The Circus Came to Town

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 […]

Girls Will Be Girls

Girls will be girls – they will love flowers: Girls will be girls – they will love dressing up: Girls will be girls – they will love taking pictures with princesses: Girls will be girls – they will love baby goats (even if the babies don’t love them): Girls will be girls – they will […]

Magic House

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 […]

Suspension Bridge

During our entire visit, Colter had been begging for us to hike to the Suspension Bridge, on the Sheltowee Trace Trail. Sheltowee Trace is a 282 mile trail. And Colter wanted us to hike to the suspension bridge on it. 282 miles. I was not that thrilled.  But Dad did a little research, and found […]

Do You…

Do you like to play in the park? My brothers do: Do you like to watch the others, if you are too small to play? Jade does: Do you think that Daddy is a loon for taking pictures instead of playing? Emery does: Do you think that you are going to catch better if you […]

Pizza!!

No, this post is not about pizza. This post is about… …Skiing. When you start skiing, the first thing you learn, (if you have an instructor) is how to stop! At least, that’s what we were taught. To do that, you can go sideways across the hill, or you can pizza. Mom calls it snow […]

Marshmallows Anyone?

After we went on our sleigh ride, we went to the campfire that was waiting for us! With it were these “Jumbo Roasting Marshmallows” and marshmallow sticks. Hewitt preferred his black and burnt:.  Greyden, sticky gooey mess:  I like them golden brown and gooey: Gumpy will eat the burned ones if no one else wants […]

Happy Birthday Indi!!

Yesterday was Indigo’s Birthday! She is 5 now!      I cant get it!  Got it!! Our Birthday traditions indicate that the birthday child (or adult) must give everyone a hug, so that they can get the money hidden under the place-mat of the person they are hugging. No hug, no money! Here she is […]

Charades!

Mom and Dad had a date tonight. So they left for Louisville, and we finished up all of our work. Afterwords, I called all the kids together to make sure all the work was done. Once I was sure it was all finished, I told them that we could play a game of Charades! Then […]