Last weekend was County Fair time. We enjoyed two days of looking at all the animals and riding as many (4) rides as we could…over and over again!
Summer At the Parsonage
August 16th, 2012 by Aubri
Now that’s an Ice Cream Sandwich!
Summer break has come to an end. I thought I’d share some of what we were up to the past couple weeks, how we survived!
Happy Birthday Lily
August 6th, 2012 by Aubri
My first baby turned 4 on July 28th! A couple months ago I asked her (with hesitation) what kind of a birthday party she would like. She immediately said “A mermaid party!” Ok, I can do this, I thought. I didn’t want to have to go the Ariel Little Mermaid route and as I began to search for ideas I became quite discouraged. This was gonna be difficult to pull off.
I decided to just keep it simple with a few “ocean” touches, shouldn’t be hard right? Eh, well after much looking and eliminating, I broke down and bought a Barbie Mermaid Adventure sticker book and had my mermaids. Done. And thanks to my Mom, who came for my birthday and stayed for Lily’s, I was able to add more “mermaid” to party!
New Year of Learning
August 5th, 2012 by Aubri
12 more days until the new school year begins!! I look forward to a new rhythm and phase of life around here. Clara will be away in the morning at preschool leaving me with Lily, Gerhardt, Esther and soon after, our new baby. Lunch time will be quick then Lily will go off for preschool in the afternoon. I’m eager to see how those afternoons go with most of the babies down for quiet-time. Who knows, I just might begin to have some time for myself and hmm, maybe a few crafts?
Looking ahead I’ve started to plan out our “Home Learning”. We won’t be Home Schooling our children. As appealing as it sounds to me at times for many reasons, there are many other reasons why we have decided that this just won’t work for our family. There are however many things we feel are important for our children to learn and know those aren’t always taught in the Public Schools, so we intend as best as we can, to supplement their education at home starting little while they are little and eventually who knows, Latin (Phil)? Greek(Phil)? Computer Engineering(Uh, Phil)?
