), then a picnic lunch and some schoolwork, then French with Marion for all four followed by art class for the big three while Janie and I do […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 17th, 2018
Yesterday was pretty much back to normal around here. Maryellen worked on her +9 facts with Susie, we had PE down at the track (training for a race in Montana this summer!), and we spent a lot of the day reading Mr. Revere and I (to go with our Lexington and Concord history timeline card).
We had a white Christmas this year! And the kids loved the matching jammies.
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 20th, 2017
Last week, we finally saw snow, visited Hillsdale (where the kids sledded with the Coles), we went to Greenfield Village at night, played in the snow with Grandpa, and had an early Christmas with the Fam (minus Jason & Jen and Matthew & Nicole)! Oh, and Tommy officially fulfilled every Italian boy’s destiny–he’s taller than […]
Last week, we headed up to Milwaukee for a quick visit. We met up with the Driscolls and admired how much our families had grown since JJ and Tommy were the 3L babies back in Indian Lakes Apartments, then while Derek gave a talk for the local Fed SoCal chapter, the kids and I checked […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 4th, 2017
Tonight the Isbells decided to have a bunch of us over for a Christmas season kick-off party. The under-ten crew came in their pj’s, we had cookies and cocoa and watched a Christmas movie, sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with motions, and had an impromptu Christmas carol piano recital. We love these guys!