when east meets south
My mom, sister and her kids came down on Friday to spend the night. Four years ago, we all got together and let the kids make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers, icing and various candies. We decided to do it again this year, except this time there were three new participants. Very willing participants, I must say. Tori helped… Read More
Over the weekend the kids went to a local shop to make a gingerbread house. No messy ingredients, no rolling the dough, no assembling the house. None of the real ‘work’ was involved. The house was basically made, all they needed to do was the fun stuff: decorate. The kids did an awesome job and now we have a beautiful… Read More
On Friday both Asher and Dalton stayed home because of a yucky tummy bug that was going around school. Thankfully neither of them felt badly so we decided to go to a local indoor play place that I hadn’t been courageous enough to brave. But a friend told me about the great deal they have on Thursday and Friday: buy… Read More
November is National Adoption Month. In honor of this, the Atlanta Zoo was open last Saturday to any and all adoptive families, free of charge, as long as you had a printed invitation from your agency. Needless to say, with a family this size, we jumped on that offer like a dog on a t-bone. It was a chilly day… Read More
Halloween was so much fun! To be honest, I love the preparations for Halloween, buying candy, deciding what the kids are going to wear, the fact that Halloween sort of heralds in the holiday season. But I am not crazy about Halloween itself. It hasn’t helped that the last 2 years Chris has been gone. And it has rained. And… Read More
Well, it wasn’t so much a Pumpkin Patch as it was a bunch of pumpkins on pallets. Literally. Quite a far cry from the beloved Eckert’s Farm we visited every fall during our time in Illinois. Thankfully, neither of the girls were disappointed, especially since I’d been talking up our visit to the pumpkin patch for days. Sophie has been… Read More
We had the best time! My sister and her family came down to go with us yesterday. The weather was perfect and the kids had their fill of corn dogs, funnel cakes, cheesy midway toys and precariously-put-together carnival rides. The place was packed, but we were able to get in a full day of fun anyway. Isabelle was a bit… Read More
Finally, Chris is home to stay. At least until he has to deploy for his new job. But that’s a worry for another day. Right now we are all celebrating his return. The kids are so excited to have 2 parents now, not to mention that having daddy home makes mommy a much better mom. We ate lunch at the… Read More
My mom came down to visit us this weekend. It was great to have G.G. here, the girls loved having someone around who would accomodate the most indulgent request they could muster. We spent a majority of our time together just hanging out, playing Jenga with Asher and watching the girls act silly in front of the newest spectator. But… Read More