One of the advantages of sending Anna to the same preschool as Carolyn is that she gets to do all the same fun things! So today was Anna’s first field trip, just like Carolyn’s four years ago. Anna was pretty upset when we got to the farm, because she “wanted to go to school today!” [...]
Posted in Anna, Firsts, School Days
Who says a goalie is supposed to prevent the soccer balls from going in the net, anyway?
Posted in Anna, Photography | Tagged Friday Photos
This weekend is the annual fiber festival put on by our local spinning guild. Our shop has a big booth there, so it’s a working weekend for me! Bits of our booth: Denis and his parents (here for a visit) brought the girls to the festival this afternoon for a bit. Their new rainbow sweaters [...]
Posted in Anna, Carolyn, Shop Talk
(More details can be found on their respective Ravelry pages: Tulips for Carolyn and Tulips for Anna.)
Posted in Anna, Carolyn, Knitting, Photography | Tagged Friday Photos
This year, Carolyn is moving up a level to a 1.5 hour class that includes tap, ballet & jazz, and Anna is starting dance with an hour long ballet & tap (and learning how to listen) class. So we moved “dance night” to Wednesdays so they could have classes at (mostly) the same time. This [...]
Posted in Anna, Carolyn | Tagged Dance
Anna was so very ready to start school that she was beside herself with excitement this morning! After we put Carolyn on the bus and I managed to drink a little coffee, we headed down to the school and waited for them to open up the doors. Anna showed her teachers the little treasures she [...]
Posted in Anna, Firsts, School Days
Anna got to go to her preschool today and meet her teachers! She was a tiny bit shy at first, but then warmed up pretty quickly. She apparently thought she needed to show off every bit of knowledge she’s already stored up, as she walked around the room pointing out various things that had her [...]
Posted in Firsts, Growing Up, School Days
It’s been a while since I posted any of the silly things my kids say. I feel a bit sad, because all of the adorable learning language things that I made note of with Carolyn, have been lost for Anna. But, all is not quite lost – she still comes out with mispronunciations and silly [...]
Posted in Anna | Tagged random bits of cuteness
It’s been hot here. Really hot. No-air-outside-to-breathe hot. So we invited a few friends over to swim this afternoon, and had tons of fun. I don’t know why I don’t do this more often… And Anna, who had earned the nickname “barnacle baby” since she clings to you with a death grip in the pool, [...]
Posted in Anna, Summer Fun | Tagged swimming
