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Josh came to me on Saturday and asked if we could do our art day ( from our family bucket list described here) on Sunday afternoon. This was pretty good timing since I was all excited to start my new … Continue reading
Category Archives: Kids
Last night the older kids planted some video cameras focused on Quiet Elfie. Unfortunately the recordings only lasted about 10 minutes so they were not able to see him leave. The video pretty much looked like this the whole time: … Continue reading
I can start to feel Christmas in the air! The kids are busy making their lists, and starting to talk about our Christmas traditions. As Christmas draws closer, we start to watch as many Christmas movies as possible. On Saturday … Continue reading
Zach has started to read my blog more consistently (Hi Sweetie! Love you! Lol. Doing that just to tease him:)) I started a blog back in 2008 and wrote in it sporadically until May 2011 when I switched to this … Continue reading
One of my favorite shows on TV right now is “Parenthood”. I find it has some realistic family stuff, some interesting plot lines, and can be funny and emotional. The other night there was a story line about Crosby – … Continue reading
Gabe texted me the other day to tell me he had received 20/20 on his “math journal”. I praised him for this accomplishment as I know he had put a lot of effort into it and worked hard on it. … Continue reading
Well the summer is officially over. I know that is the case when we transition from the summer sports to the fall sports. We had a fun summer, with all the kids in soccer. Sam, played on Team Argentina. He … Continue reading
First week of school is over. I think things went well. There were a few glitches along the way which had the little mouse in my brain running hard on his little wheel…thinking…. One of my kids did not get … Continue reading
Something we started when we first got “blending” was parent/child “dates”. We decided that it was important, especially as we were transitioning everyone that it needed to be a top priority to have individual time with each child: biological and … Continue reading
The last morning we were up really early to leave for the dreaded trip home (14 hour car drive). This meant we ALL got to watch the sunrise. It was best one ever! It was the perfect way to end … Continue reading