Some friends of ours put on a May Day celebration this week. They taught all of the kids some May Day dances and how to make flower crowns. And everyone did the traditional May Pole dance with the ribbons, though with so many little kids participating it looked more tangled than weaved at the end! […]
Author: Amber
Back in Town
My sisters and I traveled back to our hometown for the funeral of our childhood friend, Jacob Adamo. As funerals often are, it was a bittersweet time. Nice to see so many people we hadn’t seen in years (or decades), nice to spend time with my sisters, but also so very hard and sad to […]
Adrianna’s Birthday Party
15 middle schoolers will be descending upon our house for Adrianna’s 13th birthday party any minute now. The chaos and noise level is about to increase! Let the [board] games begin! We survived! Really though, it was nice getting to know some of her friends that we hadn’t met before. It was a great group […]
Farsi
Today’s win: recognizing a spoken word in Farsi (aka Persian).Khodahafez – Goodbye (or God be with you) Ø®Ùدا ØاÙÙظ I am having a hard time getting the kh sound down – it is a throaty sound that we don’t have in English. But baby steps. It made my day to recognize and understand the phrase […]
3D Pen
Our homeschooling this week has been very relaxed so far. We are doing more interest-led learning this week since we’ve already met our required days/hours for the year. (Just don’t tell the girls we’ve met our required days/hours because I *do* still plan on doing some more actual bookwork, even if at a relaxed pace, […]
Pop Beads
Are you familiar with Pop Beads? My little girls play with them all the time. But they don’t use them as they are intended; instead of making necklaces or bracelets, they make ponies and people and then play with their creations. (Which honestly, I am totally cool with!) I’m not sure if they even know […]
Blokus
We have *finally* gotten to the stage where we can all play a board game together that is NOT Candyland or Chutes and Ladders. (Thank goodness!) #milestone #Blokus
Adrianna is 13!
Surely I am not old enough to have a teenager?! Happy 13th birthday to our sweet daughter. May you always be as sweet and thoughtful and creative as you are today. I love your inventiveness and entrepreneurial spirit and the love that you show your family every day.
Makerspace Buttons
Cate is super-proud of the buttons she made at Makerspace today.