Monthly Archives: May 2013

We’re home from an amazing week with my family in North Carolina. We spent 13 hours of travel getting there, and the kids were amazing. I was all prepared with two movies on my Kindle Fire, kid sized headphones and a splitter, new activity books, and car games. They watched one movie, didn’t touch theirContinue reading “North Carolina”

This week has been pretty full of wrap-up activities. First, JT had his last day of school. It was complete with diplomas, a gift of a new Bible from Mrs. Tina, and play time. Haley loves to join the fun. She even played Duck, Duck, Goose with the class! Red light, green light caller withContinue reading “Wrapping Up the Year”

Haley sings in the bathroom loudly while she’s… well… you know. I can’t wait to remind her of these adorable videos when she’s older. JT and I just smile at each other and continue on. This is two separate days! http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=https://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl%3Dyes%26id%3D997f1be44398d61a%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsecure_transport%253Dyes%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1603920495%26sparams%3Drequiressl,id,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D35591297DA876E5FE57750AFD2EAC045668FF0F4.4BE7289C573CD35F008F7BB790BDDF98036F7A98%26key%3Dck2http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=https://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl%3Dyes%26id%3D717224452a991262%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsecure_transport%253Dyes%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1603920495%26sparams%3Drequiressl,id,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D730CCE05FA300F85ADE36CB5360FD4A3F9BD0105.8A288CEFA5733EE837AEFE4771C4F06E1E7C5D14%26key%3Dck2

Play hard or go home, right? This week we had two awesome play dates: one was a milestone, as it was the first time JT had a friend over from school – no parents attached. JT and Dylan and Haley and I walked to the park and the boys climbed a tree. It was superContinue reading “Playing Hard”

But first, a look at my goofy children, who were playing Batmobile. The paper plates are the steering wheels. 🙂 And now… Haley got invited to a real tea party. We have friends with three daughters and each daughter got to invite two friends. Haley was the youngest guest, and she was so excited (and,Continue reading “Tea for Eleven”

Mother’s Day started with a wonderful dose of sitting-on-the-couch-reading-books-with-Haley-while-sipping-some-coffee and continued through to shower-without-interruption. 🙂 After church, we went straight to kickball. Jim had a minor injury on the first play of the game, and Haley went to console him in between innings. He recovered enough to finish the game (playing very well, I mightContinue reading “Mother’s Day”

We have very much been enjoying our heat wave! We’ve had weather in the seventies and even up in the eighties all week long. Woohoo! Dad set up the pool! Jim’s offense at kickball… great average from this game! Kids watching Safe! Haley told me she was doing her Bible study. (That is her Bible.Continue reading “May Heat Wave”

On Tuesday morning, I decided to wash the car in between my eye appointment and leaving for preschool helper. I told the kids they could ride bikes outside in the sunshine, fully expecting Haley to just walk around like normal. I don’t know why I keep expecting “normal” from her. “I want to ride myContinue reading “Haley Pedals”

We grew lots of vegetables in our garden growing up (and I have lots of memories of weeding and harvesting with my mom) but I haven’t done anything on my own besides flowers. The one time my neighbor gave me amazing tomato starts in pots things were going well until Slider ate every last greenContinue reading “Gardening”

Jim joined a kickball team. It’s adult co-ed rec league, and so far it is super fun. This past week was the first official game after the rainy jamboree. All the people in our parenting group are somehow involved, from playing on the team to score keeping. That meant that the one other non-kickball parentContinue reading “Kickball”