Thanksgiving 2013
We spend most of our Thanksgivings in Connecticut with my mom and Matt’s mom. The holidays are my favorite time of year, but they can be hard for our family too. Not sure that I have ever mentioned...
View ArticleSydney’s Home!
This week we had a surprise visit from our nanny Sydney, who just came home for spring break from her college in South Carolina. It was a complete surprise for the kids, as Sydney asked us to promise...
View ArticleRainy Days
I work most Saturdays, which is okay with me because I love what I do. I also love that I get to spend several afternoons a week with my kids, and I have the luxury of being able to both bring my...
View ArticleWashington, D.C. with Levi
Every now and again it’s good to play hooky. For a couple of weeks now, Levi has been asking us when we were going to take him back to the Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Ever since he...
View ArticleSiesta Key 2014
We’re home from Siesta Key. Darn. It was fun, relaxing and I didn’t want to come home. So many good memories made on this trip. We started the week out at Disney but I’m still waiting on those...
View ArticleA few found photos
I was going through my photo library and came across these garden photos from early May. We were out buying flowers for Mother’s day weekend and for a sort-of-big-pain-in-the-ass yard rehaul project...
View ArticleSummer 2015
We made it! Summer vacation has arrived! Woo hoo! Now what? On our first day of vacation, I didn’t have too much planned. So we met our friends at the pool. At the pool, I did my usual cannonball...
View ArticleSummer Journals
As many days as I remember to do it, I ask the kids to pull out their notebooks and journal for 5-10 minutes. I have found journal prompts via googling “easy journal prompts kindergarten through third...
View ArticleBaseball Game June 2015
We are so lucky. My friend Shelley recently came into Nationals tickets. Lots of Nationals tickets. And she invited us. So we said yes. Of course we said yes! It was such a treat and for this...
View ArticleCollecting Rocks
I’m not sure whether I mentioned it previously, but the way the kids and I are selecting fun activities for our summer is from a list we put together from the book The Kids Outdoor Adventure Book....
View ArticleSun Tea and Lemonade Iced Cubes
Sun tea. Super easy to make. Lemonade ice cubes. Also super easy. And then, add your iced cubes plus a little sugar to your tea and you’ve got a cool summer treat. Here’s what we did: 1. Add black...
View ArticleGardening with Kids
Last week we had an open afternoon with nothing to do. So we turned to our cork pin board and pulled down the stack of activities we’d written on index cards. When Annabelle pulled “Herb gardening,”...
View ArticleBerry Picking
Over the weekend we drove out to Purcellville to Crooked Run Orchard. We wanted to do something outside and since it looked like it might rain we thought berry picking would be perfect. Strawberries...
View ArticleTrip to the Quarry
We made it to the quarry! A few weeks ago when Levi and I started his rock collection, we noticed that on the way to pick up Annabelle from camp that we passed a large stone quarry that had a...
View ArticleFuture Trillionaire: Boy’s Fashion
Recently a hip new children’s fashion designer called Future Trillionaire reached out to me to review their boy’s clothing brand that focuses on shirts and matching ties and bow ties. Their catch...
View ArticleLevi Earned His White Belt
Levi recently signed up at CJR Martial Arts in Ashburn. He was so very excited to earn his white belt today.
View ArticleRome and Tuscany
It was an amazing trip. And I took so many photos I needed to put some distance between the images and myself to try and narrow it down. And still . . . so many photos. I feel biased to the photos...
View ArticleFlorence
Everyone was all smiles by the time we reached Florence. We dropped off Money Penny at a garage and then taxied over to our apartment. It was dreamy. I mean, as a mom, I will say that this apartment...
View ArticleRome and Sistine Chapel
We stayed at a great little hotel in Rome that was in walking distance of everything. Most mornings we would get dressed, walk downstairs and grab a quick bite to go and then start walking. One of my...
View ArticleWashington Caps Versus the Jets!! Woot! We won!!!
Last night we went to the Caps versus the Jets game at the Verizon Center. Levi’s hockey team, the Yellow Jackets, were selected to participate in the Mites on Ice. Before the game, we headed down to...
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