Amelia’s Thanksgiving Day Essay

Amelia’s preschool class compiled a book of what each student had planned for Thanksgiving this year.  Here’s is Amelia’s entry: “On Thanksgiving Day, I will drive with my mom, dad and brother, William, to Iowa to see my pop pop and gramma.  My uncle John, auntie Helen and cousin Vera will all come too.  My […]

Happy Halloween

It took no time to get into the Halloween spirit here.  We didn’t get around to carving pumpkins until Halloween evening but it was a hit with Amelia constantly encouraging and praising Dave on his carving skills.  Will was a train engineer and Amelia was a fairy princess this year.  It fit their personalities very […]

Happy 2nd Birthday William!

Today we are celebrating Will’s second birthday!  When he stumbled into the kitchen this morning and I wished him a happy birthday, he said “CAKE!”  Here is an update on our little man. Will is happy, fast, agile, snuggly, animated and enamored with anything that has wheels.  He loves Amelia, or as he calls her, […]

Will I ever get a pony?

A few days ago, out of the blue, Amelia asked me “mom, will I ever get a real pony?”.  I responded by saying I wasn’t sure and asking what we would feed the pony if we had one.  In true Spencer fashion, Amelia said “I don’t know, we’ll have to look it up.”  A girl […]