about 1 month ago - No comments
I have fond memories of baking with my grandma Thomas (I would link to her in the Thomas Family Tree, but she wouldn’t show up yet due to privacy settings). We made cinnamon jumbles, cookies and this crumb cake. The recipe cards always say “Olive Crumb Cake”, but it is supposed to read “Olive’s Crumb
about 2 months ago - No comments
It has been over a year since I last updated on Ari and/or Sidd. So let us get caught up. Ari went to Kindergarten last year. He seemed to enjoy it. Made some school friends and some bus friends, and a few kids who pick on him… for whom he wishes were never born. He
about 11 months ago - No comments
Okay, the main purpose of the blog is to keep family and friends up to date with what is happening with my family. To that end… Ari is enjoying Kindergarten and his bus ride home. No real news to report there yet. They went on a field trip to see a ballet of Peter and
about 1 year ago - No comments
Presenting Siddharth Altair Thomas, born March 26th, 2009. . If you want to see the set at Flickr, here is the Siddharth set. He is named after Siddhārtha Gautama. So like his older brother Aristotle, he is named after a philosopher. His name is Sanskrit/Hindi meaning accomplished, he who has achieved his goals, or a
about 1 year ago - No comments
This Sunday is Ari’s Birthday. If you need birthday ideas, science and electrical stuff is a winner. His wishlist is also updated. Simply follow my wishlist at the side and then select Ari’s wishlist from there. Hard to believe he’ll be 5 tomorrow…
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Today is our 6 year anniversary. I would find it hard to believe if it wasn’t for the fact that Ari will be 5 in just 3 more weeks, which is also hard to believe. I guess time flies when you are having fun. Add to all that, 2 weeks after Ari’s birthday our 2nd
about 2 years ago - No comments
Ari and I went geocaching Saturday (Sara decided to stay home and have some Sara time) and Ari played a bit in the park. We still don’t have a GPS, so I still rely on Google Maps or Google Earth to locate things before I leave the house. First we went for and got, The
about 2 years ago - No comments
Ari had an eye doctor appointment and it turns out he is far sighted. The school was the first to catch that he might need glasses. The doctors did some testing, wasn’t sure, so they dilated his eyes, retested and confirmed that he is far sighted. He need glasses while at school, reading, doing art
about 2 years ago - No comments
Ari made this pillow in school a while ago. He did all the sewing (they were impressed he spent the time to focus on it enough to complete the project, that isn’t too common at his age yet). He first sewed the designs, then he sewed the two sides together, stuffed it, and finished sewing
about 2 years ago - No comments
A video of an invention Ari made: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9MWstwY5NI[/youtube]