Suburbia
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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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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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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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Household Tricks That Keep Me Sane
Almost from the day Gracie was born, I knew that in order to manage a household with two small children, organization was going to be key. It has taken me several years to…
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Vermin Hunting
We have a small animal living in our attic. He’s been there off and on for the past month or so. We aren’t sure what it is, exactly. Every time we hear him…
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Basic Meal Planning
Occasionally, I post pictures of various parts of my meal planning process on Instagram. Inevitably, I get people who want to know more about my meal planning process. I’m always hesitant to blog…
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Summer Ideals
This past weekend was the big family festival that Chris’s theater puts on every year. It’s his baby. He and his staff plan it and organize it for months, so when the big…
