it’s that time of year. when all the anniversaries and birthdays and mothers days and end of school concerts and graduations and field days and class parties come together to create the most chaotic month of mayhem for our little crew. and then there’s the in between stuff. and that’s what i’ll be talking about […]
lid kid everyday life
the end of elementary….
the last lidkid, hazelnut, is done with elementary school. our k-5 years were pretty non-traditional… a few years of public school at two different elementary schools for ike, followed by several years of road school and home school for all three kiddos. but, the final three years of elementary school for hazel were spent at […]
and then. the annababy was fifteen.
man these years just keep flying by. seems like yesterday the annababy was the worlds more adorable toddler, quietly going about life, observing and mean mugging, desperately avoiding attention at all costs. and now. well. she’s still observant. but very much loves any and all attention and is anything but quiet. she is into all […]
stay gold, annababy.
here we are again. another lidkid birthday. they just keep coming at me. this time around, it’s the annababy. and what does a nerdy, literary, aspiring theater kid want for their fifteenth birthday cake? why an outsiders musical theme, of course. two days before her party, she gave me very specific, slightly chaotic, and somewhat […]
april things.
with the school calendar moved up a bit, april has gotten a little bit busier. it used to be the calm before the storm, complete with a bit of spring break crammed in there. but now all of the end of year stuff really starts gearing up. and, there was literally one day off from […]
easter twentytwentyfiver.
we hosted the easter festivities at our (stupid new house) again this year. which was obviously just my big fat excuse to make one million easter themed treats and sweets. despite plans to make two cakes and decorate sugar cookies with the girls, i decided it would be necessary to also make massive brown butter […]
the very last ever vienna chorus concert for the hazelnut and it’s ok i’m ok.
even though hazel didnt start public school until third grade, she jumped right in with all of the activities and you would never even know she was a weird homeschooler. this year, for their spring concert, i finally snagged front row seats and get an up close viewing of my favorite little crooner. between me, […]
march (very non-)madness
march was really quite boring around here. aside from a solo camping trip for me and a trip to nyc for derek and anna, the rest of the month was just standard mundane life. maybe even less exciting than that. first of all, i know this to be true, because about half of my camera […]
febz blog. in a timely fashion.
whereas january felt like it was seven months long, i blinked and february was gone. our february this year was pretty darn uneventful. outside of my stone mountain hike, all of the happenings of february qualify for this “monthly recap post” if that tells you anything about the excitement level over here. still mostly rolling […]
a very cold and snowy january.
since we have been back living in winston-salem, we have had really mild winters, and haven’t had any snowy weather to speak of. well, this year, at the very end of christmas break, right when i really would have preferred everyone go back to school, the snow finally came. several times even. it was sort […]