Today is Maverick’s birthday! We had so much fun celebrating him. Andy and I ate lunch with him on Wednesday (and brought cupcakes for his class), he had his birthday party with ten of his friends in our home yesterday, and I made him homemade Oreos, “make your own sushi” dinner, and crepes for breakfast …
Now that the kids are back in school I played catch up on errands and chores. It is hard to mop the floor when all the kids are home, it’s like cleaning up a tornado while it’s still wrecking havoc. Speaking of tornadoes, while we didn’t have one, I was a bit terrified we would …
We finished winter break off with a bang. On Monday we went to the gym, then back to the outdoor “wilderness” playground we had visited the week before. On Tuesday I took the kids to the church gym to play with friends while I got a workout. Then on Wednesday we went to the zoo …
Christmas Eve, Day, and day after were nice and rainy. If it had only been ten degrees colder maybe we would’ve had a white Christmas. Christmas Eve we attended church, which was a lovely musical program– most of the pieces were composed by Sally DeFord. Her daughter was the accompanist and choir director. They did …
Becoming a mom has made Christmas my favorite holiday. There are instagram jokes going around where the dad is just as surprised as the kids to see what the kids got for Christmas, and that has been true in our house, especially with Andy’s crazy schedule during residency and medical school. However, this year he …
I’m seriously so grateful to Andy’s mom for watching our kids so we could escape for a week! They had a great time and at one point, my mother-in-law said, “Harvey’s been an angel!” Not sure what I’ve been doing wrong, but they were great for grandma! Which I was super happy about, because it …
Monday: Enjoying the outdoors day. I’m not sure who ended the week more exhausted. We packed in a lot! On Monday we had planned to go to the zoo, but Beverly wasn’t feeling well, so we packed up the stroller and enjoyed the beautiful day at the Savannah River. She was happy to just sit …
I have much to be grateful for! I missed a week of blogging (I was busy working on Christmas presents), but we’ve had some full weeks! We celebrated our Veteran, Daddy by treating the kids to Dave and Busters. Andy left that place smiling as big as the kids. He said it was one of …
Halloween in this neighborhood is top shelf. Maybe literally. We have probably half a dozen houses that offer “adult drinks” to those 21 and older. The kids get a little confused by this, since they’re often kind of fun looking like red liquid in a syringe, jello in little cups, or a brewing bowl of …
We had a good week. I was struggling with a virus for most of the week and then Andy caught it towards the end, but we had a good time celebrating Halloween at trunk or treat and at home! Harvey is, of course, a ninja turtle. Max went with the same costume he used last …