Category Archive for 'Tommy'
A Nature Hike at Kent Park
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 20th, 2017
This morning, the Isbells took us to Kent Park and showed us one of their favorite nature hikes. We saw milkweed pods, prairie grasses taller than us (with roots three times as big), lots of bugs and flowers, and a bull snake!
This Week’s Field Trip Adventure: Family Museum with the Neuendorfs!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 15th, 2017
Today we headed over to the Quad Cities again for another field trip date with Leah and the kids. I was a little iffey on whether Tommy would find the Family Museum too babyish, but he ended up loving the water table system and spent over an hour working on different ways to control the […]
First Week of School
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 10th, 2017
Well, the first week of school was a rough one, even with Grandma coming in to help for our first day! There were lots of tears and definitely a frustrated teacher. But on Monday, we took a nature hike with the Lashmits by Lake Macbride, we swam and played at the park before Grandma left […]
Chicago, Day Two: Museum of Science and Industry!
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 9th, 2017
Our second day in Chicago last weekend was spent at MSI, my all-time favorite museum! Tommy totally did not remember all the times he’d been there, but we tried to recreate a few classic photo ops. Everyone had a blast, and we’re looking forward to coming back sometime.
Chicago, Day One: Adler Planetarium
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 1st, 2017
We are enjoying a mini vacation in Chicago this weekend, and today we checked out Adler Planetarium, which we last visited in 2010! Tommy was in space-obsessed boy heaven. We checked into the hotel, recorded our adventures in our field trip journals, visited POSH (my favorite store in Chicago), and met up with Grandma and […]
A Trip to Greenfield Village
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 26th, 2017
Grandma and Grandpa’s Cabin in the Woods
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 23rd, 2017
The kids spent the night at the cabin with Grandma and Grandpa last night. Save
The Eclipse!
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 22nd, 2017
The kids and I came down to Columbia this week to observe the total eclipse. It was definitely the coolest natural phenomenon I have ever seen! We had lots of fun with the funky glasses, and Grandpa made extra sure that the kids would be safe by adding masks on top.
The Iowa Children’s Museum sponsored a great open-ended play party downtown yesterday. As you can see, it was totally our cup of tea!