When I was Jade’s age, there were no personal computers. There were no cell phones or iPods or iPads. There weren’t even any VCR’s, let alone Blu-Ray players. The children are all very adept with modern technology, but I guess I didn’t realize how much until this week on vacation. I brought my iPad with […]
The weather here has been gorgeous lately. (Nope, hurricane Irene didn’t reach us here in Indiana.) We’ve had hot days, cooler nights, and low humidity. We took advantage of the lovely weather to exercise outside. I thought you’d enjoy watching part of our “sprint 8” session. We basically sprint for 30 seconds then walk for […]
On our recent trip to St. Louis, we had to stop at a rest stop. Whenever we stop, the children always run around and stretch their legs. If we’re in a parking lot, without a safe place to run, we just do 50 jumping jacks as a family. It’s usually quite a spectacle, and yes, […]
My children adore swimming, but for some reason, we haven’t had a chance to swim once this summer. So we packed the children up… … and we rectified that today! Jade kept coming up to me every 2 minutes and giving me the little hopeful look and saying, “Mom […]
Many of you watched Indigo’s video about her promotion to printing the postage for internet orders. Hewitt wanted to know why I never posted the video about his job wrapping the bath bombs. I had taken this video not long before we decided to discontinue the bath bombs in favor of the bath fizzies, so […]
Hewitt turned seven today! After over 10 years of use, our birthday crown died (and Mom hasn’t made another one yet), so the boys made Hewitt a birthday crown from his “I Can’t Walk” tracks. I thought it looked goofy, but he seemed to really like it. Greyden and Emery made him a lemon poppy […]
Mom just discovered this video on the video camera. Apparently Hewitt found the video camera at some point and decided to make a video. He shares a little bit about his life. Then he talks about how many brothers and sisters he has (and our ages). Then he walks you into his room. It’s […]
We haven’t dyed Easter eggs in a long time. But this year, Mom surprised us and bought eggs for us to dye. Now, that might not sound like a big deal to some of you, but she didn’t buy just a couple of eggs. She bought 8 dozen eggs!! That was a dozen for each […]
The circus came to Charlestown this spring. The newspaper said you could watch the elephants put up the Big Tent, so we went to watch. You can imagine how disappointed the boys were to watch a bunch of guys running around setting up the poles and canvas. While we waited for the elephants to do […]
Mom and Dad have granola with cut up fruit and goat milk for breakfast. Mom likes strawberries and blueberries best. But they’ll also have bananas or peaches too. A few days ago, Dad asked Greyden and Hewitt to get his and Mom’s breakfast ready. He told them that they each needed a cup of cut […]
“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me.” At least, that is what my brothers want… a pirate’s life. I dont think they are going to get it though. Recently the boys have been on a pirate kick. It all started when they got Mom’s permission to watch the first Pirates of the Caribbean […]
A couple of days ago,
I have amazing cousins. And I love visiting them. Do you know what I like even more? Going to their birthday parties. Do you know why? Because my Aunt Heather and Uncle Adam pick the coolest places for birthday parties. Last year for the boys’ party, (they do one birthday party for all of the […]
… the more they stay the same. I was digging around trying to find some old pictures the other day, when I came across these. In August 2008, we were at a friends house for dinner. And since they have a pool, we just couldn’t resist swimming in it! As I was looking at these, I kept […]
Why do boys like to do things the uncomfortable/difficult way? For instance… Why do they like to wear the footy pajamas that have holes in them? (Even though Mom told them they should be put in the trash…and they have others that they could wear). Why do they like to lie down on the bottom […]