Archive for 2012

It Was Slated in Today's Homeschool Class

to teach Emmie the Star-Spangled Banner. Upon trying to retrieve the words from memory, I found that I could only recall the version my wily Uncle Les had sung so unceremoniously at a

My Three Little Hams

By Eva On 1:33 PM with 0 Comments

Happy Birthday, Emmie!!

By Eva On 11:07 AM with 0 Comments

Here is the evidence of Emmaline's five-year birthday! First let's have a look at the birthday girl who looks like she already had a party in her sleep: (I'm sure she is going

Fall Pumpkins

By Eva On 11:21 AM with 0 Comments

Earlier in October we went to May-Lan Tree Plantation again (this is the same place we visited last fall and also where we got our last Christmas Tree) to pick up some pumpkins

Can You Tell What This Is?

By Eva On 7:11 PM with 0 Comments

Martian Cookie batter it is. It has a very strange combination of ingredients, so I, of course, had to give it a try. Let me tell you: these things are absolutely delicious, and

This is by far...

By Eva On 8:43 AM with 0 Comments

the oddest thing I have ever found in my kitchen sink. I pulled a stack of dishes out of the sink to load into the dishwasher, and this little guy came out with

It is so disheartening to know....

By Eva On 3:19 PM with 0 Comments

that when your boys are laughing and having fun together in a room where you are not, it usually means a lot of clean up for you later on..... Just to note, my

Craft Thursday

By Eva On 11:07 AM with 0 Comments

We have assigned Thursday as our official craft day, and today was our first day making a craft. I found this wonderful book at an also wonderful used book store (Mr. K's). Given

This is What Happens....

By Eva On 7:31 AM with 0 Comments

when you leave your parents unattended with your camera.

Happy Fourth of July, Belatedly!

By Eva On 7:27 AM with 1 Comments

As the parents of three children 4 years old and younger, David and I didn't anticipate doing too much yesterday. Add to that the fact that our two boys decided to be absolutely

Emmaline's Fashion Sense

By Eva On 11:00 AM with 2 Comments

She loves her leopard print hat. I'm not quite sure why she loves holding her hands up like she's some kind of ghoul.

The Kids' New Playroom

By Eva On 4:32 PM with 1 Comments

We finally painted the awful wood paneling in the boys' room and turned the room into a playroom for the kids. I have gotten fed up with both of their bedrooms being a

Videos of Ian

By Eva On 7:29 PM with 3 Comments

Ian Pretending to Be a Dinosaur: We took Emmaline out to paint pottery for her third birthday. Obviously, Ian was too young (around 1 1/2) to paint pottery himself, so he found another

Where's the Lizard?

By Eva On 3:30 PM with 1 Comments

A week or two ago Uncle Michael caught a lizard which Emmaline decided to keep in a blue bucket. Viggo is looking for it, can you find it? And here is video to

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

By Eva On 6:05 PM with 0 Comments

I'm too tired to write more....sigh..... I'm too tired to write more....sigh.....

Viggo's Version of...

By Eva On 9:10 AM with 1 Comments

Ring around the rosies.

Ian: the Famous Guitarist

By Eva On 6:39 PM with 0 Comments

New Mathematical Breakthrough!

By Eva On 7:36 AM with 0 Comments

This morning David decided to distract Emmaline from her pestering for roasted marshmallows by asking her addition questions. He asked her, "Emmie, what's one plus two?". I reminded her of the way I

The Wise Sayings of a Four-Year Old

By Eva On 11:00 AM with 0 Comments

Last night David and I went on an impromptu mini date, during which I made the mistake of consuming caffeine. Caffeine does not hinder me from falling asleep; it wakes me up at

Pictures from Emmaline's Fourth Birthday

By Eva On 8:06 AM with 0 Comments

Something Has Died....

By Eva On 8:08 PM with 0 Comments

under my house and it is stinking up my kitchen. David just put drywall putty all over the bottom of the cabinet under my stove to help keep the stink out. Not much