Now that the little girls are a bit older, we are rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender series as a family. It has been enjoyable to have family movie nights so often and the girls are really into the show. They get excited, laugh a lot, and all three girls groan when there’s even the possibility […]
Birthday Party
Bree hadn’t had a big birthday party for several years and I don’t think Cate had ever had one (not counting celebrations with family), so I decided it was time. With the busyness of the holidays, having to plan birthday parties on top of it has always felt daunting, so I decided to have a […]
Cate’s First Lost Tooth
Yesterday, Greg and I had a quick evening date to go see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and wouldn’t you know it but not 10 minutes after we left, Cate lost her very first tooth. Eating an apple. And then Bree lost a tooth not long after on the same evening while we were […]
Trumpet of the Swan
Due to their love of birds, I’ve been reading Trumpet of the Swan to the little girls. This has peaked their interest in trumpeter swans, so we’ve also been watching videos about them and now trumpeter swans have started appearing in their drawings and imaginative play as well. For instance, they started gymnastics on Sunday […]
Cate is Seven
And just like that, my baby girl is SEVEN years old. Seven. Cate is both strong-willed and so cuddly at the same time. She and Bree are the best of friends and often can be found sharing a bed when I go check on them before I go to sleep. She enjoys many of the […]
New Furniture
After many hours of shopping at a lot of different stores, we finally picked out some furniture for our living room. (We donated our couch, loveseat, 2 end tables, and a coffee table right before getting our hardwood floors. They will be going to Lutheran Family Services to furnish an apartment for a newly resettled […]
Christmas #3
Christmas #3 was to be spent with my side of the family. Unfortunately, the snow and windy weather kept away Cindy, Kendall, Layla and Aidan. Bree was especially vocal about her disappointment. She’d been happy about the snow when she woke up and saw it on the ground, all beautiful and white. But when she […]
Christmas #2
For our second Christmas this year, we were in Kansas with Greg’s family. On the 25th, we had a little birthday celebration for Bree and Cate, complete with a fancy rainbow cake made by Grammy (and decorated by Adrianna.) It was very impressive and the girls were thrilled and surprised by the rainbow inside! We […]
Christmas #1
We decided to have our little family Christmas together today since we are leaving tomorrow for Kansas! We each received some nice gifts! Greg: Thick, warm socks (stocking) and a King-sized weighted blanketAmber: Two books (Once and Future King, Irish Folk Tales), Harry Potter Trivia, socks (stocking), Reese’s, bookmark and “Reese’s bird” made by BreeAdrianna: […]
TEN!
Our Breezy girl is TEN! She is in 4th grade this year and taking many fun classes at her homeschool co-op, including Maker Space, Geography, two art classes, Natural Wonders, and P.E. She is still into My Little Pony, but has added birds to her list of interests. She’s been playing the piano more for […]