ok. so, we had the bright idea to attempt to camp with the three little people. one of whom, i may have mentioned, is the WORST sleeper. sounds fun, right? derek did all of the legwork. he purchased and sorted and packed and prepared all of the supplies and sundries. (my new fave word). he […]
lid kid adventures
bullhole.
two weekends ago, we made a spur of the moment decision to go on an adventure. derek had read about this place in cooleemee, called the bullhole, which sounds sort of like a bad word. *snicker*. anyhow. it’s a super short hike down to a dam, where there’s some little waterfalls and slippery rocks to […]
memorial day hike and waterfall.
yesterday. we loaded up the lid kids. and headed to hanging rock state park for a day of action packed adventure. side note: i have been hiking at hanging rock. but only to the actual hanging rock. so, whenever people would suggest taking the kids there, i would laugh at the possibility knowing that surely […]
butterfly field trip
after having studied the butterfly lifecycle, we knew that a trip to the butterfly garden was in order, but it’s only open on saturdays and you know how saturdays seem to fill up with stuff. well, this saturday, we got our stuff done early and scrambled off to all-a-flutter butterfly garden in high point, for […]
asheville anniversary. with kids.
this past saturday was our 11th anniversary. so, obviously, we packed the kids up for a hike and an overnight trip in asheville. derek had found a short little kid friendly hike online. not much elevation change. cool rocks to climb on. and a waterfall. so, off we went, to toms creek falls… firstly, we […]
strawberry (and flower) picking.
during my mom and terry’s visit, we went strawberry picking. and by “we”, i mean, me, my mom, hazel and anna. the girls. anna started off strong. but, she was very selective. if my mom picked one that looked a little abnormal or had a little yellow still on it, she would throw it back. […]
beekeeper training day.
for the last couple of weeks, we have been learning about bees for science. we’ve read books, watched videos, watched the bee movie, wrote a bee book, made a bee craft and finished off the study with a trip to our favorite local beekeeper, mark duncan. (he’s a friend of ours from church and he […]
rolling, chick fil a, smiles
lots of adventures and firsts in this weeks edition of random pictures from lidkidville. anna’s grumpy face. toy rainbow sorting project. tummy time. hazel has rolled over a few times now. and, off we go… tv bums. sleepyhead. we had our first group adventure. i took the three to get frozen yogurt. exciting. isaac was […]
hazel’s big adventure
here’s the story of how hazel arrived. if you have followed along, you know that about a week before my due date, my blood pressure started to do that thing where it creeps up. except it never really skyrocketed. just crept. and then, my due date came and went. and more days came and went. […]
hazel grace
on tuesday, december 10th, we welcomed this little bundle of apprehensive joy into the world: we are calling her hazel grace. and she was 21 inches long and 7 lbs 15 oz. and was born at 11:20 am. i’ll post more details later, about how the whole thing actually went down. but, for now, here’s […]