A photo a day

The three big kids and I took off Friday afternoon for Indiana to celebrate my sister’s birthday. We decided to go a day early so we could see my oldest nephew perform with the Purdue University Jazz band. He is very talented and a great performer!  He was recognized during the performance by his conductor…

I have been consumed the past few days planning my oldest sister’s 50th birthday party. I sent my sister a list of ideas several months ago of things we could do to celebrate her birthday. She wrote back with a long list of activities that she enjoys. I was intrigued that one of the things…

We are so happy for some warmer weather! 11 of 52 10 of 52 (Ahhh! I missed that week!) 9 of 52 8 of 52 7 of 52 6 of 52 5 of 52 4 of 52 3 of 52 2 of 52 1 of 52

Our little baby loves shoes. I sorted through a box of hand-me-down clothes and put a pile of “new” shoes in the closet. When she found them, she brought them out and held them up to her foot, begging in her non-verbal way to put them on. They were large enough they fit right over…

Today we went on a field trip with our home-school co-op to the fire department. We had a great time, and of course, the kids loved getting inside the big firetruck. We got to see what a firefighter looks like before… and after he puts on all of his gear. After our tour, we all…

Alayna got to have a playdate today while her brothers went to a birthday party. We just love this little girl who is full of so much joy and energy. We also figured out that Alayna and her friend were born only two days apart!

Most days, Alayna can be found wearing her gymnastics outfit under her clothes. This makes it easy to jump into gymnastics mode without much effort. She has been working on this trick the past few days. She is getting really good!

This week, Andrew designed a new board game. I’ve mentioned here several times how much the kids love Sonic. Well, he made up his own Sonic board game. When I came downstairs around 7 a.m., the kids had already been playing it for awhile. “It’s just like Clue,” Andrew explained. “No, actually. It’s more like…

Today we were reading in history about the great composers. The author of the history book asked if readers had ever made their own musical instruments, such as “musical glasses.” “What are musical glasses?!” the kids wanted to know. So, we got out the glasses we never use and I showed them how to make…