Beautiful Calling

View Full Album   This year daddy got a pretty special gift; Teva Sandals. I know that he enjoyed those however the real gifts were the coloring pages, artwork with poem and the special herb garden we planted for him. Daddy loves cooking so the herb garden will bring him great joy this season. We [...]

View Full Album Sometimes we eat at the dining room table but on “lazy nights” we eat at the island with John in his high chair. One of Chloe’s responsibilities is setting the table. Sometimes John helps (he’s not quite so gentle yet). My mom laugh but they do a good job!   Last week [...]

View Full Album Well, GG came for a visit, we had a great time, and now she is gone; time to get back into our routine. We haven’t done many crafts but we did fit in one day of “school” last week. We worked in Chloe’s favorite “schoolbook”  which is made my Kumon. It’s their [...]

It’s Monday again and time to showcase one of our “caffs” from last week in Magic Marker Monday. For those who missed the post, our VBS theme was Polar Extremes and I was teaching the littlest of the littles…those too young for VBS whose parents were working in VBS. Our biggest day we had 8 [...]

It’s Monday again and time to showcase one of our “caffs” from last week in Magic Marker Monday. For those who missed the post, our VBS theme was Polar Extremes and I was teaching the littlest of the littles…those too young for VBS whose parents were working in VBS. Our biggest day we had 8 [...]

It’s Monday again and time to showcase one of our “caffs” from last week in Magic Marker Monday. Last week Chloe had her friends over, Gracie and Brady. They are 3 year old twins who belong to my friend, Carm. Well, Carm just moved (Saturday!) into the most amazing house in the country. The house [...]

There are few things in life that Chloe likes better than “Caff Time” (a.k.a. Craft time). With all of the things we’ve been busy doing this summer, we’ve hardly had time to make anything. But the past week we’ve had quite a bit of rain so we’ve been working on some rainy day fun. Part [...]

OK, well I don’t know what is wrong with this crazy picture but it won’t go right side up. So to look at it, simply tilt your head to the left! Though I have only participated in Magic Marker Monday a handful of times, I enjoy it for a couple reasons. It is interesting to [...]

We made Caterpillars for craft time last week thanks to Simple Kids! Chloe and Jaiden both loved them. Chloe named hers Pillar and carried him around everywhere. Chloe decided to take him to play “nap” together. She kissed him, proceeded to tell him a story and told him to go to sleep. I say ‘him’ [...]