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A Visitor and a Project
This past weekend, Chris’s dad, Mickey, came to visit us for the long weekend. It was his first visit to our house, and I know how excited Chris was to have him here…
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I Stuck My Imaginary Foot in My Imaginary Mouth
My favorite wedding commentators over at Southern Weddings Magazine have an adorable series called, “Sweet Tea Sundays.” They profile various couples each Sunday, asking them about their secrets of a happy marriage. The…
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Overjoyed With Under-Scheduling
As parents, one thing Chris and I have purposefully shied away from is over-scheduling our kids. Remember last summer (or was it two ago now?) when I over scheduled Bean as soon as…
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Family Photo Prep Time
This coming weekend, we are meeting with the fabulous Jenn Hopkins for our annual family portraits. To be honest, every time we have done these, I have not thought about them until, like,…
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Confession: Sometimes I Suck at Life
The last two weeks for me have been some of the busiest of the year. Not only have my own children begun their end of the school year activities (our daycare uses a…
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An Eyeball in Her Nose
Last Friday, I was sitting down to begin a training session I was attending all day for work. We had barely gotten started when my phone rang at 9:00am. It was the daycare.…
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Cheers and Tears for Swimming Lessons
Yesterday was the first day of swimming lessons for Bean and Gracie. We do swimming lessons every summer, and last year even did several rounds of them throughout the summer because Bean liked…
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At the End of the Day
At the end of the day, Chris and I are drained. Work has taken a ton out of me. If I go to the gym, that takes more out of me. Cooking dinner,…
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A New Kind of Mother’s Day
My first Mother’s Day was super special to me. I hadn’t even had Bean yet. After an insane day of nesting and spontaneously needing to clean things that I had never felt the…
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The Fun Doesn’t Have to Stop for Dinner
One afternoon last week, Chris miraculously made it home before 6:30. He found us sitting in the front yard playing with sidewalk chalk and bubbles that the Easter Bunny brought last weekend. It…