we’ve been on vacation for a good chunk of the summer so far. well. just the beach and batavia. but it seems like a lot. anyhow… here’s what’s been going on when we haven’t been traveling… we signed up for free weekday bowling with amf. we’ve only been once, with our pals, the pattisalls, but […]
lid kid everyday life
adventures in babysitting.
so. things have been pretty crazy busy over here. i’ve started to keep a couple of extra kiddos of some great friends of ours. originally, the plan was to do it indefinitely, but then i became great with child, so my gig will end in november, so i can spend a few weeks preparing for […]
twenty thirteen summer to do list.
before our trip to ny (a blog post to come later), we finally inked (chalked) our summer to do list for 2013. and here it is, one month into summer, and i’m just now posting it. anyhooo… here it is: here is last year’s. and two years ago. i think we’ve gotten better at realistic […]
official first grader
tuesday was isaac’s last day of kindergarten. (and my last day of having a semi-mess-free house). he eagerly wore the same shirt as the first day of school. (shorts and sneakers are too small. sigh.) and we snapped some cute pictures before i sent him off. cute picture one. cute picture two. with curious onlooker. […]
may then june.
yet another installment of my series i like to call “a bunch of random pictures of the last week or so.” hope you enjoy. for memorial day, we headed to the p-salls for burgers and hanging out. the kids were nerds at the kid table. the kiddos jumped on the trampoline all evening long. until […]
slow saturday random post
a slow saturday morning = blog update opportunities… not much going on around here. nice weather rolling in, so lots of outside time. example. we hit up the cobblestone farmers market. which is decidedly less cobblestone-y this year and a little more concrete-y, since they moved it away from krankie’s. oh well. we got some […]
$65 picnic lunch
a few weeks ago, ike’s school had a giant fundraiser in the form of a spring carnival. there was also an auction to accompany the spring carnival and at that auction, we “won” a picnic lunch with isaac’s teacher, for a whopping $65. flash forward to today. and the picnic lunch was taking place. isaac […]
garden mania.
we were a little late getting our garden rolling this year, but this weekend, we set out to get all of this planted: anna was armed with her new gardening set that she got for her birthday from my parents and jake. the gloves were a little big, but that didn’t slow down her helpful […]
5/6/13 – 5/12/13
some pictures… anna and the world’s best dog: i gave my kids each a roll of washi tape. here’s what anna did: and what ike did: wednesday, the 8th, was anna’s actual birthday, so we went out for a delicious breakfast. it’s her favorite meal. bacon, sausage, eggs over easy, toast, pancakes. she’s a little […]
a kindergarten mother’s day…
this morning was “muffins with moms” in isaac’s kindergarten class to celebrate mother’s day. he was so so so excited. and super cute while he tried to be patient. while we waited for muffins, we got to look at our card. i’m the best sower. 🙂 and that’s him and anna hugging me. and me […]