Jonah’s encouraging words10Dec08 | 3 comments | Anna
“Good job, Mom! You can tie shoes really well, even though you’re old.”
Happy Thanksgiving28Nov08 | 3 comments | Anna
Scott took this photo of the boys and I yesterday and I thought it was so cute that I posted it as my Facebook profile picture. Then one of my friends commented that it looked as though Jaden was choking (more...)
Childhood Memories14Nov08 | 7 comments | Anna
Ok, so my good friend David B. back in good old Austin, Texas, has started to post some of his childhood memories on his blog. I love reading his posts because he’s such a brainiac and his insights are truly (more...)
Some days I love homeschooling!07Nov08 | 1 comments | Anna
We had a really fun day of school yesterday. We got through with our math, handwriting and spelling first thing so that we could move on to the “fun stuff”. Yesterday, the “fun stuff” began with couch time (history, english, (more...)
Our budding arachnologist05Nov08 | 2 comments | Anna
Today a cyber-friend posted a message for me, letting me know that her sons had found what they thought was a male black widow spider. (She knew how much Jaden knows about and loves spiders!) Her boys posted a picture (more...)
Canning apples and pears04Nov08 | 2 comments | Anna
Last weekend, the boys and I went to my parent’s house while Scott was out of town for a conference. While there, we picked bags and bags worth of apples and pears from their trees which they gave us to (more...)
Halloween!01Nov08 | 1 comments | Anna
We had such a great Halloween this year. Jaden dressed up as a bunch of spilled spaghetti and meatballs and Jonah dressed up as a cool cowboy. Around 4pm, we headed down to the Gresham Town Center and let the (more...)
Halloween Candy Recall29Oct08 | 0 comments | Anna
I Just wanted everyone to be aware of this recall - it’s been verified by snopes.com. I think it should only affect those in Canada, but wanted to let everyone know about it just in case. Halloween Chocolate Recall http://www.snopes. (more...)
Cortisone shot22Oct08 | 1 comments | Anna
Today was my last surgical follow-up appointment with my orthopedic surgeon. I’ve still been having quite a bit of pain in my knee. Most of the time it’s been like a dull 4/5 (on a scale from 1-10), with lots (more...)
Jonah’s face19Oct08 | 2 comments | Anna
Our friends, Mark and Francine, otherwise known as Buzz (Lightyear) and The Fairy Princess, have a booth at the Gresham Farmer’s Market across from me. Mark makes some pretty amazing balloon animals and Francine is the best face painter that (more...)