academy at thousand oaks

The kids often like to wear their chef hats and aprons when we cook. This particular day we couldn't find our other chef hats, but Sissy...

our first Christmas together, 1997 My friend Lori from the Davidson Den blog-tagged me with the question: "Are you ready to get your j...

The boys were hard at work, creating with their wooden Connectagons that were purchased from Hearthsong one year for Christmas. How I love ...

Daddy has always been a snacker - Mommy, not as much. The kids, of course, take after him. Ever since Tornado was a baby, one of Daddy...

Thursday night some of my nieces and nephews were in town to have a little Halloween fun with us. Here they are, decorating cookies. They ...

Great Aunt Patsy gave Tornado a wonderful set of Daily Journal Writing Prompts by Teacher Created Resources . There are books with pages fo...

Growing up, I got to see my Grandpa almost every day. Now that we live around three hours away from him, we do not get to see him as often ...

It has come to my attention that I am sorely behind on posting. I've been feeling generally lazy the past few weeks. Plus, the internal...

The boys spent Friday morning painting on the easel. Dash started out here with pretty impressive drawings of Mommy and Daddy, but then he ...

Ryan dressed the kids before they went out for another day with Daddy. What you can't see is the Illini shirt he is wearing, as well. I...

Friday night, I knew the boys were playing outside. I went to check on them, and this is exactly how I found them. They had removed their sh...

Thursday, we went to the library and Whole Foods to get our mandatory supply of books, videos, and food. Tornado and I have to have our ref...

Daddy took the three kids on a little outing today to give Mommy time to clean house and prepare lessons for the week. I actually love t...

I read these interactive devotions (that I purchased from Target) to the kids most mornings at breakfast (and sometimes later in the day, if...

For some reason, Tornado likes to wear mismatched socks. He might get this from his aunt Tracy, I don't know. I think he just has this ...