Author: molly

  • Lucky Number 7 for Jackson!

    Jackson turned 7 on July 13th, and we celebrated with friends at a rainbow-theme art party at The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Downtown Frederick! The party began with an art project, naturally. Jackson chose the Klimt Trees project, which involved creating an abstract tree in the style of artist Gustav Klimt (famous especially…

  • Phoebe’s 4th!

    We had so many different plans for Phoebe’s big 4th birthday party this year, but August is such a busy time for so many friends. So, we scaled back and decided on a backyard princess party on Phoebe’s actual birthdate, August 1st! We wanted as many tiny princesses as possible to make it to celebrate.…

  • little league rookie

    little league rookie

    jackson made his debut as a little leaguer this year, and became a star player on the 40 west tee ball squad of the frederick national little league. the season ended about one week ago, and jackson cannot wait until next year, when he can join the machine-pitch squad! until then, he’ll have to settle…

  • springtime with the spences

    springtime with the spences

    spring has sprung, as they say, and the spences have been taking advantage of the great weather! we kicked off the season with a trip to conyngham for easter. the kids were anticipating the weekend for a long time, talking about the impending egg hunt and spending time with nana and pop pop, their cousins,…

  • we are …

    we are …

    it took us a while, but we finally made our trip up to the state college area a reality. molly and the kids last visited penn state on labor day weekend. they got to see joepa in person one last time during the friday night pep rally. and jackson was the only spence who got…