awhile back, early in my crafting days, i made a robot for isaac. after a couple of years of play time, he’s seen better days. one leg has almost completely fallen off. most of the stitching is pulled and snagged and not looking so hot. and the cheap-o craft felt that i used is all […]
isaac
0.5 years! (and one day)

yesterday marked 6 calendar months of life for the sweet anna baby. i really really meant to post on time for this milestone, but then isaac stole her 1/2 year birthday thunder by projectile vomiting all day. (note: we took him to the doc’s and it seemed to just be a common bug and he’s […]
halloween, part two. (the nerd).

as once promised, here are some additional halloween pictures. i did a terrible job of capturing the festivities via digital camera, but thankfully jude was on the scene with her fancy pants camera. she captured some shots of the oldest lid kid, dressed up in his nerd costume which i had NONE of. and a […]
pumpkins, cows, and nerds.
well, halloween was yesterday. here’s how that went down… first we painted and carved some pumpkins. i had not meant to put this off until the last minute. i bought paint last week with every intention of painting with the boy during one of anna’s 30 minute naps. ambitious, i know. well, that never happened […]
patterson farms…
last weekend, we loaded up the lid kids and headed down to the mooresville/statesville area of north carolina to patterson farms for some pumpkin patchy fun. we went two years ago, with a wee little isaac toddler, and it was a lot of fun, so we were excited to head back with both kids in […]
strong museum pics
as promised, here is the link to the picasa album with all the pics from the strong museum of play that we visited whilst in western new york… strong museum pics
Batavia NY Autumn Trip – Baths

the night before we left, i determined that both lid kids were in desperate need of a good bathing. my parents only have a (very small) shower at their house, so i loaded them up, one at a time, in the sink. isaac is not new to the grandma’s sink bath… but, i do think […]