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, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 6th, 2011
Our local library has none of the great imaginative play stuff of the dear old State College one, but it does have a large park with several playgrounds and hiking trails back behind it. It probably has a Spanish-sounding official name, but we call it the library park. Last week we made our first real […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Sep 5th, 2011
We haven’t really stopped creating an atmosphere of learning this summer, but I thought we should do an official first day photo shoot again. We’re still doing preschool at home this year, my inclinations bolstered by reading almost all of School Can Wait. Things have changed a bit since we started doing official preschool type […]
Posted in Tommy on Aug 31st, 2011
Tommy has been such a great helper of late. He got a kick out of helping Daddy assemble their new table and chairs this weekend! reading the directions gathering materials to hand to Daddy organizing materials for Daddy coloring in the instructions afterwards with the appropriate colors so we would know which was which
On my mom’s last full day, we headed over to Malibu to see Derek’s office and spend a couple hours at the beach.
You know how every time anyone comes to visit us, they end up spending quite a bit of time on the couch, reading to the kids? My mom’s visit has been no exception. She came in Thursday and set to work on the deep cleaning I hadn’t gotten to yet. Then she pushed us through […]
Tommy’s personal two-woman fan club sisters just hangin’ out in the kitchen Richard Scarry is best enjoyed together Say, “I love Susie!”
hot afternoon, voices clamoring for the hose, suits on, toddler waddling after her big brother, water… …early bath before dinner…
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 23rd, 2011
So we’re starting to memorize the gospel of Mark. We’ve been working on 1:6-7: Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 17th, 2011
So we endured two sleep-deprived days at a resort down in Orange County for Derek’s faculty retreat. Resorts would be more fun on our own, I think. I don’t remember the last time I was this bleary eyed. I got more sleep when Susanna was a newborn. But the big kids got to swim in […]