Homeschooling 2 Year Olds: L is for Light
What a drab week. With the weather teasing us all week (we even got some great storms), we mostly stayed in. No better time than to build a tent and play with lights. And this tent had lights inside along with two lanterns. It felt so warm inside. I wanted to sleep in it all [...]
Homeschooling 2 Year Olds: Gimme A Spring Break!
I pretty much skipped this past week of what I like to call “teaching.” With the peanuts heading off to my mother’s for a few days (Thursday-Sunday), that only really gives us three days for a lesson. Instead of sticking to the letter/theme of the week, we just goofed off and learned a little bit [...]
A Family Filled Weekend: Zilker & Zoo
With Charles being gone 5 days last week at a work conference in San Fransisco, we had to spend some quality family time over the weekend. We hopped over to Zilker Saturday morning, rode the train, and played in the park. That night, daddy got to have some alone time with the kids while mommy [...]
The Purma Family Visit, September 2012
We had a great visit with the Purmas this September when they came for 5 days to celebrate the twins 2nd birthday. Here’s a quick run through of what we did. Thursday: The Purmas left from Kansas early Thursday morning and after 12 hours on the road arrived in Austin around 7:30. We had Chinese [...]
The Perfect Long Weekend
Charles took off Monday so we had a long weekend with him. What a great daddy! We started things off right Friday with the Annual Cowboy Breakfast ringing in the Austin Rodeo. It was great this year. Not too crowded, plenty of food, music, and fun. We threw the kids in the wagon with their [...]
The First Big Fall
Hudson has fallen before. He has fallen plenty. He has drawn blood numerous amounts of times. However, last Thursday was the day of all falls. I’m not sure if I should celebrate it–with the hopes that a mom can have only one of these stories–or if I should slap myself for allowing it to happen. [...]