by Annie | Aug 30, 2013 | Kids!, Out and About
Last week a letter arrived from Nana Mickey and Papa Louie. There was a check included with the instructions to take the family out for a “fun” dinner. Jac and I looked at the calendar, saw our school kick-off looming and began to make plans. It dawned...
by Annie | Aug 28, 2013 | Gettin Schooled, Speaking of me. . .
Did you send your children to bed with stories of freedom marches, Emmett Till and the ‘I Have A Dream’ speech dancing in their heads? Hey! Us too! Today marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was also a day for a...
by Annie | Aug 27, 2013 | Mm-mm-good
When I went for my first midwife visit with this baby, the nurse was asking all of the usual sorts of questions for health history and such. Then she threw me a slider. “What do you eat?” I was on my back with a doppler to my exposed belly. It was a...
by Annie | Aug 26, 2013 | Kids!, On the Home Front, Speaking of me. . .
Today was the first day of school for the Rapid City School District. *siiiiigh* It doesn’t mean a diggity-dang thing to us here at Casa de Daniel until I let it. Homeschooling is the best decision we’ve made for our family. It has been a blessing to us...
by Annie | Aug 23, 2013 | Kids!, Out and About, Seasons
Things felt particularly off at the Lake on the fourth without guests. The kids kept clarifying, “It’s going to be just us?! I know Papa Bill and Aunt Cristie are coming, but no one else?” We still planned for a celebration because we are free and...
