are you feeling overwhelmed with all of your end of the school year commitments? every year this time arrives and every year i am scrambling and forgetting things on all fronts. i am never ready. and then i remember teacher’s gifts and my heart starts racing and my mind goes blank. it’s not that i…
notice the LITTLE things is all about uncovering the happy in your day. and parenting & family make me happy!
sharing stories of parenting & family as we all try to do this thing right! we are surely not perfect around here, but my kids make me smile {most of the time}, and it's always easier knowing we're all in this together!
what a good mom actually does
sometimes i have this picture in my mind of what a good mom does. remember how i almost never remember things like spirit week? well this week, on monday, i forgot again. we pulled up to side ponytails and lots of neon and it was only then that it dawned on me. 80’s day. hey…
baby #3, our story of pregnancy, loss, and uncovered blessings
if you’ve experienced a pregnancy of any kind, you know that elusive safe feeling. the moment you tell yourself you will finally feel like you can relax and trust that your baby will turn into the healthy, smiling baby you always imagined. i’ve been counting down till the moment we’d be able to share the news…
noticing LITTLE things in unexpected places
let’s just say we are still easing into this school year. i can keep most things straight, you know. but occasionally i just plain forget. like last week. it was spirit week at K’s school. monday was easy. she just had to wear her school shirt. we remembered. wednesday, we were already dressed when we…
napkin notes
my mom used to send notes in my lunchbox from time to time. so i decided in preschool to do the same for E. it all started with one note. i thought i would just write one every now and then, as a surprise to let him know i was thinking of him. so i…