Izzy had 2 plays this week. One was for her after school drama class, and that was he Wizard of Oz. Izzy was the Cowardly Lion. Joseph, Papa, and I went on Wednesday afternoon. The highlight to me was when Izzy had to act like she was scared of Oz. Read more…
In today’s soccer game (did I mention their coach is a former MLS player) Joe scored his first goal, and Izzy played the role of stopper, not allowing a goal while she was in the game (the other team scored 1 goal while she was out, so it was a Read more…
Izzy is 10 days into first grade. So far, she has been the mathematician of the day, the VIP, and had a tooth pulled out by Mrs. Dudley. Izzy lost 3 teeth (2 middle bottom, 1 middle top) in the span of about 2 weeks. She’s so motivated by money Read more…
We’ve had a lot of cool stuff happen the last few weeks. Izzy and Joe have now been to Upper and Lower Falls 2x this summer, and the difference is this time they slid down the waterfalls. Joe went first, and then Izzy followed the first trip. The second trip, Read more…
The other day, I asked Izzy how long she thought she would live. She responded with “600 years.” I told her that I didn’t think anyone had ever lived that long, to which she responded – “Yea but you don’t die in heaven, so I’ll be at least 600 years Read more…
Today I was off for Juneteenth, so we went to Emerald Isle on the point, just Anna, me, and the kids. It was a great day despite me battling a sinus infection. Izzy and I played in the water and she learned how to go under the waves. We all Read more…
My sister Angie got married this past weekend, or as Izzy and Joe call her, Aunt G. She married Uncle Luke in Pine Knoll Shores, and I think the wedding weekend went exactly how the two of them wanted it to. Izzy was the flower girl, and she was stunning. Read more…
I’m late on this post, but we had Izzy’s birthday party 2 weeks ago. She invited the girls in her class and a bunch of family friends, and Anna had activities galore. The kids stuffed puppies (it was Paw Patrol themed), went on the swing, played pass the parcel (Anna Read more…
Today is Earth Day. We didn’t really celebrate it. We’ll have to start figuring out how to do that in a way that the kids enjoy. Yesterday I took Joe to Monster Jam. I don’t think he was too impressed, until he got his toy monster truck (for $15), but Read more…
Last week, during the last 2 days of Izzy’s spring break, Anna went to Angie’s bachelorette party, so I had the kids by myself. In order to get some help, we went up to the mountains and Noni and Baba met us there. Izzy, Joe, and I went up Wednesday Read more…