…to pluto and back
and the winter days drag on… and on… and on… with rain that doesn’t even melt the snow in the beginning of March! and i think we are going stir crazy cooped up inside day after day after day… though we do get out a bit. out to go sledding Continue Reading
Baking, and Frosting, and Sprinkling– oh my!
We’ve had a good baking week this week. Sunday Alexander and Muma made her favorite Linzer cookies– happy little jam filled stars cookies with cloves, cinnamon, and pecans. They look like this (though I didn’t take a picture of mine before we ate most of them :0 !) Tuesday, after Continue Reading
When You’re Too Impatient for the Big Snow…
We’ve been getting a little impatient around here for the big snow dumping. So yesterday, in a break from the nose-bitting temperatures, we took some moments to enjoy the dustings that we’ve had so far. Aidan spent most of the post-lunch galavant watching excitedly from the window. When Muma decided Continue Reading
Double Trouble
We did a little smile practicing today in Muma’s makeshift “studio” we called it (aka chair with blanket and magnet leaves), and turned out some pretty charming little pics. Aidan was quite a bit more patient with the whole process than Alexander, but Alex was a good helper getting little Continue Reading
When the cat’s away…
This year while David was down in Ecuador, Michelle came down to spend some time with us and it was certainly a whirlwind of a week! Tuesday, we jaunted up to Saginaw to visit Oma (A2’s Great-Grandma), chat a bit, play a little ‘fire truck’ and take a dip in Continue Reading
Fair Day with Friends
After taking a year off, we returned to the Ann Arbor Art Fair again this year, and brought some very good friends along for our crazy ride. Alexander’s cousin Haley, and Serena’s childhood friends Kathryn and Bridgette arrived in town Wednesday night for Thursday’s grand event. The day started off Continue Reading
Welcome Summer!
Summer is finally here and we are rrrrrrready! Last weekend we celebrated Father’s Day (and the first day of summer) in the great outdoors. On Sabbath, we headed for a hike at the Botanical Gardens (where Serena and the girls had wedding pictures taken almost six years ago!) just for Continue Reading
A2 at the Zoo
Last weekend we made our first trek of the summer down to the Toledo Zoo. It was a grand caravan- Nana, Mama, and (2) tykes, Grammy and Grandpapa- meeting up with Mark, Sam, (2) more tykes, and later Papa. We started off at the polar bears and seals. Alexander was Continue Reading
Big Brother, meet Baby Brother
Before Aidan arrives, Alex is “practicing” – putting Susie in the carrier We’ve been prepping Alexander for months to meet ‘the baby.’ From counting down months, weeks, days on the calendar, to various stages of babifying the house, to conversations and feeling baby kick from muma’s tummy- he knew all Continue Reading