I love (and also hate) the mind of an eight year old. Just yesterday morning L2 struck up a random conversation, like he normally does. Recent topics have surrounded around the fact that I got pulled over for speeding with both boys in the car. Leading to questions like, “Mom, can you get arrested for […]
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Things I Am Sick Of Saying Vol. 2
Guys. It’s MMMMAAAAYYYYY! I mean, I want to shout it from the roof tops. The sun is shining, the warm air finally made its way here, there is vegetables and seeds to get planted, enough mulching to last a lifetime. It’s May! It’s also that month that I look at my calendar, and thank God […]
Things I Am Sick Of Saying Vol. 1
Well, it’s April 17th, the things I am about to share with you will not be surprising. Many of you will nod your heads’ in agreement, many of you may laugh because you live in this place or once lived in this place, many of you may cry because, again, you live in this place, […]
The Challenges in Safety
Two months ago, life found me excited for Chloe, Adam, Shuan, Mirai, and many, many more. I was enjoying time in my kitchen exploring different foods from different cultures, and showing the boys how much fun olympic cheering can really be. And then there was a shooting. And I turned the tv off and walked […]
On Marriage at Ten Years
Happy New Year! And Merry Last Day of Christmas! For those that have been following along on social media, you may have seen that Chef and I celebrated ten years of marriage this week. Wednesday, to be exact. Anniversaries in our house are often overlooked, a bit of an afterthought. It’s often the last day […]
Summer 2017 – Growing Up
Now with summer officially over, and three weeks of school under our belts, I realized I needed to free up some fridge space for school documents and art work, so the Summer 2017 Wish List had to come down. I wasn’t ready to say good-bye to summer just yet, and was holding out as long […]
Tough Saturday Morning Lessons
There is not secret it’s been a really long week in our house. If you are following on social media, the posts I have shared there have further solidified this fact. Lately, I am living for the weekends. We have a lull in sports before swim team starts next week, there is no true schedule, […]