Friends and Sand and Water and Sky and Wind and Chocolate on Top
We made a little trip to Berrien last Friday- to visit a couple of friends and take Alexander to the big sandy expanse of Lake Michigan. We had a hard time getting a hold of our elusive Fusté friends who had recently moved, but we dropped in on their new Continue Reading
Going on an Egg Hunt…
We enjoyed a very nice Sunday this Easter Weekend. We hadn’t really hyped it up or even done much planning, but Mama had picked up a couple bags of plastic eggs (see notes from “First Easter” ) earlier in the week, and we’d colored some stickers for a ‘Thankful’ project Continue Reading
Sabbath Snaps
Thank you Grandpa and Grandma J. for the train puzzle! Alexander just loves it 🙂
“Fakes-n-Zeenies”
It’s just a little sad to see Alexander exploding with new language skills and watching his pronunciation and grammar get a little better every day. He’s already got a running commentary on everything with sentences, paragraphs, concepts, and connections that surprise us at every turn. Before he begins reciting Shakespeare, Continue Reading
Two… Take Two!
Though initially we’d planned to do a birthday event, we later decided to keep it a quiet day here at home. So we were more than happy to go up and visit Grammy and Grandpapa the following weekend and Alexander was more than thrilled to make the trip up to Continue Reading
Alexander Turns Two!!!
Well, We are now officially the proud parents of a two year old! We had a delightful birthday celebration on Wednesday- something a bit quieter at home, but we were so happy to share the day with Nana and have Papa home for his birthday lunch. Starting with wake-up, Mama Continue Reading
PandaMonium!!!
Mama took four hours of her day off today and made Panda Cupcakes for Alexander’s birthday from the book Hello, Cupcake. We received it for Christmas, and Alexander absolutely loves this book. He often pretends to make the cupcakes of various pages himself in his little kitchen, or even has Continue Reading
Friends & Frolics
We’ve been rounding out these cold winter days with some last bit winter frolicking in the snow and visiting with friends. A couple of Sundays ago, we headed back to our sledding hill with Buddies Sam and David, and David’s cousin Justin for some more snow fun and hot drinks Continue Reading
The Great Potty Training Experiment- Part 2.
Day 3- Sabbath:We were debating whether or not to go to church on Sabbath. It’s always an off-schedule day for us, and with the ‘stress’ of the whole process, keeping him alert and enthused, and wanting to avoid either a mess or regression, Serena wasn’t planning to take him. But Continue Reading
The Great Potty Training Experiment- Part 1.
Well, after much hemming and hawing and putting things off, Alexander’s renewed interest in the subject has finally sealed his fate. It might be a little ‘early’ and maybe this experiment will go down in the books as a dreaded “false start” but we had to give it a shot. Continue Reading