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 California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 15th, 2015
I’ve been wanting to take the kids to LACMA ever since learning that they have a NexGen program for kids where all kids under age 18 get free admission and can bring an adult in for free, too. And there’s so much great art there! But ever since my stressful attempt to take the kids […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 11th, 2015
Someone at Hillsdale is writing an article on graduates who are SAHMs, so they interviewed Anna and me (because of E2S). When they asked for pictures, I realized I don’t have any decent pictures of the kids and me! Seriously, I’m always the one behind the camera! On a family outing this weekend, I had […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 8th, 2015
We had our last CBS meeting yesterday, which meant our last homeschool park day afterwards! Over the past three years, these afternoons are pretty much the highlights of our month. Since we’re not doing a formal birthday party for Elizabeth next week, we brought cupcakes and had everybody sing “Happy Birthday”–with some babies not pictured, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 2nd, 2015
I haven’t done a school update in a while, but here’s what things looked like yesterday: Tommy is doing his math practice while Elizabeth entertains Susie with her new sticker book from James. Janie does a busy bag while I check to make sure Tommy is doing his division correctly. When Tommy no longer needs […]
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 23rd, 2015
I’d assumed that Susie would request a ballet theme for her birthday party this year–I’d bought a ton of ballerina party stuff last year, she’s even more obsessed this year, and she lives in a tutu. But she insisted back in March that she wanted a “hook in the hand” party, which it took me […]
Posted in California, Children's Books, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 20th, 2015
We finally went, because my parents were here, and we figured a 1:1 adult:child ratio would be good. The kids recently got The Day the Crayons Quit from Derek’s Complex Litigation class when they came over for dinner, and we’ve been enjoying it ever since. Imagine our excitement when we found out the author and […]
Posted in California, Tommy on Apr 14th, 2015
Today I hauled the kids over to Malibu in the afternoon to take pictures of all of the Pepperdine law students who got clerkships. Derek’s one of the clerkship advisers, and they couldn’t get the real college photographer to come up the hill to take pictures, so instead, they asked me. And then I spent […]
We did our egg hunt in the afternoon this year because we had to leave too stinking early for church to do it in the morning. And that way, Dave and Lan got to bring Nathan over to hunt for eggs, too! He and Janie did remarkably well for their first egg hunt really understanding […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 12th, 2015
I got the card reader working temporarily again! I’ll get our Easter pictures up in a day or two, but here’s a quick picture of Sunday afternoon, Muller-style. All six of us working together to make homemade gnocchi. And even the little girls asked for seconds at dinnertime!