Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
This is what we did Memorial Day weekend: drove south to North Carolina to pay homage to aviation at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Isaac stamped my National Parks Passport; Eloise napped in the snuggly pack. Chris bought a kite in the shape of an airplane. The kite was very well received by a certain…
This is a juicy memoir set in Norfolk. Of course I liked my FREE review copy. Dee Oliver recounts how she met and married an undertaker, was widowed young with three small girls, and eventually started working at a black funeral home. So you can see how this would generate some comical situations. There were…
These macaroons were awesome, the shop was adorable, and the neighbors all adored the ensuing tea party. Which happened over a month ago. But here’s a secret: Macarons Varies at Trader Joe’s are also delicious and cost 20% of what these did, so you can eat them without feeling like you just nibbled a gold…
An ordinary Wednesday turned into an adventure. It’s nice to have adventures again. I am so invigorated by warmer weather! Winter here is no joke. Not having to bundle everyone up saves like an HOUR trying to get out the door. Miraculous. Anyway, after the grocery store i announced we were exploring. We found the…
Eloise and I walked to preschool to pick up Isaac. It was hot, but she makes the heat look fedorable, don’t you think?
Look at these cuties! I am still amazed by how well they get along, how sweet Isaac is to his sister, and how much they enjoy being around each other. Adorable. I took this on our porch at the end of April.
This was the last day of April, a grouchy day before we left Norfolk. I loaded the kids into the stroller because I could not take all the crying inside any more. All Eloise needed, it turned out, was 10 days in Texas. She started sitting up. She started eating everything (everything except baby food…
