In March I took the kids on a couple mile bike ride and then we paused at the celery bog on the kids request. This was at the beginning of the morning sickness when throwing up didn’t deter exercise, before I realized just how much it aggravated my situation. Once we arrived I quickly discovered…
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Memorial Day Weekend 2017
This Friday-Sunday was pretty rough on the morning sickness front. I spent all but a few collective hours in bed during those three days. We almost finished our wooden box project, went on a short walk, and had a typical Sunday talking with family. Andrew and the kids did loads of other fun things I’m sure….
Watching Creativity Develop
The last few months Emily’s creativity is starting to become amazingly fun to watch. I love sitting from the sidelines as she comes up with her own ideas and spends loads of time carrying out her plans. A few weeks ago after we had cleaned up her room a little bit, she and Nathan stood by…
Three Months of Thank-yous
At the beginning of March we got the wonderful (and after so much waiting) surprising news I am pregnant. For two weeks I thought I was actually going to have a typical morning sickness experience with nausea managed by eating a bit all day long. Nope! By the time I hit 8 weeks pregnant life…
Welcome to A Jackson Family!
Well this update has been a work in progress for a year, and I’m thrilled to be able to share it with you today! I’ve been blogging about our little family for almost six years now(!) and this space has been growing and changing slowly as our family changes slowly too. I feel like I’m…
Easter Week 2017
Easter week is quickly becoming one of my favorite holidays. This year we kept things simple but also took time each day to remember the last week of Christ’s life. Emily kept reminding us that Easter was on Sunday and was sooooo excited. When Sunday finally arrived she ran down the stairs and said, “It’s…
A Few Words About Grad School Life
I rarely talk about life as a grad school family directly. This is mostly due to the fact I don’t think about our life that way. With Andrew working towards being a professor we will always have changing semester schedules and holiday breaks to look forward to. There will come a time with more responsibility…
Conversations with Nathan
Right now Nathan has five conversations that we have throughout the day: Puddles. The moment we step foot outside Nathan starts spotting, “Pu-ble”. He holds my hands and tries to drag me to every single one in sight. He has started grabbing sticks and pinecones to put in the water. Balls. Nathan loves balls. He…
Hello Again!
The last two weeks have been full of unusual things. Things which took precedence over blogging, but it is good to be back to making time for this space. Two weekends ago we tried a grand experiment and watched our friend’s children for the weekend so they could go on an overnight trip. We had…
The Joy of Being Silly
Last week for Joy School I taught the joy of being silly. Taught – ha – just worked really hard not to stop the natural silliness three years olds embrace. We did lots of engaging activities: making balloons stick on the wall, blowing mountains of bubbles out of a cup with a straw, painting with…