Snap peas are one of my favorite early spring veggies. One year we were enjoying fresh peas every day until one day we ventured out and all of our 8 foot plants were dead. It turns out a rabbit had the munchies and snacked on the bottom three inches of our pea plants effectively killing the rest of them....
In 2 weeks from tomorrow, we will all be boarding a plane to meet our kids! The great thing about travelling as a large group is that we have lots of room to take donations. I already checked and our driver is going to be prepared to transport us and twelve 50 pound pieces of...
Nine years ago we gave birth to the perfect child. He came out examining the world and hasn’t stopped since. He didn’t cry much but he didn’t sleep much either. He talked early. He walked early. He is the best best big brother ever. He loves people–the more the merrier. I’ll admit. We take great...
Ironically, this year, I have no pictures of the things we did that were significant and symbolic but lots of pictures of the fun, completely secular things we did. The most significant part of our Easter this year was our family Seder on Maundi Thursday, and I didn’t take a single picture as evidence. We...
How do you organize paperwork both online and off? Share your tip(s) to managing physical and digital clutter! Naming and taming your photos. I’m a photographer, so I take lots of pictures. I have over 120 gigs of pictures on our server. Wrangling the pictures can be cumbersome but one trick I love is using...
With our first year of homeschooling winding down, it’s time to reflect back. I’ll be honest. I entered our first year of homeschooling with a little fear and trepidation. Afterall, I was the mom who rejoiced when my first went off to preschool (not the mom with a tissue and a camera). I was the...
If we aren’t friends on Facebook, and I haven’t seen you at a playdate this week, you may have missed the fact that we received a call on Wednesday that we’ve been assigned a COURT DATE for our son! We’re still waiting to hear when our daughter’s court date is and praying that it is...
Back in January, we started Tae Kwon Do classes–all of us. Besides the fact it’s great for physical fitness and discipline, I love that we can all do it together. Our Do Jang offers family classes, and they do a great job of managing a class of multiple levels. Every last Saturday of the month...