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…
Shortly after I wrote my last post, like the next weekend, Joe was able to ride the bike without training wheels. He was doing great, and then right at the very end, he got distracted, hit David and Janice’s bush, and took a hard fall. He hasn’t wanted to get Read more…
Izzy has taken flight, on her bike that is. We went from not wanting to try, to maybe trying briefly once or twice, to last Friday she was able to ride her bike from our house to Seth’s. It took a little bit of falling, but she got the hang Read more…
Joseph (that’s his name now, he has corrected us, he is not joe or Joe Joe) and Izzy are playing on the same team at the YMCA. This is year 3 for Izzy, Year 1 for Joe. We get one more year where they will be on the same team. Read more…
Izzy has learned and mastered Go Fish. We started playing right before Christmas, and she is into it. She doesn’t like losing though, neither does Joe. They both want to play, a lot. Joe played this morning before school. When Izzy plays, they tend to team up now. I’m happy Read more…
Izzy and Joe have had a busy week. They opened presents for what felt like 4 days straight. I don’t even know what we have at this point. One thing is clear, Joe likes to cheat. The kid finds ways in every game to try to bend the rules, or Read more…
Joe had his “Christmas Concert” today at daycare. They sang 8 songs, including one in Mandarin. Joe knew them all, and was enthusiastic. He was so happy that Marny and I were there. It was really cool, I was sorry Anna missed it. He also loves to just sing the Read more…
We had a great week of Thanksgiving. So many things to be thankful for. We made our pilgrimage to Uncle Brian’s estate in Fredericksburg, where we ran the 5k amongst other things. Uncle P is the runaway favorite uncle/aunt in my opinion. He played with Joe and Izzy for hours Read more…
Izzy has begun to read. It’s pretty cool to watch her progression. It’s really clicked in the last week. She’s able to sound out basic 3 letter words and is starting to recognize certain words. She started really not being able to do it well at all, but her confidence Read more…