WFMW: Date Night on the Cheap
Wednesday April 7, 2010Date Night is important, but unfortunately, there’s no money in the budget right now for babysitters. So we had to get creative and improvise. The way we currently achieve “Date Night” is by designating one night of the week as Date Night. It’s currently Tuesdays. We told our kids (ages 6, 4 and 2) that [...]
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Tags: around the house, frugal living, WFMWCapturing the Moments
Thursday March 25, 2010The theme for this week’s You Capture series is “A Moment“. Spring has started to spring around here and I haven’t captured as many moments as I’d like because I’ve been living in an allergy-induced fog. Today, however, I dragged myself outside and watched my oldest and youngest have some bouncy fun. It was definitely [...]
by Kendra | 2 Comments | Filed in life
Tags: around the house, kid play, preschool, you captureWhat we’ve been up to
Wednesday March 24, 2010About two weeks ago, Adam came down with a “touch” of croup. He’d been coughing and had a bad night with the barking cough that led to time in the bathroom with the shower running and a call to the night nurse. Thankfully, his coughing subsided and we avoided a 2am trip to the ER. [...]
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Tags: around the house, Friends & Family, grandparents, life, milestonesHappy Maewyn Socket Day!
Wednesday March 17, 2010Round these parts, we take a low-key approach to St. Patrick’s Day. We wear our green, but don’t do any carousing at the local pub. We did have a green dinner – Tex-Mex Americana style: Guacamole burgers (minus the bun, cuz I was out), french fries, and broccoli. It all kinda cancels out, right? If [...]
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Tags: around the house, holidays, lifeSnowmageddon 2010
Saturday February 6, 2010Well the blizzard has arrived, delivered on it’s promise, and hasn’t left yet. The media is freaking out about it, but we are enjoying the novelty, for now. (Ask me how I feel to be snowed in on Monday). Yesterday, school was canceled pre-emptively, so Wendy was invited to a friend’s house for a playdate. [...]
by Kendra | No Comments | Filed in life
Tags: around the house, family, kid play, life, snow, winterThe Blizzard is coming… the Blizzard is coming!
Friday February 5, 2010So, apparently a blizzard is heading our way. Perhaps even The Mother of All Blizzards. My local jurisdiction sent out an emergency alert warning, “Another severe winter storm, with near blizzard conditions, is forecast to hit our area Fri., Feb. 5 through Sat., Feb. 6. Be prepared to shelter in place for 3 to 5 [...]
by Kendra | 1 Comment | Filed in life
Tags: around the house, family, life, snow, winterI’ve had all the bucket-filling I can handle
Thursday January 14, 2010You may recall, about two weeks ago, Adam won a trip to the ER, courtesy of his busted head. In addition to stitches, he apparently came home with germs. ER on Saturday, then happy and healthy all day Saturday and Sunday … until around dinner time. Just as I was trying to coax some peas [...]
by Kendra | 1 Comment | Filed in adam, kendra, life, sam, wendy
Tags: around the house, family, winterChristmas Memories
Monday December 28, 2009We had a super duper Christmas. And now that 2010 is bearing down on us, I figured I better get these memories chronicled. Prepare for an overload of photos. This is what the week before Christmas was like … Sunday: we made decorated a gingerbread house. It turned out pretty good! It was fun to [...]
by Kendra | 2 Comments | Filed in adam, kendra, life, mike, sam, wendy
Tags: around the house, celebrations, christmas, family, food, traditionsMore snowy fun
Wednesday December 23, 2009We are dug out and getting around, but it is still pretty snowy around here. On day two of the big storm (Sunday), there was nary a plow in sight. Lucky for us, one of our neighbors motored by in his bobcat and helped to dig us out. He made a huge snow pile right [...]
by Kendra | 1 Comment | Filed in sam, wendy
Tags: around the house, kid play, life, snowSnow Much Fun
Saturday December 19, 2009Unless you live under a rock, you probably heard the East Coast got a whopper of a snow storm. Our area got up to 24″; I estimate our house got closer to 15-17″ but it sure felt like more. This is how we spent our snowy day. By 11am, we had 8″ of snow. This [...]
by Kendra | 4 Comments | Filed in adam, life, sam, wendy
Tags: around the house, christmas, holidays, kid play, snow


