Category: Favorite Places

What a beautiful spring weekend! We spent it amongst friends and flowers, celebrating birthdays aplenty, and loads of outdoor time in the wind and sun. We start our week with full hearts and tired bodies!  Andrew just barely made it home from a trip in time to see the full ballet of Swan Lake with me on Saturday night. … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

This past weekend… well, it’s not technically “past” if it’s still going on the fourth day, is it? I took the boys to the City Museum on Friday as a reward for filling up another sticker chart for “polite, helpful, and kind behavior,” and before you roll your eyes, I assure you I’m rolling them … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

Happy February 1st and good riddance to a very strange January. This weekend was filled with science! From watching Bill Nye the Science Guy episodes (the kids love this show) to Magic House birthday parties, to dinner table discussions, it was all about science. The new exhibit at The Magic House was even cooler than I … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

I drove back from Ohio, a full eight hours from my sister’s place in Portsmouth, through the rolling hills of Kentucky, mist floating up through red and orange and deep yellow leaves looking smoky as the sun burned off the last of it. It was seven am when I started my journey home, and I … Continue reading “Halloween in Ohio”

What a weekend! Beautiful weather with chilly fall nights… October is the best! On Friday, the older boys participated in their first elementary camp out. Andrew and I joked about needing to keep our phones close by in case anyone met illness or injury. Half joking, half serious, I remembered the conversation as I reached … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”