it’s been a bit crazy around here for the last little bit. (end of school, new computer and i’m playing a giant game of bloggy catchup. we head to the beach saturday, and i will obviously have about 40 things to blog about that, so hopefully i’ll be all caught up before then. first up. […]
lid kid everyday life
anna’s preschool farewell picnic

last friday, anna’s preschool class had their end of year class picnic. she still has one more day (today), but this was the last partay. it was a beautiful day for the park… of course hazel was along for the ride. the monkey hanger. hazel tunnels. anna tunnels. the bridge was terrifying with all the […]
the epic frozen extravaganza.

so. a little background first. the trip i took to florida with the girls last month was supposed to also have a trip to disney and universal tacked on. as we planned, it just wasn’t looking like the best financial decision. and the logistics of it all weren’t coming together as wonderfully as we had […]
theannababy turns five.

on friday, may 8th, the anna baby turned five. we kicked things off with a frozen themed photoshoot in front of the big chalkboard. and then an oatmeal breakfast complete with a birthday candle. at school, she had a little birthday celebration, complete with gramma stopping by to read knuffle bunny and a rousing version […]
the april post.

ugh. i started this post on may 1. but it’s been a bit crazy around here with projects and school parties and anna’s birthday!!! (that post to come. soon. maybe.) anyhow. rewind about 40 days and that’s where this post begings. park day with friends. anna, swinging with her bff, natalie. the crazel. hazel and […]
a chicken tale.

so. when i was writing my post for march, i intentionally left out all of our baby chick pics, deciding that a dedicated baby chicken post was in order. at the time, it was going to be a delightful tale, with future volumes. such is not the case. i’ll start from the beginning. we are […]
belated (mostly instagrams) march post.

beware: this post contains 45 pictures from the lid kid month of march. we kicked off march with derek and isaac heading out of town to a wedding, so i just had the girls. which meant anna watched a lot of frozen and slept in the bed with me and dressed like a princess and […]
belated easter post.

yep. i’m about to play another round of bloggy catch up. first up. easter. the eggs dying. and the egg hunt. the egg dying went as you might suspect. same as every family. for the last 100 years, i suppose. we used two dye kits this year. one standard (except for being neon colors) and […]
february in 35 pictures.

it seems i’m getting worse and worse at consistent blogging, despite my attempts to get better and better at consistent blogging. it’s been a rather crazy month. i kicked it off by returning from batavia for my uncle ray’s funeral. i had a nice day of recovering and settling back in, but awoke in the […]
january.

all the happenings in january. guacamole hazel. cupcake-juicebox hazel. play-doh anna. a new giant box came in the mail. anna moved in. isaac sorted markers for her to decorate with. waffle maker helper hazel. i’m told this is princess elsa. flat play-doh version. hazel is terrible at her cheerio book. anna the painter. princess elsa […]