Author Archives: allyanne

It finally warmed up here. YESTERDAY. Sunny, clear skies, warm enough for shorts and bare feet. I’ve been digging up my gardens, making grand plans to move things and rearrange and start some things over and begin some things for … Continue reading →

  Someone is getting SO big! And so fun. . .it’s going to really smart to let him go for good in a short two or three weeks. What an experience though! I love this boy. This boy is just … Continue reading →

Where to begin? Sometimes I just stop blogging because I’m overwhelmed by the sheer number of things I want to share! I can start with today and go backwards, I guess. Today we have a lot of snow and I’m … Continue reading →

Sunday was our first full day in Texas. We went to church with everyone, then had lunch at their regular lunch spot, Mazatlan (YUM!). After this: we went to Uncle Kam and Aunt Kymi’s for books and music and food … Continue reading →

So yesterday afternoon, I went to The Melt for a girls’ “night” with Linda, Laura, and Sarabeth. I hesitate to call it a night, since we met at the restaurant at 3, thinking that would get us in and out … Continue reading →

I have been following the news updates from New Zealand ever since I heard of the earthquake this week. I have extremely fond memories of the city–so beautiful, such lovely, friendly people. It breaks my heart to see the devastation, … Continue reading →

He loves to look through the albums. He sees the layouts and remembers doing this, doing that. He gets upset when he sees a page from before-his-time. “Where was I?” he wants to know. Those explanations get a bit tricky, … Continue reading →

We have a super-old house. 170+ years-old. Dirt basement, slate roof, plaster walls, leaks, drips, cracks, creaks, and lots of character about which my dad likes to say, “You pay for that character!” He’s so right, but nobody tell him … Continue reading →

This winter has been a killer. We have been stuck at home so much, it’s unbelievable. Normally, I don’t mind, but with two little boys chattering and/or crying/ squawking/ singing Mary Poppins songs non -stop/ etc, I’ve been going a … Continue reading →

It’s a few days past, but I love these shots from our Saturday. A slow, lazy morning with pancakes and bacon, lots of hanging out by the fire, making s’mores, reading books, doing nothing. Bebe checking out the coffee. He … Continue reading →

Since the beginning of the month, we’ve been doing “school.” It’s really just fun activities and games, but as we plan to eventually homeschool, I thought it was a good idea to establish a model for what school is going … Continue reading →

Eyedrops. Tummy Time. C is for cookie! And there are piles and piles of snow, and it’s still coming down, but I don’t have any pictures of that. Someday, I will leave this house again! Someday, I will see someone … Continue reading →

Here he is, all five months of him: Cute as a button and smiley! He makes a sound like a crow when he’s trying to be funny, and his favorite thing in the whole wide world is scratching me with … Continue reading →

Basically, we’re a big germy mess around here. It started with a cold the Thursday before Christmas for me. Then Chad came home with pink eye the following Monday. Then he got my cold. Then I got his pink eye. … Continue reading →