Sunday June 5: Master list is prepped with packing and to-dos to complete before our month long trek. The plan is cleaning and car maintenance on Monday, packing on Tuesday, and food prep on Wednesday. Andrew is sewing a nice hanging case for the kindle so Emily can watch movies. He looks good behind a…
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Nine Months Old
Dear Nathan, Nine months old! You have switched from army crawling to hands and knees crawling and methodically work your way around the house. You are getting faster very quickly. We had our first top of the stairs scare which had Dad charging from the bottom and me from the top to prevent you from…
“Princess Ballerina of the World” with Fairy Wings
Emily is going through a pretty big princess phase right now. Usually pink princess, and more often than not a ballerina princess too. This last week she found a large rubber band that she puts on as her crown and exclaims, “I’m the princess ballerina of the world!” followed by asking me to dance with…
First Lesson in Earning, Saving, and Spending
Emily has talked about getting a bike for a long time. Christmas was too early and with her birthday not until October, we felt we had to come up with another option besides gift or freebie. When Amazon had a gold box deal last week for a balance bike, we jumped on it and quickly developed…
Three Minute Volcano
Yesterday while I was making a late morning snack to sustain us through errand running, Emily was on the verge of a meltdown and Nathan was yelling. One of my coping tactics to tantrums is to become rather silly and my “I love you’s” evolved into “lava yous” which brought up volcanos. Emily didn’t know…
Enriched in God’s Grace
This past week I’ve found myself in some incredibly uncomfortable situations, some volunteered for and others blindsiding me. My inadequacies and lack of skills were on display, on repeat. I felt like I was eight years old, twelve years old, fifteen years old, twenty years old with all sorts of memories bubbling up and compounding my…
Andrew’s 27! (about a month ago)
Andrew officially hit 27 years old on the 27th of June. He spent his golden birthday at a conference in New Orleans. He received a lovely singing voicemail from his favorite girls to commemorate the official day, but the actual celebrating of the birthday happened last Friday. We talked about celebrating on Saturday, but Emily and I…
DIY Sprinkler Fun
We really enjoyed all of the water playing we did in Utah from swimming to sprinklers to spray bottles and buckets. I especially loved the kid exhaustion that followed with guaranteed naps or bedtime. We don’t have great access to a pool here (driving to and from and swimming with two completely dependent children is…