Ansley always enjoys Dale and Griffin when we go to Mimi's. Griffin is a little slow to warm up to her, but Dale is always easy going. And of course Ansley thinks it's great that Dale can share a chair with her!
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I take pictures. This blog is a way for me to capture the every day moments in this season of my life before it becomes too foggy in my memory for me to recall. This is a tangible reminder of what my life was like, what we did, what was important to us, how we spent our days. These are the every day matters, because to me, every day matters.
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November 2009
November 19, 2009
Ansley always enjoys Dale and Griffin when we go to Mimi's. Griffin is a little slow to warm up to her, but Dale is always easy going. And of course Ansley thinks it's great that Dale can share a chair with her!
November 18, 2009
Sometimes being at Mimi's is just exhausting. He fell asleep just like this, right outside his room, on the hardwood floor, with his blanket. I just had to take a picture!
November 17, 2009
My Grandma and Aunt Nancy were visiting my Mom, so we were able to overlap just a little bit. Ansley and Christian enjoyed seeing them, and it was fun for me, too!
November 16, 2009
All four of us went to the doctor today, and all four of us are on antibiotics for sinus infections. John leaves for London tomorrow, and we are heading to Mimi's for the week, so hopefully we will all feel better soon!
November 15, 2009
A little fun before bedtime. Giggling kids, a tossing Daddy and a clicking Mama. Makes for a fun evening.
(And, for the record, that Mama still has straight hair.)
November 14, 2009
This evening we hosted our Second Annual Movie Night Under the Stars. I took this picture when the kids were trying out a movie, before everyone arrived. And then I didn't take any more pictures. But it pretty much looked like this, plus twenty something more kids piled on the blankets. We showed the movie "Up" plus had popcorn, movie candy, and drinks. It was a great evening of a fun movietime for kids (and Dads) while the Moms had fun chatting and watching the kids have such a fun time.
November 13, 2009
Today we had Craft Day with my friend Rebecca (a fellow homeschooling Mama) and her children Rylee, Jake, Reese and baby Jacks. Well, baby Jacks wasn't really into crafts. I feel like so often, crafts are the things my children most want to do, and they are the thing that I continually push back in order to get other things done. So, we are going to try and do Craft Days once a month. The kids had a great time, they each did three crafts and we read the Thanksgiving story together. Plus some lunch and playtime, so it made for a fun day!
November 12, 2009
Today I had a hair appointment, and while I was there I thought I'd get it straightened too. I was so excited - it was just fun and different. And silky and smooth, usually things that don't describe my curly hair. I thought it was cool. Then I went home. When I walked in the door, Ansley's mouth fell open, and then she cried for my curls. Christian backed away from me, giving me the eye as if I was a stranger. It seriously took him about ten minutes to finally be persuaded it was me. John said "I married a curly haired girl!" and Ansley said she couldn't wait for my curly hair to return.
Kota even gave me weirdo eyes.
So I guess I was the only one that got a little joy out of it.
November 11, 2009
Today was the first day we could turn on the fire. Can you tell the kids LOVED it? They wanted to eat by the fire, sleep by the fire, play games by the fire, read by the fire. We did almost all of those things. Some days, it seems that it really is the simple things that thrill them. I enjoy these days. I know it won't always be this easy to thrill them.
November 10, 2009
This is one of Christian's activities from his workbox. It's amazing the stuff I can find when I go through the bookshelves in the playroom - there is plenty of stuff to fill his workboxes! He loved doing this, and especially loved the chalk. It kept him so occupied, Ansley and I actually had a small window of quiet while we did math.
