The Gathering Place
We’ve been blessed throughout the summer to be the gathering place for neighborhood friends in our little loop. We’ve had three or four families of friends meet our boys in the backyard for playtime all summer long. They’ve loved our little clubhouse (a first birthday present for Alexander years Continue Reading
Alexander’s Amazing Summer
This has been a huge summer for our little Alexander. He’s lost two bottom teeth, turned into an underwater fish, and learned to ride a two-wheeler! It was a struggle to get him to ride the bike with training wheels– and then to take them off??? What??? Muma couldn’t run with Continue Reading
Cottage Time
*thanks, Nana, for writing about your week with the boys!
Oh the Summering Back Yard!
Yay! We are so happy to have the summery yard back! That means, sprinklers, pooltime, picnics, clubhouse and sandbox, sandbox, sandbox! Water in the morning (before the heat of the day). Lunchtime picnics on grass, sandbox table or patio, and after-supper zoom-arounds to get those evening wiggles out before bedtime. Continue Reading
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
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
Welcome Haley!
Alexander and Aidan’s cousin Haley has been here for the past two weeks, and it’s been a lot of fun having three ‘kiddos’ in the house. We’ve had a few adventures- a day at the art fair, a trek to Cedar Point, a bit of splashing around, and a shopping Continue Reading