Family Life & Kids
Canadian Girl meet American Girl
May 27, 2009
My first born celebrated her 10th birthday last week. The actual day was Friday, the same day we were leaving home and setting up camp for the weekend. In anticipation of this we planned a little pool party with friends for earlier in the week. Celine also was given her ...
Our weekend camping and summer arrives
May 26, 2009
Our first camping trip of the season on Memorial Day weekend always seems to kick off summer. This weekend we swam (well the kids did - have you noticed kids aren't the least bit affected by cold water), climbed mountains, slept under the stars (in the tent), ate every meal ...
My girl, she dances
May 7, 2009
I've spent the last half hour (I have a one hour "mama's writing time" after lunch) trying to craft the words to this post, but the words just aren't coming. at the buffet table So here it is. I took these photos a couple months ago of my daughter at ...
A better May day
May 5, 2009
Today was a day of home & hearth, I: got up at 6:30, read my RSS, e-mail, enjoyed my morning coffee and was done on the computer before the kids were up at 7:30 read the Bible with the kiddos, listened to Gershwin tunes played on a svelte clarinet while ...
Learning to Ride a Bike (And Other Scary Life Situations) Self-Talk
April 28, 2009
We've been bike riding lately in this beautiful spring weather. The kiddos that is; I can't ride with them yet because Brienne still needs my steady hand while she's learning to ride a two-wheeler (plus, if I was riding who would take the photos?) She's almost got it but her ...
Hanging laundry is fun
April 22, 2009
I'm tired of my blogging voice. I've written a lot of wordy posts this past week. Time for a break. Happy Earth Day everyone. Who's says being "green" is no fun? Get outside, hang some laundry and have some fun! Amazingly, my white linens were still clean after these "laundry ...
The Earth Day Compost Heap
April 21, 2009
I have other plans for tomorrow's Earth Day post (with a giveaway) if I can finish it up in time. So I'm doing an earth day round up today. A little bit of this, a little bit of that - kind of like my compost pile. Garbage Day We cleaned ...
