In the past day and a half, Elizabeth has developed an obsession with one particular hair bow. She calls it the BOW. She wants it in her hair all the time. If it comes out (often due to her pulling), she comes screeching to me, “Mommy! The BOW! The BOW! The BOW!” And I put […]
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This morning, Elizabeth flatly refused to put on any of her pants. She wanted tights and a skirt. Since yesterday started below zero without the windchill, I thought this would be unwise. We compromised with tights and a jumper and pants underneath. Then we headed out to the kids’ consignment store in town to look […]
Now that we can all eat eggs, Derek thought it would be a good idea to try to make his Grandma Tata’s homemade pasta again. We pulled out the pasta maker from the basement and gave it a whirl (I say we, but Derek and Tommy did all the work), and it turned out great! […]
Scene One Elizabeth: No! No! Mommy! No! (Yep, she discovered this word on Monday. Pretty much all I’ve heard since.) Scene Two Tommy: Mommy, well, when I grow up, I am not going to fight with a sling, just a sword. Mommy: Why not a sling? Tommy: Well, because a sword’s easier. (can you tell […]
The kids got some musical instruments for Christmas, and they love playing and dancing with them!
Tea and Scones
Posted in Elizabeth, Sewing Projects, Tommy on Jan 15th, 2011
Some mornings, our PJs are so comfy that we just stay in them all morning… (looking out at the snow)
I learned my lesson last month, and yesterday I bought Elizabeth properly fitting snowpants and Tommy the right size of snow boots so that we could play outside in the snow! We lasted a lot longer than five minutes this time around.=)
Sorry, fam, for taking so long to get these up! Besides the front yard sledding, we got to do some visiting–wedding party girls, remember getting ready at Christine’s before my wedding? They’ve moved, and we got to see their new place and have some good hang-out time! And we finally met Danny–and introduced Katie to […]