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…
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 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 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 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 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 Read more…