month in review and October goals
It’s Spring! This cascade of blooms greets us every time we walk in our front gate We had a wonderful time celebrating Nikki’s fourth …
Read More →Vi takes a bath
Celebrating the beauty of this daily ritual… …and the man I love who so gently cares for each of …
Read More →an indoor picnic
Despite the splendid weather, Nikki and Michael decided to host an elevated picnic indoors.
Read More →day trip to Lake Thetis
Lake Thetis is significant geologically because prior to the discovery of living specimens in nearby Shark Bay, scientists thought the stromatolites which grow in …
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kiddo quotes (vol. 5)
a kind saleslady gave Michael and Nikki the royal treatment at Warwick Fabrics — ^ — [Michael offers me some “soup” and waits until after …
Read More →take your daughter to work day
I occasionally ask Ben as he’s walking out the door in the morning whether it’s take-your-child-to-work day. Once Nikki turned four, Ben thought she …
Read More →she called it a taxi…
… but I know it was really an Egyptian motorcycle. Then again, I’m counting six passengers here, and I never saw more than five …
Read More →day trip to York
We drove to York… … ate at a Chinese restaurant… … crossed a suspension bridge… … watched ducks in …
Read More →memorizing the Ten Commandments
For the past six weeks, we have been working to memorize questions 72 through 104 in the Young Children’s Catechism; all of them relate …
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