by Annie | Aug 13, 2012 | Kids!, Montage Mondays, Out and About
When Mama Syd and Papa Chris arrived, after they unloaded their treasures, they packed up our bikes and the kids immediately began to speculate about when we would take to the Mickelson. Tomorrow? This week? When?! By the time we got up to the lake, the kids were in a...
by Annie | Jul 30, 2012 | Gettin Schooled, I wish I was Martha, Montage Mondays, On the Home Front
The Olympics are here, old Sport! We have been on countdown since Vancouver. Really, looking forward to the London 2012 games are the only thing that have taken away the sting of Mama Syd and Papa Chris leaving. We went to the library in search of books about the...
by Annie | Feb 26, 2012 | Kids!, Montage Mondays
Dear Philippe, You’re seven now. SEVEN! I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around it. I mean really, how did that happen? My wish for you, bud, is that you have 12 times as many years ahead of you, each better than the last. And I hope, too, that at the...
by Annie | Jan 31, 2012 | Kids!, Montage Mondays, On the Home Front
When you have a princess or three in your house one of the best possible gifts they can receive is a real life tea set. And when it arrives in a Union Jack emblazoned treasure box with tea and molded sugar and cookies and miniature spoons and a hand-made table cloth?...
by Annie | Dec 14, 2011 | I wish I was Martha, Kids!, Mm-mm-good, Montage Mondays, On the Home Front
Last week kicked off the baking/making frenzy around these parts. It seemed early to me, too, but I figured that planning for the first part of the month would up the chances the baking would actually get done. With this baby on the launch pad as it were, who knows...
by Annie | Oct 31, 2011 | Domestic Church, Kids!, Montage Mondays, On the Home Front, Seasons
Jac and I like to accuse each other of being a hoarder. And why not? We both come from good, strong lines of hoarders. Undiagnosed, of course,but it’s there. Saving and squirreling runs healthily through our veins. We’re working on it really, but we stuff...
