Sylvia had the great pleasure of taking a trip to Texas to visit Granny and Grandad all by herself over labor day weekend. Granny flew up to pick her up, and for most of a week, she enjoyed some solo time with her grandparents and Aunt Melanie. As part of her visit, Sylv got to [...]
Sylvia started preschool at Monona Grove Nursery School this month. She is L.O.V.I.N.G. it! She’s been tagging along as we took Andrew to preschool since she was six months old. For the last couple years, she’s been longing to be allowed to play in the big preschool rooms, and now, at long last, it’s her [...]
Sylvia had a solo visit to Texas with Granny and Grandad over Labor Day weekend. Boy, oh, boy did she have fun! While she was enjoying some one-on-one time with her grandparents, we decided to take Andrew on an overnight canoeing trip – something we don’t yet feel would be wise with Miss Sylv. We [...]
On Labor Day weekend, Andrew had his first sleep over. He and Alivia had been talking about it for ages, and at last it seemed like the right time. It was fun to have our Alivia girl over for supper. Afterwards, we roasted marshmallows. I love her look in this picture! These kids have become [...]
Andrew and Sylvia can be so sweet together. I just love those kiddos so much! Have I mentioned recently how cute they are together? Oh, they are:) Andrew is such a kind and loving big brother. Many days when Andrew is walking home from school, Sylvia will run down the street toward him, her arms [...]
On a beautiful evening in late August, we took the kids to Tenney Park. Our first stop was to New Orleans Take Out to get shrimp po’boys. We ate them on a picnic table and then took a walk out on the pier. That combo has been a Babler summer evening tradition for decades. And [...]
Sylvia loves her dance classes. She’s always excited to go. Many costume changes ensue. On this, her last day of summer ballet class, she ended up going with non-dance clothes. Ahh well! That’s what happens when you change 6-7 times before 10am. Sylvie’s dance instructor at the Y is Ari. She’s wonderful:) Stretching out… Love [...]
The time has come (the walrus said) to talk of snacks and things… Sylvia’s preschool is selling some great reusable snack bags as a school fundraiser. I first learned about Snack Taxi bags a few years ago at a play date. The kids had been racing around the playground for a while when my friend [...]
Andrew and Olivia were at Monona Grove Nursery School together for two years. Here’s Olivia in 2008. What a curly-headed heart-breaker she was! Here’s Olivia now in 2011. Love her energy! Three kids on a hammock. Hailey and Syliva will be in the same preschool class together this fall, and they’ve been in the [...]
In practice, getting the kids to swimming lessons is often more complicated than it seems in my mind. I imagine warm days of flipflops and swim suits…parking my car at Jessica’s and walking down to the pool together amidst a gaggle of happy kids. Somehow, it seems that at least one kid is mad or [...]
