We have experienced our first case of struggling at school. Izzy is having a tough time staying focused and following directions. She also has a confidence issue. I’m not convinced any of this would be happening in a different school, Read more…
The highlight of Thanksgiving for Izzy was the movies with Luke. They would film them on Luke’s phone, and then edit them. They consisted of a lot of pandas and monkeys. It’s all Izzy wanted to do. Luke was a Read more…
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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 Read more…