"rooms" and "walls"

We've discussed how to make the attic more functional for our 3 kids but can't swing construction for many reasons. So we opted to get sturdy room dividers.

While these "walls" are temporary and they could get knocked over with a solid push, they're splicing our space how we need it right now. 

Here is Al in her room.

Owen's walls got lost on route so maybe they'll arrive next week, and Wendy's room was too messy to photograph. 

We have a Christmas tree!

wendy reading to Pinky

Social distancing update. April and May 2020.

View of our peach tree from our living room window.

Some music time.

Close up peach blossom.

Homeschooling with Wendy is different every day. 

Wendy reading to Pinky.

Ice cream with Wendy on her birthday. 

The girls playing outside in the yard.

Yummy pizza, this was cooked in Ry's new outdoor portable pizza oven.

Here is Ry working with his new pizza oven.

kid look alikes

looking toward spring

Even though we've had a mild winter, thank you New Jersey, I find myself very excited for spring. My friend and I went out a couple weeks ago and cut some forsythia branches. These are now in brilliant yellow bloom on my dining room table. Besides being gorgeous, they're heavy with hope and so light and bright.

After a stretch of finally being free of some form of cold and flu, it seems that Wendy and Aleida have a cough and runny nose. We'll see if it makes it's round to the whole family.

We've had a few different snow falls here, and some of it has managed to stay around long enough to be fun. One storm brought enough to actually sled and ski! I was able to go out on the nearby golf course for a long cross country ski. It had been so long since I was out skiing! It was beautiful and fun (and sticky snow unfortunately, so it was a lot of picking up my skis rather than gliding them).

Wendy has almost cut her 7th tooth! She's growing so quickly. She's still very sweet and happy. She loves eating solid food, especially when she can feed herself. She is a very fast crawler and toilet paper eater. I have removed all the toilet paper rolls from their holder because she will take bites out of the rolls. Silly girl.

Ry is into his last semester of courses before he takes on his lengthy exams and then he'll start his dissertation. He has moved up his exams so that rather than taking one this fall, he will be taking the first one in May. He'll study all summer and then take a couple more in the fall. He's embarking upon a busy time!

Christmas is almost here!

We are counting down the days until Christmas. The kids love the advent calendar and taking turns putting a new ornament on the felt tree every morning. Our Christmas tree's lights are usually on and it gets frequent visitors poking it's ornaments and branches.

I've taken a couple pictures of kids wearing my TibbenLittles clothing, as you can see below.

Wendy LOVES food. She eats big meals three times a day. It's a messy occasion but the rinse-down after her meal is over, is another favourite thing for her. She thinks getting water in her mouth is exciting and fun. She just worked another 2 top teeth through so she now has 6 teeth! What a big 7 month old. We're helping her learn how to sleep through the night right now, which is going quite well, thankfully. She only woke up once last night, for about 20 minutes. Here's hoping tonight is a fully night of sleep for ALL. :o)

Ry is busy writing a paper, soon he'll receive 35+ papers to grade, and he also has one more paper to write after that. He will continue to be busy for the next little while!

Peek in to our life

It's been busy lately! I don't think I posted on my blog about this previously: I've started a baby & child clothing sewing business. I am having a lot of fun creating and seeing finished products. I work on sewing mostly in the evenings but also in the day if need-be. My online store is www.tibben.etsy.com, and my business is called TibbenLittles.