Author Archives: Erin

A few nights ago, Nathaniel emerged from his room at 10pm.  As he shuffled toward me, blinking in the lamplight, he said quite distinctly, “Mommy, I would like you to move the Harry Potter books to the high shelf.” “Did … Continue reading →

Last night the kids enjoyed a Halloween-themed party at one of the dorms at the university, where they got to play games, paint balloons, decorate cookies, and see half of Wilmore.  There is a city-wide bash on Tuesday, when all … Continue reading →

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(our car is the small white rectangle in the bottom right corner, if that helps you with scale) Sydney discovered that the Google drones apparently caught him at work in the field earlier this spring.  It looks peaceful from so … Continue reading →

Earlier this week we joined a crowd at Asbury for a hymn sing.  Katherine has really gotten into music, both piano and voice, but this demanded more sight-reading than she’s had to do before.  Thankfully, a sizable portion of the … Continue reading →

I slip Katherine a new book during Nathaniel’s nap time, and she reports back: “I like this one.  A lot.  She likes a lot of the same things I do.  Goats.” After I give her an astonished look, she adds: … Continue reading →

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Katherine starts third grade and Nathaniel starts first grade.  They now ride the bus together and see each other in the hallway, which has made Nathaniel much more confident about starting at a new school. Erin

Nathaniel likes to give jobs to adults.  Sydney and I tend to ignore most of those suggestions, but when Nathaniel asked my dad to build a crane, Dad did it!  I warned him that following through on that request would … Continue reading →

My parents recently had the kids with them in Iowa for almost two weeks.  Given that they started out the visit with a trip to the local dairy farm, the kids should have not only loved being with them, but … Continue reading →