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 […]
autumn cupcakes for a friend.
my friend heather has a birthday next week. her sister ashley threw a semi-surprise party for her. semi because heather knew she was going to a pampered chef party and had no idea it was for her. it was super fun. ashley got the idea (from pinterest, of course) to have a favorite things party. […]
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 […]
miscellaneous happenings.
not much exciting to report around here. we’ve been watching a ridiculous amount of “it’s the great pumpkin, charlie brown” and have now moved onto “a charlie brown thanksgiving”. i’m hoping to get through halloween before we have to bust out “a charlie brown christmas”… (we did have one sneak peak already. :/) anyhooo… here’s […]
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 […]
anna the artist.
anna has already shown much more interest in art than isaac ever did. she loves to color and play with play-doh. isaac would always be willing to do so, but i had to convince him. and sit with him. and even then, it was mostly destructive pretend boy play. just recently, she’s begun drawing people. […]
field study patchwork quilt
so, here’s how it went down: i started quilting around when anna was born. i’m always late to the party on some fabric lines that i can’t really seem to embrace when they first come out. anna maria horner fabrics have been on that short list. when i saw field study, i knew that i […]
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, […]