Sage and I went to the park on Saturday afternoon while River went to a netball birthday party for one of her friends. The Mundy Play Centre at Markeaton Park offers a variety of activities for kids. We played 18 holes of Crazy Golf, climbed on the spider web thing, and did some [...]
We recently returned from our holiday in France. We had a wonderful time! We flew into the amazing medieval city of Carcassonne.
The castle and fortified town here are truly remarkable, one of the finest examples of military architecture in Europe.
Though I find castles inherently fascinating, we were inspired to visit Carcassonne because of [...]
Here are the results from River’s latest survey:
We got a wonderful package in the mail yesterday.
The girls’ aunt Deana made these beautiful aprons. The fabric is decorated with a pattern of little gnomes and toadstools. I can’t really find the words to describe these wonderful creations. The necessary copious superlatives escape me. Amazing work, Deana!
River was so [...]
We went to Sherwood Forest yesterday, erstwhile home of Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
I’ve yet to see what I would consider a “true forest” in England, and it turns out that Sherwood is no exception. I’ve always thought a forest to be “a large area covered chiefly with trees [...]