We celebrated our last week of summer this week with a trip to the zoo, several visits to the neighborhood pool, and Phillip’s first dentist appointment.
Phillip had a wonderful visit, despite the fact that he promised us over breakfast that he would not open his mouth for anyone. His successful visit was thanks in large [...]
Filed under: Homeschooling, Little Rock, Memphis, Phillip, hot weather, kids on August 14th, 2009 | No Comments »
I’m in the process of thinking about updating my blog. We’ve lived in Little Rock for nearly 8 months now, and I still have a picture of the Memphis skyline in the masthead. I will work on designing something new in the coming weeks. I hope to get in a regular habit [...]
Filed under: Kids and Blogs, Little Rock, Memphis, technology on July 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
So, for those who follow me on Facebook, I’ve alluded to this a few times in my status updates, but I haven’t really talked about it in-depth. Lannie will start a new job at UAMS in Little Rock on Monday.
In an odd twist of events, this is the same job that he accepted at UAMS [...]
Filed under: Homeschooling, Memphis, family on November 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A few days ago I inadvertently got into a political argument about race and Obama with two other homeschooling moms. It’s been a while since the incident, so I feel comfortable writing about it rationally. The day of the incident, I was so mad that there was no way I was going to try to [...]
Filed under: Homeschooling, Memphis, voting on October 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Caleb, my oldest “baby,” went to sleep-away camp with a church group for the first time last week. They went to Alabama for four nights, which meant there was no way he could come home even if he wanted to.
Caleb is usually a pretty independent kid, so we were not too worried about him, [...]
Filed under: Caleb, Memphis, church, family, parenting on August 6th, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Subtitle: One of the few times I’ve seen my husband lose it in public
Lannie called me on the way home from work yesterday and wanted to go out for dinner. He had been seeing IHOP commercials and was craving pancakes. I already had dinner in the oven, but I saved it for [...]
Filed under: Memphis, Phillip, family, kids, parenting on July 31st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We visited Lannie’s family in Memphis this week, and we spent a very hot afternoon at the Memphis zoo. While we generally enjoy the Memphis zoo, especially the pandas and the new polar bear exhibit, the near-100 degree temperature forced us to scoot from inside exhibit to inside exhibit looking for air conditioning. We brought [...]
Filed under: Kids and Blogs, Memphis, family, funny kids, hot weather on August 4th, 2007 | No Comments »