Big fail. Luckily, the boys got sidetracked with actually peeling and eating the eggs, and Laina was just a good sport about it. I read that an alternative to the dye tablets is to use adhere wet tissue paper onto the eggs, let them dry, and peel off the paper […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Impromptu lunch dates are the best. The kids are so lucky to have such fun friends on the street!
When Austin, Laina and I dropped Elijah off at school today, his teacher asked us if we wanted to bring the school’s ducklings home for a day/night. Of course we did!!! The kids were thrilled about it, and spent all afternoon with these little guys. The were able to hold […]
I love these moments. The ones that out of nowhere, the kids so openly and warmly express their affection for one another without any prompting.
“Do not ask your childrento strive for extraordinary lives.Such striving may seem admirable,but it is the way of foolishness.Help them instead to find the wonderand the marvel of an ordinary life.Show them the joy of tastingtomatoes, apples and pears.Show them how to crywhen pets and people die.Show them the infinite […]
“Sitting there in your pajamas & all the time in the world & if I could keep any moment it would be this: watching you & holding my breath with the wonder of it all.”
It’s a healthy challenge to raise someone different than you. To try to relate and understand where they’re coming from. It has definitely gotten me out of my comfort zone… to embrace a more physical, tactile approach to the world and to notice things I normally wouldn’t. Like the number […]
I felt you. You were a pea. Then a lemon. Then an eggplant. I followed advice. I read twelve books. I quit coffee.Could you tell I was scared? I talked to you, sang to you… I wasn’t ready. But then you were here. Ten toes. Eight pounds. Love. Big fat […]
These were taken just as the kids were going to bed on Christmas Eve. They somehow all slept until their normal wake up time the next day! Sam and I did not complain one bit.
Admittedly, I let the holiday stress take over a little too much this year, but not enough to stop me from soaking in many sweet moments. For me, some of the highlights of this Christmas season were:*Seeing Elijah at his holiday concert at school. Let’s just say he was not […]