on wednesday night, derek surprised me and the lid kids with a getaway to great wolf lodge in concord (charlotte). i was quite nervous at first, since isaac barely likes the pool. or, hates the pool. same thing. and anna is still quite small for water slides and the like. but, we had some backup […]
living room campout
A while back, we set up the tent in the living room in an attempt to check off an item on our summer to-do list. Isaac was excited. He made popcorn with his dad. And we set up camp to watch a movie (rio). After the movie, there was a lot of flopping, flipping and […]
schroeder farewell cupcakes
we attended a little farewell party for our good friends mike and carlye who are moving to Kansas city in a few days or weeks or some such short time frame. Rather than make my typical box cake with buttercream and a stupid fondant decoration, I decided to offer more grownup options… Chocolate chip cookie […]
first day of school
Yesterday was isaacs first day back to school. It was only for 1/2 an hour to get acclimated and learn some rules and tour the room, but we still took pictures and put on the backpack and pretended it was fer realz. Tomorrow he goes for a full 5 hours!!!
when jake was here.
after our trip to ny, as i previously mentioned, jake paine made his way back to the nc with us. jake was glad to join in on our summer to do list… the making of milkshakes… isaac wasn’t sold, but played along. they both played a lot of mariokart. a lot. jake handed down his […]
(new) word press iphone app. take one.
I’ve been having a bit of trouble with my wordpress iPhone app. And by “a bit” I mean “a lot”. For a very long time, it crashed uncontrollably. They made a few changes which complicated everything and it still crashed all the time. Then, I couldn’t login, even though I was certain I had the […]
m.i.a.
wow. it’s been awhile since my last entry. sorry. i have no great excuse. after our trip to ny, jake returned with us. he was here for two weeks. we had a lot of fun. he and isaac played hours upon hours of video games. during gaming breaks, they wrestled. or played transformers. jake is […]
batavia trip randomness
here are some random shots of our last few days in ny. shucking corn. eating raw corn. post swim boat ride. we went to “friday night in the square”… the square being jackson square (which i never knew existed – how is that possible?). the event was live music. the night’s theme: italian and latin!! […]
brown’s berry patch
shortly after awakening this morning, i determined that i was taking the lidkids on an adventure. as soon as they woke up, i dressed them and packed and we headed to brown’s berry patch, about 45 minutes north. just shy of lake ontario. we mostly played. we picked zero berries. we didn’t even buy any […]