Charlottesville VA

21 March 2012 New Mattress

Mar 22, 2012

Imagine Sam’s delight when we were instructed–practically warned–by the mattress salesman to stomp on our new bed “until the point of exhaustion.” It’s a Tempur-Pedic mattress and apparently the special foam cells need to be softened up. We jumped on the thing off and on all day. I don’t think Sam ever reached her …

20 March 2012 The Tulips are Purple

Mar 21, 2012

19 March 2012 Deep in Discussion

Mar 21, 2012

18 March 2012 Crossing Moore’s Creek

Mar 19, 2012

17 March 2012 Mattress Shopping

Mar 18, 2012

Mattress shopping is the BEST shopping. Since we’re not buying a house (we could not come to an agreement on price with the seller of the brick ranch), we decided to buy a new mattress instead. Our current mattress has been giving me a sore back since June. The new mattress should last us 20 years. AC calculated that …

16 March 2012 Off to See the Wizard

Mar 18, 2012

Last time we saw the Wizard was in Brighton in 2008. Sam was so terrified of the witch and the pyrotechnics and the scary music that accompanied her that she buried her face in her dad’s chest and slept through the entire second act. Three and a half years makes a big difference. Sam thought the witch was only a little …

15 March 2012 Game in the Rain

Mar 16, 2012

14 March 2012 Swamp

Mar 15, 2012

in the woods out back of our house–our current house–likely to remain our residence a while longer. (House purchase negotiations are still pending.) I’m pretty sure this swamp is the source of the frog serenades we hear at night.

13 March 2012 Sprout

Mar 14, 2012

80 degree weather today woke the Morning Glories up.

12 March 2012 Theater in the Park

Mar 13, 2012

After French Club, the kids put on an impromptu rendition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tristan played Mr. Bucket, Heidi played Charlie, and Sam played Mrs. Bucket and Grandpa Joe.