Adrianna LOVES astronomy, particularly galaxies and black holes. She has an entire outfit (including headband and socks) that has a galaxy print, so of course she wanted a backpack to match. Now she just needs galaxy-print shoes.
Category: Adrianna
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins! The little girls were singing “Chim-Chimminee†all the way home. Thanks to Dad and Debbie for a fun afternoon at the Candlelight Dinner Theater.
Rockies Game
Picnic and a Rockies Game (compliments of Greg’s employer). This was the first Rockies game for Bree and Cate. Adrianna had attended one when she was much younger. It was a lot of fun explaining baseball to Adrianna and Bree as the game went on. Of course, our Breezy girl had to plug her ears […]
Snow Mountain Ranch
We stayed two nights at the Snow Mountain Ranch – YMCA of the Rockies. Greg and the girls making hiking sticks for our afternoon hike. What you don’t see: for much of the mile hike to the waterfall (near Granby), one of the children was whining and complaining, often stopping to throw her stick to […]
Digital Drawing
Adrianna enjoys doing digital drawing on the iPad and on her laptop. These are her latest, created in sketch.io (a free online program.) I know a lot of people worry about their kids getting too much “screen time.” But this is a prime example of why it is important that we differentiate between the TYPES […]
First Day of School 2018
First Day of [Home]School. (Well, technically we’ve been doing some schoolwork for the last couple of weeks, but this was the first official day of their homeschool electives school.) Adrianna (8th Grade) Bree (3rd Grade)Cate (Kindergarten) Cate has been waiting for this day for MONTHS. She was ready to march off to school the day […]
Swimming
We visited Broomfield Bay today. (Thanks Broomfield Library for the reading program passes!) Bree got brave enough to try the big slides for the first time on her own (thanks to the encouragement of her friend, Greta.) Cate rescued a ladybug from the water and found it a new home in the flower bed. And […]
Adrianna and Bree – Well Child Checkup Stats
Adrianna, age 13 years, 3 months Height: 5′ 5.3″ (87th percentile) Weight: 114 pounds (68th percentile) Vision (using eye chart only): 20/15 Bree Height: 4′ 3.7″ (51st percentile) Weight: 55 pounds (28th percentile) Vision (using eye chart only): 20/25
Wailin’ Jennys
One of my favorite bands! Our third time to see them live. This time at the Arvada Center, and with Adrianna along, too!
Space Needle, Then and Now
Us in Seattle on the Space Needle: Then (May 2000 as newlyweds) and Now (July 2018, with our three daughters along)