We’ve been to this tree many times, and have sort of claimed it as our own family tree. Because we love it so, the kids don’t complain on the walk there, and so we walk…
our tree
family , food and exercise , outdoor adventures , papa , pooch Oct 27, 2013
pumpkins!
kid projects , touristing Oct 25, 2013
We went on a field trip with some of our homeschool friends to a local pumpkin patch. The kids loved it, got a story read to them, did a craft, learned some stuff, got a…
october in florida
beautiful things , outdoor adventures Oct 24, 2013
Until yesterday, we’ve been having 85 degree days here, mixed with some days of rain (which, with humidity, sure doesn’t feel any cooler). I walked on the beach on one of these warm days and…
fall walk
beautiful things , family , food and exercise , outdoor adventures , papa Oct 23, 2013
We went on a wet, post-thunderstorm woods walk one afternoon, trying to get some “fall” feeling in our bones. The weather only just now cooled off a bit, so we can finally truly enjoy the…
princess in the family
beautiful things , kid projects , mama's projects Oct 19, 2013
Our princess really is a princess now. Well, almost– she still needs a canopy first, which we are thinking of getting her for Christmas, and then she will be a true princess. The reason I know…
halloween on their minds
family , kid projects Oct 19, 2013
They think about Halloween almost constantly, asking how many more days till it’s here, wondering about the candy they’ll get, wanting to put up decorations, checking out the other spooky houses in the neighborhood, thinking…
playmates
kid projects , outdoor adventures Oct 9, 2013
I remembered one thing we have been doing quite a bit of lately: enjoying the company of new friends. We were lucky to meet some families in our neighborhood, both of which are Navy families…
him… and those missing teeth!
beautiful things , family Oct 8, 2013
These are the “poses” he thought would make good photos of him and his missing teeth, so I obliged. He finally lost that other front tooth (the first one was pulled when he was 2),…
her
beautiful things , family Oct 7, 2013
I’m afraid I haven’t been remembering my camera much lately, as it seems we’ve been recovering from surgeries and sicknesses for a few weeks now. That, being busy with this and that, and, well, sometimes…
at co-op
kid projects , mama's projects Oct 2, 2013
Since we returned to Florida after our time in Montana while Matt was deployed, we’ve had the amazing opportunity to be part of a homeschool co-op here in Jacksonville. Some really smart and nice ladies…