jake and terry taught isaac about soft and rough, with his touch and feel book.
family
wny trip
two weekends ago, we made a short and spontaneous trip to the buffalo/batavia area. here’s the proof: isaac and derek coming down the stairs, amidst the snow and ice and slippery-ness. isaac and anna (varland) making an artwork duet. attempting for a pose in front of the ginormous tree at aunt eleanor’s and […]
happy birthday isaac, volume 4: presents!
finally, the shots of the gift opening. from aunt madge (an. nash.) – an art supply kit (complete with a paw print (blues clues) stamp): from the aunt/uncle/cousins – cooking utensils (the spatula is a big hit!): from paw paw – play doh (and not shown: a play doh fun factory and watercolor […]
sick week.
highlights (?) of last week: sunday: we all skipped church due to ultra snotty noses, coughs and colds monday: the rest of the world returned to work. isaac and i did the same thing we always do. tuesday: derek stayed home from work, sick. in the afternoon, isaac began throwing up for the evening. after […]
do you smellllll what the rock is cookin’?
for christmas, jake received tickets to go see the wwe (formerly the wwf) in charlotte. derek and terry also got tickets. secretly, i think they were pretty excited. 🙂anyhoo, i helped jake with these signs: derek sent this picture from his phone, in between a long string of twitter updates:
family visit
late tuesday night (early wednesday morning, actually), my parents and jake rolled into town. since then, it’s been a festival of eating, playing the wii, more eating, shopping, cooking, eating, gifts, and eating. here’s jake and isaac contributing their strongest skills to the cooking: on christmas, isaac wasn’t as interested in getting gifts as […]
christmas loot.
i see that i haven’t blogged in awhile. it’s been a bit hectic around here lately. we had our christmas party with derek’s parents over the weekend, so we were working fast and furious to get those gifts all lined up. we got some sweet loot from that exchange. i (we) got some christmas dishes […]
girl robot
i have been working on this robot for a couple of days now.it took a few isaac naps, a couple of evenings in front of the tv, and some stolen moments while the boy watched blues clues…it’s for leslie’s girl baby, due in may…i switched from felt to fleece, you know, for a baby and […]
thanksgiving
we had thanksgiving festivities at our house this year. pretty exciting. isaac was a little sleepy and/or sick to start the day, and spent the entire morning on the couch, like so: i just like this picture: trying to get all of paw paw’s great-grand-boys to sit still and take a picture. we […]
Sarah and Isaac take New York
On Friday morning, Isaac and I headed off for our first ever road trip alone. I was a little skeptical, but the boy was a total champ. He got a little cranky towards the end of each trip, but who wouldn’t after 10 hours in a car? Here’s some pictures: The ride up. Cookies and […]