the kids
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myrtle beach swim meet.
This month we started meet season with our swim team, Columbia Swimming. David and I decided to take Gabe and Noah out of swimming this year, partly because the rates went up, and partly because neither showed great enthusiasm for it. In fact, both were happy when we told them they could quit! Being part of a swim team takes some commitment because it’s a year-round sport. The kids practice right through the summer. But as of this year, there’s really been no question in our mind of whether the commitment’s worth it; we’ve seen so much good come of it for both Judah and Amie. They’ve gotten stronger, more…
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poetry and artist teatime.
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judah’s room and chores for kids.
We moved into our new master bedroom on our 13th anniversary, May 22. Shortly after, Judah and Amelie finally got their own bedrooms. I thought I’d show you around Judah’s room today, and tell you about our chore system. Judah’s one request for having his own room was to have “a library.” So we promised him one of our tall pine bookcases from the living room for his growing book collection. You may remember back in May 2016, we gave Judah and Amie a bedroom makeover. It was a fun project, and as you can see, little changed in the room for Judah once his sister moved out. Even though…
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interview with judah: summer camp.
Tell me about your camp. What kind of camp was it? A Christian camp How many boys were in your cabin? How many counselors did you have? Ten boys and two counselors What major did you choose for the week? Outdoor survival What’s one thing you learned about outdoor survival? That clay can be used as a bug spray What other activities did you get to try? Archery, climbing, GaGa ball, zipline, jump on the Blob, kayaking, water games in the lake What did you do during chapel? Talk about Jesus being the Vine What did you do to celebrate 4th of July? Big fireworks on lake What’s something that…
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judah goes to camp.
Yesterday evening we dropped Judah off for 6 nights at Bethel Christian Camp in Gaston, about 30 minutes away from Columbia. It’s a camp we’ve known and loved for a long time. We’ve met the director, and have seen lots of friends attend over the years. I can’t imagine a better first camp experience for our boy; still I can hardly believe he’s gone. He’ll turn 10 in September, which is the age I was when I started going to camp, but it still feels young somehow. I was delighted that we were allowed to settle him into his cabin and see the bunk he chose and meet his senior…
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noah two-year adoption interview.
What’s your favorite…? Fruit: Avocado Vegetable: Peppers Dinner: Soup Treat: Chocolate donuts Snack: Ring pops What’s a food you really, really don’t like? Lemons Restaurant: Go eat sushi and then go on a walk What do you like to play outside? Play with the water table, swim in pools What do you like to play inside? Play some toys What is your favorite thing to do at the park? I like climbing up, spinning, and I like eating snacks What’s your favorite book? My favorite book is Harry Potter What do you like about swim practice? Getting out and getting warm and having a snack like Cheerios What don’t you…
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gabriel two-year adoption interview.
What’s your favorite…? Fruit: Watermelon and cantaloupe and pineapple, grapes too Vegetable: That’s a hard question. Broccoli. Dinner: Inside-out pizza (calzones) Treat: Decorations on desserts, all different kinds of decorations on donuts, cake or cookies Snack: Oreos, the cookies you put on your finger like a ring (Fudge round cookies) What’s a food you really, really don’t like? All different kinds of veggies, salad Restaurant: Papa John’s What do you like to play with outside? Ride bikes, play with the chickies What do you like to play inside? Make projects, play with my stuffies (stuffed animals), I like to play games, drink all different kinds of drinks but not grown-up…
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i’m still here!
Hi friends! I’ve been pretty terrible at keeping up with the blog lately, and I feel bad about it. Not that I expect you to be sitting by your computer waiting for a post. It’s so odd, really. For years I wanted to experience a home renovation so that I could take pictures and blog about the process, but I neglected to factor in one very important thing: that during the renovation I may have zero — and I mean zero — energy for blogging or really anything beyond laying on the sofa with glazed eyes and watching Netflix every night. Ah well. I’m sure some of you could’ve told…
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four on friday.
Judah Amelie Gabriel Noah
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five things on friday.
1. We’re recovering from two weeks of sickness. Not the flu, thankfully, but a bad virus that we all passed around and just lingered until I finally took the kids to the doctor on Tuesday. Turns out the three oldest had sinus infections and Noah had a double-ear infection. Poor things! It was kind of miserable, because I caught it on the front end, got better for a few days, then caught it again from someone else. Thankfully I’m healthy again, and after a few days of antibiotics the kids are much more like themselves too, although let me tell you what, dispensing different doses of antibiotics twice a day…