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…
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, 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 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, Read more…