the night before last, my dad called to tell me that my gramma (kay) schiavone was not doing well. and that she may not make it through the night. she had even called her kids all in and said goodbye. i knew she wasn’t doing great. that she had gone in for a knee replacement […]
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family beach trip. pirates voyage day.

(i’m in a race to get the beach trip all blogged before the first day of school…) i don’t even know what day i’m on. tuesday, i think. because that’s the day we went to pirates voyage. but, we started out the day at the beach. obviously. obligatory baby eating sand photo. anna digging photo. […]
family beach trip. bear building day.

monday was a little drizzly and overcast, so we headed out to broadway at the beach for a little shopping and dining and walking around. and whining. 🙂 here’s the walking. some rock candy soothed the whining. we were hoping to do magicquest with isaac and build-a-bear with anna. but, once were in build-a-bear, isaac […]
family beach trip. sunday funday.

our first full day at the beach was also derek’s birthday. and hazel’s eight month birthday. are the months called birthdays? anyhoooo… here’s the big eight month old at the beach… (here’s what’s happening in her world these days: she’s pulling up. cruising. standing on her own for a bit. pushing around a walker toy. […]
random summer happenings.

other than our beach trip and our ny trip, we haven’t been doing much this summer. it’s way harder to do things with the treacherous trio that i had ever imagined. i think their age difference plays into that. but, mostly, we just hang out around the house and such. here’s a photo filled post […]
july 4th and our last day in batavia.

so, in batavia, on the fourth of july, there’s an extravaganza in centennial park all afternoon. i haven’t been to it in years upon years, but this year, we decided to give it a go. i totally should have taken a panoramic shot of all of the festivities. there’s music. and crafty vendors. bounce houses. […]
batavia friends and family day.

i’ve lost track of the days. the day i’m about to blog about is a day that we just hung around batavia mostly. for lunch, we picked up subs from south side deli and then snatched my gramps up from the VA hospital and took him to aunt eleanor’s for a little outdoor picnic. the […]
hazel’s first trip to batavia. part one.

i’m only now just recovering from our trip to ny. we got home nine days ago. it was super busy. and i barely slept. and never slept well. and the travels were misery. but, we had lots of fun and adventures. we loaded up and left on a friday afternoon after derek finished a test […]
asheville anniversary. with kids.

this past saturday was our 11th anniversary. so, obviously, we packed the kids up for a hike and an overnight trip in asheville. derek had found a short little kid friendly hike online. not much elevation change. cool rocks to climb on. and a waterfall. so, off we went, to toms creek falls… firstly, we […]
four.

last week. on thursday. this kid turned four. it seems very impossible. she’s quite a little character. very independent. and stubborn. she is a super little artist. and loves to read. and pretend. and play with princess dolls. and baby dolls. and hoard piles of random toys into the hidden corners of the house. we […]