First Day of School 2017
Last night was meet-the-teacher night at Thomas’s school. We made it to the school with all kids in tow around 5:00, and it was the chaos you would expect an elementary school to be the… View Post
Our Last Weekend of Summer
Friday afternoon we anxiously awaited the arrival of the mail! Thomas went to check it and came running back with a smile on his face. The postcard from his new teacher had arrived. As the… View Post
Preparing for a new school year
We’re within a week of a new school year starting and whether we’re ready or not, it’s coming. The most important things we’ve done in the last week and a half have been getting our… View Post
13 Years
Yesterday Tom and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. We had tossed around the idea of going out again on our own for a night during the weekend to celebrate a little early and ultimately decided… View Post
John Lloyd, 15 Months
He is 15 months old going on 6 years. His biggest frustrations arise over doing things that surpass his abilities. He watches big brothers ride scooters, so he should ride one too. He watches big… View Post
A Date Night + Recap of our Week
With Tom being gone all but one morning of this week with back to back trips, a date night to a concert we had planned for a while looked like it wasn’t going to happen.… View Post
The weekend + prepping for a solo week
Friday morning Thomas and Arthur had a checkup at the dentist. Thankfully, they don’t have any fear of having their teeth cleaned so far. JL did pretty well staying content, although we had to make… View Post
The Weekend + 4th of July
We got back in town Friday afternoon from a week of visiting with my parents. The 4th of July snuck up on us a bit this year. With us being out of town the week… View Post
Little Swimmers
A couple weeks ago these two guys had swimming lessons together. This turned out to have some pros and cons. Swimming lessons are taken pretty seriously around here. There’s one lady in particular who does… View Post
A Week In Oxford
The boys and I spent this past week in Oxford visiting my parents. Tom had the state tennis tournament to play in at home. This tournament never seems to go according to schedule and it… View Post
Father’s Day Weekend 2017
Our weekend got off to a start on Friday night with some grocery shopping and we picked up pizza from one of our favorite pizza places. Saturday was a fun and full day! We started… View Post
A New Naptime
This little guy is on the verge of dropping his nap. Some days he sleeps. Some days he doesn’t. If he does sleep, he comes out of his room multiple times after we put them… View Post
Memorial Day + The Beach
We were fortunate to spend the long weekend and most of this past week with my family at the beach. While we enjoyed a lot of family time and cousins who loved playing with each… View Post
First Week of Summer
Last week was our first full week of summer break. We were so glad to all be together and not have any real plans. Plus, it was a bit of an in limbo week being… View Post
End of School Bash + Weekend Things
This past Friday night our neighborhood had an end-of-school bash to celebrate the end of the school year. The first time we did this was back in August to kick off the school year. There… View Post
Wrapping Up the School Year
The end of the school year is just around the corner. You can feel it. The kids can feel it. We’re ready for a break. There’s the itch to stay outside just a little longer… View Post
My Birthday + Mother’s Day
For the past few years since becoming a mom, I’ve enjoyed that my birthday is always near or on Mother’s day. Matter of fact, I was born on Mother’s Day. It’s really a special time.… View Post
Testing the Water
The pool in our neighborhood has been open for the summer for a few weeks now. We didn’t make it there much last summer. Maybe once toward the end of the summer Tom and I… View Post
Slow Saturday + A Small Garden
Saturday morning tends to start this way lately: sometime between 6:30-7:00 Thomas and Arthur both arrive with loud voices announcing their presence by jumping into our bed with their sleeping animals in tow. We have… View Post
Spring has sprung
April began and it feels like it’s over before it got started. We’re not much for staying busy for the sake of staying busy. But this month has lots of extra things for us outside… View Post
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