Back to School

Today, Porter and Gilbert went back to school. I don’t know how it went, because they will get home in just a few minutes, but I’m at work waiting to pick up Harlan from his school. I can tell you, though, that I was nearly overcome with emotion, and I almost didn’t believe they’d really…

Seamus’s 11th Birthday–Pandemic Style

We are now celebrating the second birthday in all of this craziness. He had a pretty good day, despite having a serious case of the birthday sads on Saturday before his birthday. We celebrated with treats, presents, and a birthday playdate of online Dominion with his buddy in Michigan. He was satisfied, and it seemed…

Chores

As Patrick goes back to work, I’ve been saying (and mulling over the fact) that the children will simply have to help more around the house. Two people working just means there are not as many hours to get housework done, and there’s still the same amount of work (or more) to do. Lots of…

Busy End of Winter

I am so READY for spring time. It’s been cold and dreary too long. March Madness. Seamus was so anxious to fill out his bracket. I think he was afraid the games would start without him! He picked Kansas to win, and sadly, his bracket is looking to best out of all of ours on…

Home

We made it home, and it’s been nice to be here. We won’t be for long, though! Porter immediately set in to playing with his toys, especially his birthday presents. Seamus and Gilbert wanted to go to the library to replenish their book stash. Harlan was just happy to toddle around and rediscover his digs.…

Clean Spaces

I cleaned my office on Friday last week, and we’ve been keeping the house a bit neater (when possible–the kids are pretty good at messifying it). It is nice to have some open space–makes it easier to think. However, I find that I’m not quite ready for work as I’m now wandering about wondering what…

CSA, One Nice Day, and Our Garden

We decided to join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and so on Saturday, we drove out to the farm. While there, we saw the chickens that would lay the eggs, the dog that guards the place, and met the farmer. His name is Leigh, and he used to be a high school English teacher. We…

Making Space for Baby

It’s no secret that we do like the Konmari approach to tidying and decluttering of one’s space. It’s hard when the holiday means that there will be new stuff that we want to use and keep for awhile. (I also have bags of clothes that fit me regularly in the attic, but I have drawers…

Pictures

We didn’t take any pictures of our Memorial Day party, except this one at the beginning when Gilbert was wanting to play with the balloons. I’m always a little concerned that Seamus isn’t enjoying being a kid as much as I think he should. He doesn’t need to worry about everything. But he has a…

Seven Things: Rapidly Approaching the End of 2014

1. We made a visit to the lake. It was really cold, so cold that when we went up the mountain to pick some apples, we bought a bag of them, turned around, and got back in the car. 2. We had parent teacher conferences. Patrick’s dad babysat, and we took Porter with us. Seamus’s…