Very quick peek at Peter

Here is a glimpse of Peter, who is always on the move…

Annie’s Tea Party

As many of you know, we celebrated Annie’s 5th birthday by taking her, along with Margaret and two friends — Cecilia and Sophia — to Miss Lucy’s Tea Room. The girls played the part, and were given all the guidelines upon arrival for how to conduct themselves properly, including passing to the right, getting [...]

Peter and Margaret in the kitchen

The Boss: Marge the Sarge

A brief exchange with Margaret this evening:
Margaret: “Mom, you took off your shoes wrong.”
Me: “What?”
Margaret: “Yeah, they’re crooked.”
She proceeded to straighten my mis-aligned shoes and I started to wonder whether I should call in the obsessive-compulsive specialists or be glad to have a detail-oriented, conscientious child to counter all those around here who aren’t! Hmmmm.
God [...]

South Paw Kitty - for Gherkin

Today was our cat Gherkin’s second birthday. Here’s a little video in his honor.
from vids.myspace.com posted with vodpod

Self-Portrait

Okay, this doesn’t have to do with our family at all, except to make me feel that maybe our homeschool art program could be doing more. I was just amazed by this video and had to post it here.

For Kathryn & Oliver

I couldn’t resist posting this video for Oliver, our soccer-loving German philosopher, and Kathryn, our Greek.  Enjoy!

Quiet Hello from Peter

Great job, Lily!

We are so proud of cousin Lily, who completed the extremely challenging 200-piece puzzle we sent her for Christmas, all by herself! Lily is still just 4 years-old, so a 200-piece puzzle is quite a feat! Great job, Lily! And thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures. I can’t help sharing them here! [...]

Why we have been so busy

Sorry that we have not written in the last ten days or so. This has been a really busy time for us. The girls are up north with Grandma (Omi) and Grandpa (Grampy) so that the rest of us can do some spring cleaning. Here’s Alex with a sample of what we’ve [...]