Category: Favorite Places

The big boys. The cousins. The cool kids. Yikes. At this rate, I will still be blogging about December in February. We’ll get through this. Stick with me. I promise things are actually happening. But life keeps getting in the way of these memories! Yeesh. So where were we? My mom’s house. Well, she hosted … Continue reading “December at Grandma’s (Pt. 2)”

My Mom lives in the perfect grandma-land. It is different from any other place our boys know, as we don’t get to see such open spaces on an everyday basis. Yes, we walk practically everywhere in our neighborhood, and that is a definite perk of where we have chosen to live. But some days the … Continue reading “December at Grandma’s (Pt. 1)”

The weather in October has been beautiful thus far (as I sit inside with the heat turned on listening to the rain beat down on the roof). But really, today (not pumpkin patch day, clearly) and yesterday were the first dreary days we have had this month. Ah, October. How I love thee. And so, … Continue reading “The Pumpkin Patch, Version 2011”

Sunday morning was shaping up to be another beautiful day, so we decided to take a stroll down the street to one of our favorite places (okay, Andrew is insisting that I specify it as one of my favorite places, not his- bah humbug) to eat breakfast: Half & Half. It is just a jaunt … Continue reading “Eggs and Art”

You’ll have to excuse my lack of knowledge in advance. I mean, I have never set foot on this place, but the stunning pictures Andrew brought back inspired me. A couple of days after I gave birth to Emil, Andrew took Milo and Oliver on their first real man trip to Elephant Rocks, a magical … Continue reading “Elephant Rocks”