Tweet I love to take pictures. All of y’all on my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feed are now like “Yeah, we see the cat pictures ALL of the time!” So, yes, I love to share pictures too. That’s why I’m thrilled to tell you about the new Donate A Photo app from Johnson & Johnson….
Tweet Astrid had her first preschool parent-teacher conference last week. What I have found out so far is that the majority of the kids in her class are first-borns. I gather this because most of these moms seem to have newborn babies and most of these moms are about 14 years younger than I am….
Tweet So the first thing that I want to tell you is that my pants phase is over. Whew. It was a tough week. I mean I hadn’t shaved my legs for like three weeks and all with the swimsuit season finally coming to an end so I the pants were somewhat a necessity, but…
Tweet I’m trying to dig out of this canyon right now. Nothing seems all that big yet everything seems all that big. Laundry looks big and my bill pile looks big. The litter box is huge and the schedule we’ve created thus far for the kids seems monstrous. Work is big. Which makes no…
Tweet Sometimes it’s hard to remember that your kids are growing up. I mean I buy them new clothes because they seem to grow daily and I don’t try to shove my 9 year old into size 2T clothes anymore. But there are so many moments that they just seem so little. Or I…
Tweet Whoa what a week. I actually took naps the last few days because I am just shot. I’m going to blame it on the heat and having way too much to do rather than my age. The girls had their end of year dance recitals this week as well as their last week…
Tweet Here’s what we did this week… In pictures… and in words… How do you encourage your children to take risks? Is breakfast for dinner acceptable or the end of proper society? Isn’t it fun having a string hanging out of your butt? And a creed for the parents who shop Justice for their…
Tweet May is busy. Every May I wonder how we will get through it all. If you don’t have school age kids yet, you might be wondering what I am talking about…so oh just wait. May is December on steroids. But it’s a good busy. The busy May is full of happy things –…
Tweet Happy Weekend – if you are looking for something really, really, really good to do this weekend…go here to Scary Mommy’s Blog. Summer is upon us and families the use their school free lunch program may need some extra help this year. As an alumnus of the free school lunch program and as a…
Tweet I did 100% mom stuff this week. I didn’t work. I tried to stay away from the computer. Mostly. I caught up on laundry. Our dishwasher has been broken for 23 days so I’ve done a significant amount of dishes. I’ve consider resorting to take-out only so there will never be dishes again. I’ve…
Tweet I missed posting my Saturday project 365 post last week because we were celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. And I forgot to come back and tell you all that the special dessert of the night at the restaurant was actually WILD BERRY TORTE(I am apparently psychic). I kid you not. I was nice and…
Tweet I haven’t done a Wednesday photo post in awhile. But I took the girls out for pictures last week. There may have been a Dairy Queen treat as a bribe. Maybe.Okay for sure. For me. It’s so strange this year to have a warm March and April. To have the trees blooming so early….
Tweet It was so awesome last week when we were walking out of Eloise’s classroom and Astrid, after being silent the whole time we were there, said “you know, I don’t really like Mr. Porter.” And instead of being like “OMG Astrid that was so mean!” I said “She SPOKE OUT LOUD IN PUBLIC!” And…
Tweet I’m sharing the rest of the Easter pictures this week and sharing some blog posts that really resonated with me over the last two weeks. Would love for you to check them out. And if you were remiss in watching our egg coloring video clip – now is your chance to watch it. Today…
Tweet Happy Saturday! I’ve been wondering a lot this week what the right strategy is – always aiming high knowing that you could face some huge disappointments in life, or settling for mediocrity and letting life just take you along on it’s chosen path with fewer highs and lows. What is your human heart…
Tweet I’m cheating a bit here as I’m just doing a final photo dump from our beach vacation. I’m always happy to be the one behind the camera on beach vacations as there will never be a picture of me in my swimsuit on the internets. If you think I actually had time to take…
Tweet I’ll tell you what makes you know. you feel. you be. a mother. It’s taking a solo vacation with your kids. I always used to say that taking a vacation with kids is not really a vacation..it’s just parenting on location. And it’s so true. I also admit that I’ve…
