• Adventures,  Kids

    February Family Updates

    Our very dead Christmas tree is still up. I cooked for the first time in months (Peruvian chicken, Mexican Picadillo, chicken tortilla soup) and this crew must be desperate for home cooked meals…

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    Be My Valentine

    I ordered the kids’ classroom exchange cards online because I haven’t had time to go to a store. Feels kinda apathetic but I’m at a “whatever is convenient- done is better than perfect”…

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    Creative Kids… Back In My Day

    Fletcher has this icebreaker idea at the dinner table where we pretend we are old folks. In a silly almost Southern accent he says things like, “Back in my day, we didn’t have…

  • Adventures,  Kids

    Game Store Date

    Fletcher reminded me each day about how excited he was for our Game Store outing as the time drew nearer. Even though he was getting sick and all of my plans and routine…

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    Kids September Update

    Soccer season is done and I’m so relieved! What with baby coming a lot earlier than expected, we’ve had some tender mercies including all our kids having the same coach so able to…

  • Kids,  Party

    Fletcher’s 10th Birthday

    It’s Birthdays Week at our house, and sadly for Fletcher he was sick on his birthday. It’s been a decade of life for this lovable kid! My Fletcher. Ten years ago he was…

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    Kids Spotlight: March 2025

    The Smart-Looking One My friends saw me with my new glasses and said, ‘We know you’re smart, and when you wear glasses it totally makes sense!’ F, car ride home March 13, 2025…