Today little Anna is 2 years old! Today we are moving out of our house to fly to Africa in a few days! I sit among the piles of mess, as the furniture gradually disperses (yay craigslist!), and realized that Read more…
One of the things on our ‘to-do’ list before this Christmas isn’t the typical shopping or baking, but preparing to return to Africa in January.Our kids love to have their own carry-ons and put them in the security ‘machine’ just Read more…
I had fun playing with free blog backgrounds, but let me know if this new look is overwhelming. There weren’t any with ‘feet’ for a theme other than baby feet, and we’re just about past those…
This is one of my favorite pictures of James as a baby. There are many, but this little balcony in our flat in France was where he spent his entire first summer crawling and learning to walk. This quizzical look Read more…
As you probably know, birthdays are more of a ‘season’ than a particular day in our house. We don’t have lots of fanfare, but thought I should at least give credit to my Mom for the scrumptious peppermint ice-cream pie Read more…
Here is James as ‘Superman’ (homemade edition), Anna as a ballerina (saying ‘soff dess!’ ‘pitty dess!’ – soft, pretty dress), and Joel as ‘Super Police Joel’. The kids have never had any exposure to costumes for Halloween as it is Read more…
“Man” (with hat) by Joel, age 4 I just have to comment here that I’m very impressed with Joel so far this year in ‘preschool’ (at home). Up until September 1 he was not interested in drawing or coloring at Read more…
Pictured here with her youngest great-grandchild, Anna, about one year ago. 1919 – 2008
