beware. long post. isaac and john’s spring breaks overlapped a bit, right around easter weekend. so, we decided to load up and head to new york for easter in blah-tavia. we had hoped to make the drive up in one shot. we picked up ike from school at 130. which would put us there around […]
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the rest of march. and beginnings of april.

ok. so. it’s been a crazy busy month. i have several blog posts that need some words added to their many pictures and then hopefully, maybe i’ll be all caught up. and then i’ll make a heartfelt, but nonetheless empty promise to do a better job blogging. and then, in another month, we’ll be in […]
life.

it’s been a little bit crazytown around here lately. i probably say that a lot. but, it’s been a long few weeks. long. anyhow… excuses. here’s some pictures. a lot of pictures. dating back to january. krispy kreme donuts with pals. birthday party for sweet caroline. my goofballs at the party. mcdonalds ice cream. goofy […]
happy valentines day.

today was valentines day. lame. but ike is in public school, so we get to participate. we decided on fun dip valentines. and isaac got to work addressing them. today, he came home with a box of standard valentines, little pieces of cardboard with a single piece of candy taped on. and then THIS. from […]
ike writes

our big kindergartener has been coming home with lots (millions, really) of classwork everyday. my favorite things are the sentences and occasional accompanying illustration. he had to write a weather report one day. this is very scientific. playing with john. “never gonna catch me!” a full report about his birthday sleepover. ixiding. he loves penelope […]
charlotte family saturday.

with no pressing engagements or cakes or other such things to suck up our time this weekend, we decided to head south the the queen city of charlotte north carolina to check out the discovery place museum and possibly ikea. we’ve never been with our own kids, but i went with jake about 7 or […]
20 pictures.

i think all of our chickens are finally laying. including the easter eggers (americaunas), who lay greenish-blue eggs. anna still loves yo gabba gabba. mostly brobee. as evidenced by this picture. heather and her girls came over to play the other day. livy loves our chickens. anna is pretty crabby lately. we see this face […]
six.

yesterday was this guy’s birthday: i made him pose for various pictures in front of the chalkboard. i woke up early (well not really. i skipped the gym and actually woke up later. but i digress.) and made him bacon and pancakes. his favorite. and i made him eat in his underwear because i didn’t […]
boring blah january.

not a lot going on around here. it’s january. cold. boring. blah. we’re in the full swing of keeping our extra little buddy in the afternoons. he’s so cute and fun. both of my kids love him and i think he really likes hanging with us. he especially loves the chickens and collecting eggs. a […]
instagrammy and such

not much to report from around here. if you follow me on instagram, this will mostly be redundant. but, there’s a few new pictures thrown in… i don’t know if i’m overlapping other posts, but i’m too lazy to look back and see… anna and lucy. anna got this little drawing board for christmas, from […]