quality time

Posted in it's cool to school, let me let me update ya, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

i’m off to san fran for 5 whole days. FIVE.

so i made sure to have some quality time with my little peter venkman – as she sometimes likes to be called.

we spent a nice afternoon picnic lunch date at wallace garden plots in our neighborhood the other day after we visited the library. it was pretty cool to walk around all the different plots and take in the different gardening techniques. it was good to be around abundant gardens. it was peaceful and educational. i was able to show darla where sunflower seeds grow and we discussed the different ways plants grow their fruit.

yay for free teaching resources!

i’ll sure miss that girl.

ps. that yellow flower is for my hair. laughy laughy.

22Aug2012

push pops!

Posted in kiddie-do, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

jeni’s has yogurt push pops! this may be old news but it was new news to our tastebuds.

mango lassi yum yum

10Jul2012

FredFest 2012

Posted in Kiddie Hangouts, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

the inaugural FredFest was a big success. a good time was had by all. most importantly, we already started brainstorming for FredFest 2013.

look for your invite in a little less than a year…

Happy 36th birthday!

6Jul2012

slow southern style

Posted in advantageous adventures, love and happiness, Travels by ElaineMarie

we woke up in franklin, tennessee this morning.

i wish i could blame portals or teleportation, however, the truth is we made the drive down yesterday.

my man knows me and suggested the franklin mercantile for breakfast. it’s one of my all time favorite munching spots.

see how adorbs the place is. how could i not love it? plus the food is pretty stellar. please take note of my fruit tea pictured above. it seems to be a combination of a peach juice & iced tea. i will be attempting a recipe when i get home and let you know on here if i succeed. if i fail, well, i’ll never mention it again and this post will fall away into obscurity. easy enough.

we spent the sweltering afternoon escaping the heat – 102 or 103 i think – at a screening of The Wizard of Oz at the franklin theater. i loved seeing it on the big screen. i catch more hilariously brilliant writing and dialogue every time i see it. the theater was beautiful AND i was able to get a yazoo hefeweizen and popcorn for $7. win win win.

i think i like this slow southern style. it serves us well during these hotsie totsie summer days. that and fruit tea.

14Jun2012

‘hood

Posted in kiddie-do, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

i love our neighborhood.

gym, super-secret-super-cool swimming pool, pub & playground all surround our house. oh, also a pretty nice hotel is next to the gym which is lucky when you can’t be in your house but need access to your stuff.

smiles.

in short, our ‘hood makes it easy to be displaced from one’s home.

i told darla to make funny faces for those shots. bahahahaha.

darla says “isn’t it so nice to eat outside?!” mike taught darla tic-tac-toe. i sampled the draft cider. we ate lots of delicious fried food and then went to the playground to work some of it off.

swings. swings. swings. swings.

it was the most excellent of days.

22May2012

one more

Posted in love and happiness by ElaineMarie

and here’s one more photo from the weekend, courtesy of jeff and his iphone:

this is when all the kids jumped on me and pretended to be snakes :)

13May2012

MomJeanz Momma’s Day

Posted in love and happiness by ElaineMarie

was your mother’s day terrific? i sure hope so.

our mom’s day started by waking at our second family’s house so i got to see all three faces of the little ones i love so dearly this morning. mother’s day bonus.

we hit up some french pastries, lounged around and then drove to meet my parents for dinner on the border (of IN and OH, not mexico. and not at taco bell).

so what i’m saying is, today was wonderfulz.

plus, I GOT PRESENTS!