A Date with My Son
Pin itJoel and I went on a “date” tonight. Joel really looks forward to our dates, as do I. These dates provide special one on one time — just with each other. Tonight we went to see the local children’s theater perform Oliver Twist. His friend Jack was in the play and Joel enjoyed looking [...]
E-cards by Joel…
Pin itOver the past couple of days, Joel has been sending e-cards from the Veggie Tales website. I managed to copy all but two of the letters. Though I typed the words (and clarified a wee-bit only where necessary), what is written is what he said and how he said it. To Gramma, Grampa & [...]
My Garden
Pin it These tulips and daffodils are brightening up my backyard this spring! This is my first REAL garden. It is so neat to see what I worked hard for in the fall, bloom so beautifully in the spring! It is especially great because I thought the drainage was bad in the flower bed, and [...]
Who Knew?!!!
Pin it Who knew that one can draw on the carpet with crayon??? One wonderful Saturday morning (April 24, 2004 to be exact) — as we ate chocolate chip banana muffins with our friends Scott and Michele — Joel came in the kitchen and announced, “Livi drew on the carpet with crayon” I was unalarmed. [...]
Growing Up
Pin itMy friend Julie sparked emotion when she wrote Up the escalator . Tomorrow, Olivia turns 2. Today was “technically” her last day of being 1. All day, with each “event” — meals, getting her up from nap, etc…) I thought, “these are our ‘lasts’ for this age!” So, for bedtime tonight I wanted to [...]
Livi-Bug's Party
Pin itMay first was a beautiful day in the Northwest! It was a perfect day for a party, and that we did! The food was all of Livi’s favorites – “Strawbabies” (strawberries), pizza, caesar salad (yes, she DOES love caesar salad!), and chocolate cake, were among some of the yummies. Since most of the guests [...]
