Apr 18
We needed new patio furniture but we couldn’t quite agree on what to get and we definitely didn’t want to spend a ton of money on it. Eventually, we decided James could take it on as a project (seriously, it was a joint decision; we were looking at other projects and talked about maybe making …
Mar 10
Going vegan, or at the very least vegetarian, is the best diet for the planet but I cannot do that. I don’t think many of us could in the strictest sense, but I definitely can’t. BUT, this year I’m trying to have more vegetarian meals each week. The reason is multi-fold, which I think will …
Feb 06
Some pictures from school: We had our first snow of the year/season a week into the new year and Evie had a blast. James came home early because work closed and kicked everyone out, and he picked up the kids early so they could enjoy it. Ben was… hesitant. Not unlike with sand and pool …
Jan 24
Random pictures from daycare (there’s a lot more, but I do try only to put pictures on our site that don’t have anyone else’s children. Also, apparently they’ve changed their default picture type, which isn’t compatible with WordPress -or, perhaps, anyone, because I’ve never seen it before -and I’ve only just realized it and haven’t …
Jan 13
Christmas was quiet and relatively warm (gah!). We started off with stockings; Mom made both of their stockings and Evie was able to use hers last year and Ben used his for the first time this year. So cute! Our next adventure came later when Ben started crying; we thought it was because he was …
Jan 02
The Outer Banks, part 1 The Outer Banks, part 2 The Outer Banks, part 3 Happy New Year! The past few weeks were busy for obvious reasons, so I’m putting a twofer out to make up for last week and get ahead for this week. Cheers! I’m a planner. Sometimes I’d like to do things …
Jan 02
The Outer Banks, part 1 The Outer Banks, part 2 The Outer Banks, part 4 On one of the days, we went to Jockey’s Ridge, which is, I guess, the tallest living sand dune on the East Coast. The view was pretty great and, you know, it was like walking on a sand dune. We …
Dec 19
The Outer Banks, part 1 The Outer Banks, part 3 The Outer Banks, part 4 A lot of the stuff we were interested in were actually on Roanoke Island, so we spent the first three days there. Our first stop was to the Roanoke Island Festival Park, which is a typical interactive, historical site with …
Dec 11
The Outer Banks, part 2 The Outer Banks, part 3 The Outer Banks, part 4 We took advantage of our access to the armed forces vacation club (which offers steeply discounted rates for various locations) and went to the Outer Banks, NC, over Thanksgiving! We went specifically for Wright Brothers stuff, but we spent a …
Dec 03
My mom made most of my costumes growing up, and since she ended up visiting in early October and I wanted to get some lessons on using patterns, I asked Mom to make Evie’s costume this year. Evie had been waffling between a superhero or a princess costume and when Mom said she would make …