When I saw that we were getting one more day in the upper 60s last week, I texted Jill and had Abe and Amy join us for one more warm weather hike! Pushing a toddler in a stroller up and down semi-cleared hiking trails is actually not too bad when you have two teenage boys […]
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The girls have finally joined Tommy in obsessive love for the Oz books, so we squeezed in one more year of literature themed family costumes. (Honestly, I think Tommy just said yes because he realized being the Tin Woodman would give him another large plastic weapon…) No trick or treating for these covid-aware kiddos, so […]
The Kids’ 13, 11, 9, 7, and 3.5 year stats
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 1st, 2020
All the kids got in to see Dr. Vallance one last time in June, and besides Susie’s ear and Annie’s eyes (both might require surgery), we had pretty good check-ups. We’ve loved Conejo Children’s Medical Group for the last 9 years, and we’re sad to say goodbye. Tommy’s 13 year stats (just going to put […]
We tried to make Easter as festive as possible with the traditional hot cross buns for breakfast, wearing our adoption ceremony outfits for couch church (and a photo shoot courtesy of Kristin, who traded family Easter pictures with me from a safe social distance), and enjoying our Easter treats from the grandparents. Our kids and […]
Good thing we did back-to-back hikes, because now the governor has closed all the state parks. On Monday we took the Garnetts’ suggestion and explored Cobus Creek. It felt great to be outside together!
The weather is finally warm enough that we’re able to venture outside more. I’d been looking forward to hiking around Potato Creek State Park with the Raglands, Skeens, and Page-Woods, but social distancing means we just took a family hike today. The kids were big fans and can’t wait to come back with our nature […]
We had sunshine this week! Elizabeth was so excited to get out and talk to Hannah, even while they social distanced. I got sick of Tommy pulling at his hair while fighting with his sisters, so I started cutting it with the craft scissors. That made him stay still for a good half hour. We […]
Lots of reading going on. With the libraries closing and the kids having already read through the few hundred books we brought along, we invested in a new Kindle Fire to expand our ereader capabilities. But the little girls are still going old school with actual picture books. Annie’s current obsessions include Goodnight Moon, Ten […]
First Watercolor Project
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 25th, 2020
WordPress finally let me upload pictures from last week! We invited our little neighbor Hannah over for a homeschool art afternoon and did our first official watercolor tutorial. Our teacher told us to have fun and be kind to yourself instead of comparing to everyone else.
Happy Thirteenth Birthday, Tommy!
Posted in Tommy on Feb 19th, 2020
We have a teenager in the house! In case you don’t follow me on instagram, where I do most of our visual logging of our daily life these days, here’s what I wrote to Tommy: Tommy! You are fun to hang out with. I like your sense of humor–a combination of Dad’s and mine, with […]