Tweet Listen To Your Mother Twin Cities happens in 10 days. TEN DAYS. So now it’s the little details that need to be completed. A million little details. So each and every single minute of every day I’m thankful for my partners in crime on this magical adventure. Do you all know how amazing Vikki,…
Tweet We decided to let Jed pick our ‘last official day of Summer’ activity. Being the lone guy in a household of girls means that his life sucks a lot because he does a lot of activities that he really doesn’t love. It’s also why he spends a lot of time in the garage. He…
Tweet We’re done this Summer. I think back to June and the hustle we had in our hearts and the spring in our steps. We had to do it all – the pool, the park, the beach, the pool, the playgrounds, the picnics, the play-dates. Hours outside soaking up the sun. Happy kids riding around…
Tweet I don’t do well in heat. Truth be told I would rather live on an iceberg with a polar bear most days. I can picture the conversations we’d have over toasty grande non-fat lattes from Starbucks. Of course this would be right before she ate me. But still – the weather would be just…
Tweet I came downstairs today a little before noon and immediately started shouting out orders “Eloise finish packing the pool bag!” “Esther get sunscreen on your little sister!” “Astrid go find your sandals so we can go!” 90 degrees outside. No air conditioning inside. We were heading to the pool. But Eloise and…
Tweet We Picked These And Ended Up With This And Made These(Esther thought up the name and made the labels) And Baked Some Of These Happy Summer.
Tweet Eloise had her first swim lesson when she was 6 months old. She hated it. Hated getting wet, hated getting in the pool, hated the swim diaper, hated it. But we insisted on ‘lessons’ if you will, and by lessons I mean ‘let’s just get comfortable with the water.’ She continued to cry about…
Tweet It’s been an amazing 11 days since school let out. I almost feel guilty saying that because isn’t Summer suppose to drive me crazy(and yes at times it does). Do you want to know why it’s been better…and no, not just because my kids haven’t been whining. I’ve taken some time for myself….
Tweet I posted last year about how much kids can change just from the beginning of the school year to the end. Thank goodness I’m not aging at all. But before I share those pictures I want to share a picture of our sweet neighbor who graduated this week. Her graduation gave me great pause…
Tweet I’m a city girl. I make no apologies for it. I like the mall more than the forest..and my shoes are mostly inappropriate for hiking. Thank god. I am also against bugs. I have a hard time breathing in barns and consider dirty things pretty yucky. I eat a lot of salad. But once…
Tweet I’ll admit right now that my kittens frustrate me. Please tell me I’m not alone in this. I’m so busy all day caring for three children, a house, and doing work, and just never sitting down and the whole time I have two kittens that are CRAZY and OMG they drive me nuts. I…
Tweet One month until school starts. One month. May I have an amen. I’m not a huge Summer fan. Days of no schedules. HEAT. HOLY HEAT. Endless pleas for snacks and food. SAND. HOLY SAND. So why is it my favorite pictures of the year are always taken in the Summer?
Tweet I finally gave in after two weeks of begging. Daily begging from the three slave-drivers. “The pool! The pool! When are we going to the POOL? We want to go to the pool. We are the only people on the face of this Earth who haven’t been to the pool this Summer!” Luckily June…
Tweet It’s been all of…oh…eight days since school ended. I look in the mirror and see some whacked out crazy lunatic who nags her kids all day long. This crazy lady also follows behind them sweeping, wiping, cleaning, straightening, pushing in, picking up, serving, pouring, filling, folding, taking food order, cooking, playing, fluffing and at…
Tweet Only 13 days until Summer starts. I know you all are jealous that I have 13 days. Oh you poor people who are done within the week. I’ll toast you with my wine next week after my kids get on the bus. Promise. Don’t get me wrong. I love my kids. I love to…
Tweet This was one of the craziest Summers ever for us. Crazy good. With a baby taking 2 naps a day and 2 older girls with scheduled activities. We did not rest much. Last Summer was lazy – nothing scheduled…just a baby that arrived in July. We enjoyed doing a lot of nothingness. We played…
Tweet Hopscotch – simple joyful Jump! Chalk – a rock – a friend – a sister In the Summertime Smiles Sunshine Counting Games Running Jumping Singing names Easy Fun For everyone Hopscotch Jump! Linking up with Sweet Shot Tuesday
