Author Archives: Erin

Conor woke up feeling much better but is still crabby. We let J out of his room for dinner. Elliott joined me for 7 min of PE today!!!  Look at that impressive plank! (He was setting up for a push … Continue reading →

Day 4 was rough. Conor woke up in a bed of red kidney bean-puke and Jordan went to bed with a dry cough so we quarantined him in Elliott’s room for 20 hours (day 4 into 5). Natalie and Elliott … Continue reading →

Day 3 of 23+ It was a full day of conference calls so the family fun was considerably less. Conor is loving baths so that occupied him for almost 30 min while the other two kids spent time on technology. … Continue reading →

Covid social distancing day 2 of 23. Nat created a candy recipe…. vanilla chocolate chips, marshmellows, milk and powdered sugar. El had a challenge to build the full Haunted High School (9 bags, 1474 pieces) in 1 day, which he … Continue reading →

This COVID crisis has brought much pain and sacrifice to so many people. Ours has been relatively small in the scheme of things – a canceled trip by G and G, a canceled guys trip and work trip by Jordan, … Continue reading →

Natalie is almost a germaphobe so I haven’t talked to the kids about COVID 19 until tonight. Given that G and G sadly need to cancel their plane trip out here next week, and the fact that the state of … Continue reading →

the formatting of this stinks on my phone. I will try to change it soon! We celebrated Elliott’s birthday a little early with friends at Movement Terrain, a ninja type place. The giant inflatable balls were a highlight. And Nat … Continue reading →

We scooted out from MA for February break week (well, actually two days before). Thursday: Swimming at a super cold Yacht Club.  And a trip to the beach, I believe.  And then a trip to Mammaw and Pappaw’s pool tool … Continue reading →

(2.5 weeks late) Happy 1st Birthday, Conor!  Wow – what a year.  His personality is shining through, and it’s really fun to be by him. I’m so glad he is a part of our family.   Weigh-in: 26 lbs (95th+ percentile), … Continue reading →

On MLK weekend we tried to ski on Sunday. Butternut was filled so we went to the hardware store, bought $80 of sleds and headed to a rough hill (bumps and bruises).  Then, we went snow-hiking (1.5 miles round-trip in … Continue reading →