Tag Archives: Random

Yesterday was our annual Pi Day celebration. Ani memorized Pi to 8 decimal places (all on her own, no one told her to. For dinner we had pies of the pizza and pudding variety.

This morning I got up at 7. Everyone else was still asleep. By 8:30 my mom and Adrian were up. By 9 I decided it was time everyone else got up. Merry Christmas!

While we were on vacation our guinea pig Apollo died. We were very sad, but not surprised. He had never been super healthy and then a friend injured him trying to pick him up and he was really never the … Continue reading →

We didn’t have school this week. Jamie’s compressed work schedule day off was Monday, Thursday was Christmas, and Friday was declared a holiday for federal employees (thank you, President Bush). That only left two work days for the week. My … Continue reading →

On the JustMommies June-July 2006 Playroom, we did an ornament exchange. My friend Manda sent an ornament to me. She sent a beautiful wooden nativity ornament. I love it!

Cameron’s middle name is James. Jamie’s middle name is James. Jamie’s dad’s middle name was James. Jamie’s dad was named after his uncle, James K. Chatfield. Uncle Jim was a bombardier in the Army Air Corps during World War II. … Continue reading →

Last night was the ward Christmas party and, amazingly, we got snow for it. We rarely have a white Christmas, so a white Christmas party was fun. Really, it didn’t snow much (there’s a very light dusting out there this … Continue reading →

Leaf Match: I got this idea from Chelita at Shady Bayou Academy. It was a little hard finding green leaves at the end of November in northern Virginia! I picked two of each type of leaf I found. Then I … Continue reading →

Jamie’s maternal grandfather was a “refuse driver.” In other words, he was a garbage man. That is a job that is, apparently, the coolest in the world according to young children. Our trash is picked up twice a week, on … Continue reading →