Saturday, October 3, 2026

Library

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Just lookit those curls! It's the hand motion that gets me. I think she's taken umbrage with something in the book.   

Jean Jacket

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Nana Jana bought Leah a jean jacket and she wore it every day for 2 weeks straight, right through a terrible heat advisory at the tail end o...

Ninja Camp

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MO Pro Ninja offered a very affordable & convenient to my work day camp this summer so we tried it out (since the affordable & conve...
Friday, October 2, 2026

Prof. Sendy

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  Somehow Jim talked Sam into driving him to Andy’s Custard to go to a meet n’ greet (a "mreet") with a content creator from St. L...

Fancy Wedding

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 Sam & I got all fancified for my former coworker Emily's wedding. It was at A Secret Place in Jamestown, MO & it was very chic!...

Weird License

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Leah made herself a Weird License, which is of course her license to be weird. It's laminated & everything (that she figured out her...
Thursday, October 1, 2026

Letters from Camp (from last summer)

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When I was (finally) doing the post for Leah's camp this summer, I found a draft I never published from last summer about the letters th...

Camp Wakonda

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(I am once again playing catch-up with posts.)  Leah went back to sleepaway camp this summer & got to stay two weeks this time. So big a...

City Museum

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We went to City Museum - the kids let us take this one photo prior to going in.  Leah drove the school bus - I think she was the only one wh...

Jim’s 14th Birthday

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 We had a little family party for Jim for his birthday! Leah made him this card/placemat:  He showed everyone the photos from his & Sam...
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Deer!

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Perhaps because of our proximity to Bonnie View Nature Area, we see a lot of deer.  This teeny baby deer was very interested in this teenage...

ST Math

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Leah finished 3rd grade ST Math with a few days to spare before 4th grade started & as is tradition, she got a cake, which she wanted to...