we’ve had zoo on our summer to do list last year and this year. last year, we never made it. this year, my old college roommate and hoops teammate invited us to go, and we really had no choice but to pack up and go. and that’s the story of what we did today. we […]
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chicken love
the fluffy baby chicks are getting big fast. they’re getting feathery and are able to fly up and around for a few seconds. the lidkids were a little afraid of them at first, but are getting used to them. isaac still hates when they flutter about unpredictably, and runs away screaming. we are starting to […]
scrappy granny.
whenever i think “scrappy granny”, i picture a little old lady, with a cane and a purse, who gets in fights on the street. anyhoooo… i finished my scrappy granny squares quilt. that is, my first scrappy granny squares quilt. because i still have enough 2.5 inch squares to make 28 more granny squares. i […]
beating the heat.
our friend heather is a member at a local pool. and she invites us all the time. but, i’ve had such unpredictable pool experiences with the lid kids, i always decline for fear of the unknown. yesterday, after a few days of endless playdates at our own house, i was eager to get the little […]
super playdate mania
ever since the chickens have arrived, we’ve had a lot of playdates. who would have thought some fuzzy little poultry could make us so popular. 🙂 (disclaimer: it’s not that the people who have come over only like us for our chickens. they come over all the time. just not so many in a row. […]
chickens!
for awhile now, we’ve been trying to feed our kids better stuff. shop local. blah blah. and then, one fateful day, the topic of getting our own chickens came up. after much research (mostly by derek), we dove in. on monday, this box arrived: anna was psyched. they were so very cute and fuzzy. and […]
you make me happy, when skies are gray…
my go-to song for annababy is “you are my sunshine”. i’ve pinned a few things here and there to maybe put in her room to reflect this time in her life when i get to rock her and sing songs (ps. it’s almost over). but, when i happened upon this mini-quilt, i knew i would […]
two year (and two month) checkup.
this post is mostly for me. for when, someday, when my kids say, where’s our baby book, i can point them to this blog and they can see all that baby book type information… anna had her two year old checkup this week. it was a no-shot appointment, so that’s always good. for some reason, […]
#winning
so, awhile back, i posted about winning a sweet giveaway. well, after a bit of craziness*, the cool dress has arrived… and anna looks really cute in it. *something happened in the shipment, and it never came. i waited a week or so, then emailed the giver-awayer and she promptly made and sent out another. […]
lately…
here’s my feeble attempt to make up for a lack of updates lately… we celebrated paw paw’s (derek’s grampa’s) 93rd birthday this weekend… kids love cupcakes. since it’s 200 degrees everyday, we’ve had to hit the park early early early in the morning. and isaac can get his fill of jumping off elevated surfaces. the […]