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The Snowpocalypse of 2014

The Snowpocalypse of 2014

Snow is pretty rare here in Georgia.  Some years we’re lucky if we even see a couple of flakes.  Because of this, we don’t have many city snowplows or sand/salt trucks available. Even a “minor” winter storm can cause the roads to get pretty sketchy, even for a native Utahn.  Out here, snow usually comes […]

February 2014

February 2014

First of all (literally, the first day of the month), this happened: Kathryn lost her first tooth. It was knocked out. Yep, knocked out.  Courtesy of Emma. In Emma’s defense, she was aiming for Jonathan.  Not that that makes it any better… Jonathan played tooth fairy for her.  :) Other than the fact that the […]

January 2014

January 2014

A brief overview of January. :)

A different way of seeing things

A different way of seeing things

A family chore provides an unexpected visual of the children’s different ways of organizing the world.

How to make dirt pudding cake

How to make dirt pudding cake

Or simply Emma’s 7th birthday celebration.

Playing with big brother

Playing with big brother

The children had some friends over to play after school on Friday – two little girls just older and younger than Emma.  Usually the children all play together, but this time Jonathan found himself left out as the girls were playing inside and he wanted to play outside.  I suggested he invite Kathryn but she […]

Thanksgiving Break and the Pie Games

Thanksgiving Break and the Pie Games

We had a nice, long, quiet Thanksgiving break. Our schools had the whole week off, but we apparently decided that wasn’t long enough for us…

May 2012 - other miscellaneous

May 2012 – other miscellaneous

I knew I was missing some things!   Fruit We’re dipping our toes into gardening.  This year we decided to try a small container garden.  We have 3 food plants – strawberry, watermelon, and tomato.  Mine is the tomato, Jonathan chose the strawberry and watermelon (the girls picked flowers instead).   Here is Jonathan’s first strawberry.  […]

May 2012 - End of School Parties

May 2012 – End of School Parties

And then it was on to the end of school parties. Kathryn’s last day of school Kathryn is in purple. Notice it’s really easy to pick her out? Because everyone else is wearing their bright yellow preschool t-shirts? Yeah. Kathryn was supposed to as well, but the idea of wearing that “ugly” shirt instead of […]

April 2012 -

April 2012 – “The Great Grand Adventure”

We found the video of the play mentioned in the latest April post!