Saturday we planned to drive north to Seattle.Our allergist told me that a grass pollen count of 30 parts per cubic meter is relatively high in other areas. She told me that in the lovely Willamette Valley in June (‘grass seed capitol of the world’!), the counts are easily in Read more…
For quite a while now I’ve been wanting to reference a blog that was influential in my mommy life. People with 3 small children have unusually busy lives for a season. For us, we are throwing a nomadic and inter-cultural lifestyle full of packing and moving on top. I found Read more…
FYI, we are moving out this week, so our lives are in boxes and we’re not going to post pictures. I promise to catch up when life slows down a minute! We’ll be in Corvallis a few days then off to visit the grandparents in Seattle June 15-23. Hope to Read more…
The big events of last week in our family: James’ tooth died. A couple weeks back he was pushing a cart/trolley of sorts, but when it stopped suddenly at the wall, he did not. His gums bled and were sore a day, and I thought that was the end of Read more…
PEEKABOO! Actually, Anna doesn’t say that, sorry to disappoint you. She does have a sort of word-phrase of her own though: ‘they-ah-iz’. She’s managed to condense ‘there it is’ into one long slurred syllable whenever she finds the person or object she was looking for. =) Taking pictures of one Read more…
Anna is becoming quite the talker (now nearly 16 mos.). She has quite the little lexicon: monae! = good morning!nai-nai = goodnighteat = I would like something to eat or drink nowbott = bottlepash = pacifier, the bedtime friend we need to ditch soonbath/bash = I want a bath now Read more…
As many of you know, our kids have had lots of extraordinary discoveries to make living in the Western world this year. From reclining chairs to carseats to socks and shoes, they have learned and tried many new things. Last week their favorite babysitter(who rocks the world btw), Kaitlyn, made Read more…
Anna is miss ‘Curly Q’ these days. Her hair seems to curl according to the humidity in the air. Once we put her down for a nap with straight hair, turned on the humidifier for her stuffy nose, and woke her up to frizz/curls! Here she is munching on a Read more…
Rich Mullins wrote a gorgeous song praising God for creating the color green. I just heard on the radio last week that looking at something green actually lowers your blood pressure and calms your body (according to some clinical study I don’t understand fully). People have often told me I Read more…
A few weeks ago we attended ‘Auntie Kayla’s’ wedding in Seattle. Everything was very formal and fancy when the boys arrived. They played around a bit on the dance floor while Anna and Grandma checked in with the ladies-in-waiting. They were very impressed by lighting, gorgeous flowers and silky dark, Read more…
