yesterday, we made our annual-ish trip to patterson farms for some fall time fun. and i took exactly one jillion pictures to document it. last year, the eating situation was disastrous. we waited in line for like an hour for some terrible hot dogs and hamburgers. so, we decided to eat on the way this […]
lid kid adventures
old salem harvest day
derek had to work all day yesterday, so i decided that the kids and i were going to do something fun and get out of the house. after exploring various options, we settled on staying local and heading to old salem for harvest day. we invited derek’s mom to hang with us and that she […]
field trips
on thursday, anna and i made a trip to the children’s museum. i’ve been trying to do a few more fun things with her while isaac is in school, rather than run errands and/or clean and/or be lazy. you know, like i did when it was just him. so, we met jess and her terrible […]
it’s dixie classic fair time again!
yesterday, i picked ike up from school at lunch time and we went to the dixie classic fair. it’s been raining non-stop for like two weeks. or at least a few days, so this was the first nice-ish day since the fair opened. first things first. lunch. isaac was convinced we should do the bumper […]
dan nicholas park
a week or so ago, jess and i dragged the kiddos out to dan nicholas park in salsbury. we probably should have gone online to see what attractions would be open, because the answer to that question was: none. none of the attractions were open. so, we hit up the playground. the train. and the […]
field day
today was isaac’s field day. yes. five weeks into the school year. it was a beautiful day, so anna and i decided to head out and watch his class play… (he’s the kid in the yellow shirt in all of these pics). after a long search, we finally found them at the oversized basketball hoop, […]
tweetsie with buddies.
our pal graelyn is turning three soon. to celebrate, a set of her grandparents came to town and they all went to tweetsie for the day on saturday. oh. and we also got invited. it worked out nicely because derek has to work so much, and it gave him some time to work, without feeling […]
a festival of apples.
on saturday, i dragged the kids to an apple fest in bethabara (a historic-ish place in winston-salem). i had a few other mom friends, who were without husbands for the weekend, so we met up to celebrate apples together. lincoln was a super wagon puller. we found the beekeeper exhibit, first thing. love watching bees […]
zoo.
we’ve had zoo on our summer to do list last year and this year. last year, we never made it. this year, my old college roommate and hoops teammate invited us to go, and we really had no choice but to pack up and go. and that’s the story of what we did today. we […]
beating the heat.
our friend heather is a member at a local pool. and she invites us all the time. but, i’ve had such unpredictable pool experiences with the lid kids, i always decline for fear of the unknown. yesterday, after a few days of endless playdates at our own house, i was eager to get the little […]