Connor randomly picked up Cailee’s harmonica and went to town – he played it for about 30 minutes straight, only to be diverted by making zurbert (aka “farting”) noises every once in a while – thanks to Cailee’s mature influence. This shouldn’t surprise me – the harmonica, that is, since he’s already mastered the flute/recorder,…
Every other day this month, I believed we were just on the verge of Winter, as is expected in November. Besides the fact that we’ve been raking leaves, buying snow gear, practicing Christmas songs, and counting the days til vacation, the temps had turned quite chilly and some days it even smelled like snow (ok,…
I still remember the day Emily told us that she was pregnant – it was the day we brought Connor home from the hospital. It hardly seems possible that Connor is 19 months and running around AND that Emma Riley is walking and turns one this week! Well, believe it or not, time is certainly…
We had such a good week this week. We were lucky enough to have GG here this week to help me out with the kiddos while Miss Anna was away. She wore the kids out so much, they slept very well at night. Lots of time outside, doing crafts, making brownies and plenty of playing…
Today, daylight savings started. Lucky for us, no one got up unusually early, but we still managed to make it to the early service at church and finish our weekly groceries run before 11 AM, so we really gained an hour to play. I wracked my brain trying to come up with a low cost,…
Cailee’s last soccer game was Saturday and so we made it a family affair (I had normally stayed home from most games with Connor, while JJ took Cailee – Connor just wants to be on the field playing alongside big sis). I have to say Cailee was definitely most improved. She gained a lot of…
What a day! (and what a sugar high!). It was jam packed from the getgo. Early this morning, I got Cailee all dolled up in her Tinkerbell costume for the Halloween costume parade at school. Connor and I watched from the sidelines as she marched by with her class. Connor was extremely cooperative until a…
Part 2 of our weekend was a family picnic on Sunday. We were a little skeptical of the weather leading up to the day with Hurricane Sandy on the horizon, but it turned out that a little wind was not going to be enough to keep us from the park. The air was brisker then…