June 2006: The moving van had just pulled away, carrying with it all of our household furnishings, toys, clothes… everything …. All our worldly possessions… we didn’t take the kitchen sink, but we did manage to get the playhouse (and the sandbox) on the back! It was hard to watch it pull out knowing that…
The Saturday before Easter, the boys built a butterfly house at a local Home Depot Kids Workshop. Today, we took advantage of the beautiful Spring weather and invited a neighbor to join us in painting the houses to attract our colorful, winged friends. Butterflies prefer bright reds, oranges, yellows, and purples, so those are…
One hot, humid August afternoon last summer, we joined friends for a last minute get-together at our local AMF Lane. While there I learned about the AMF Kids Bowl Free program, an incredible program that allows all registered children ages 15 and under to bowl 2 FREE! games each day throughout the…
Call me crazy, my husband certainly has, but a month or so ago when Great Country Farms offered its CSA Members a chance to raise peeps (that’s chicks, not candy), I jumped at the opportunity! After all, how many times have I listened to the boys wish that they could move to a house with…
He left our home almost two years ago, expecting to be gone only a few months. He’s traveled from coast to coast: from Virginia to New Jersey to Washington to Colorado to California to Florida to Illinois to North Carolina back to Florida and on home to Virginia! He’s visited family and friends, watched ball…
The day before Valentine’s Day is a special day in our home: it’s Patrick’s birthday! (Happy Birthday, dear one!) Pulling together a birthday celebration the day before Valentine’s Day is a bit complicated, to say the least. Having the birthday boy home ALL week due to snow closings made planning a birthday celebration, much less…
What do you do when you’re trapped inside by an accumulation of 50 inches of snow and 40 mph winds? Why not try creating a rainbow of fun! With just a few ingredients you probably have on hand in your pantry, you can provide your children (and yourself) a few hours of cozy, indoor fun…
The boys are convinced that it was their prayers for snow that brought the six inches of fluffy white flakes to Northern Virginia Sunday evening and into Monday. That’s fine, after all, we have been telling them that the Lord not only listens to all of our prayers, but He also answers them all: sometimes…
One more photo from our snow day:Leya, our snow pup.
The boys have been hoping and wishing and yes, even praying, for snow since the leaves started to fall from the trees back in October. After at least three “false alarms” from the weathermen, this morning, finally, they awoke to a winter wonderland – Northern Virginia style. Which is to say, they awoke to about…