Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Here’s some other fun stuff we did this week! We went to the aquarium with Sara Michelle and Isla. We examined a Japanese woodblock print special exhibit at the Chrysler Museum of Art, followed by wraps from the Wisteria Cafe with Mary, Annika and Johanna. We are posing in front of places we’ve been. We…
Last week (above), we got a farm box bonanza: a breakfast box plus lots of extras. YUM. Breakfast and fruit box: my favorite! Rustic bread! Purple and cream peppers because that’s interesting! Extra mixed variety squash! Yes! Yes! This week (below), heavy rains caused some last minute substitutions: STILL MORE POTATOES instead of broccoli, and…
Over two hours at the hospital getting all sorts of annual EKGs and echocardiograms done on my little guy and the only time he freaked out was when they asked him to take his shoes off for height and weight. “You are doing a great job,” I told Isaac between chats with multiple doctors toward…
Chris was gone for our anniversary last month, but we celebrated early with dinner at Bubba’s. Isaac saying ‘Bubba’s’ is the cutest thing. Wait, maybe not cuter than Isaac pushing Eloise around in a tiny shopping cart. Isaac says a lot of cute things. Here are some examples: “Mom, your eyes are soooo pretty. Look at…
I talk about the awesome Virginia Zoo a lot…because we come here a lot. We were here three out of four days last week. The Asia and Africa exhibits are really well done. But we often bypass the sad Australia exhibit. The path is fenced off like 10 feet back from the enclosure fence, with…
With our crappy annual cardiology appointment behind us, the kids and I fluttered to the botanical gardens to tour the butterfly house! It’s open from June until September, and is in the middle of the butterfly gardens. It’s been HOT this summer, but last Thursday was cloudy and mild—perfect for strolling the winding pathways. Every…
One weekend we’re watching that nature movie, “Earth” and it’s pouring down rain outside, and Chris is getting irritated that we have to pause it every five seconds because we have kids, and then we hear this shuffle-shuffle-WHOMP. A tree branch sliced our gate in half! Another branch fell while we were upstate—it was larger…
