Carl is gone, but my parents are here! We are very busy, and so we will save our sads about Carl being gone until next week. For now, there are teacups to be made into candles! Books to be read! Games to play! Snuggles to be had! Swimming to be done! Beaches and laps […]
Archives for July 2017
Perfectly Plain Peanut Butter Cookies
No flour, no butter, no mixer. Lots of peanut butter and some chocolate. Sometimes you see a recipe and just have to drop everything and make it immediately. These 5-ingredient peanut butter cookies are one of those recipes. So today, in anticipation of you also needing to drop everything to make these, I will save […]
Monday Moments: 7 months
This sweet little face has officially been around for 7 whole months! I say it every time, but I honestly don’t know how that time went so stinkin’ fast. He is so happy, and such a carbon copy of some of my other kids, that it’s just so obvious that he belongs. He’s hit that […]
Monday Moments: Water Park
I never thought I would be so very thankful for a water park. Some genius booked swimming lessons right at nap time for two weeks straight, and then agreed to a weekend trip in the middle of it, which resulted in a lot of tired, crabby kids and one tired, crabby mom on far too […]
Monday Moments: No More Teachers, Still Lots of Books
One last walk to the bus stop, just like any typical day. The school kids out the door first. Carl and Gavin next, Gavin quickly closing the gap to get to his older siblings. Carl sauntering along with his coffee cup. Theo deciding last minute he wants to go, after adamantly declaring he doesn’t, throwing […]