There’s nothing that quite says relaxation like sitting by the ocean, even if these days that means I’m getting sand in unmentionable places, fulfilling constant requests for food, building sand cities, and marveling at each new dead crab that washes up nearby. It’s the best place to be. I was given strict instructions not to […]

The joy that kids get out of the little things never ceases to bring me so much joy too. They have a natural ability to notice and appreciate things around them, and overflow with delight at so many ‘ordinary’ things. I love sharing my days with people who can be counted on to share, and […]

Mornings after the kids got on the bus used to be my exercise time. Now, with no one leaving and everyone talking to (at?) me, I’ve had to get a bit more creative. It works out well that we live a 10 minute walk from a beautiful, well-trailed river, so we’ve taken up early morning […]

We’re pretty low key about anniversary celebrations, but low-key never meant no blog post! Dear Carl, I’m no good at throwing parties, buying presents, or even necessarily remembering what year it is, but I am good at digging up pictures to put with words to remind you how much I love you :) We started […]

Well, it’s May already! Time has been flying by in a weird kind of way, and we’re already in my favourite season. We had this shed in the backyard that I talked about painting a year ago when we put in the pavers… It finally happened, and makes me smile every time I see it. […]

Home and school. They’ve become indistinguishable, along with Mom and teacher, and overall I’m not mad about it. We’ve definitely had our days, but mostly we’re all pretty happy about our situation. We have an amazing school supporting us, and the real teachers have made it as easy as possible on those of us playing […]

While our intrepid teachers rallied to prepare materials to keep young minds active in a whole new way, we got a bonus week of “break.” I have been so impressed with how well my kids have adapted to this new way of being, and it’s helped me be pretty relaxed about it too. They don’t […]

Last week actually went by quite quickly, despite me having little recollection of what each day contained. Partly this is because I’m not really sure what day it is anymore, and I quite frankly don’t really care. I’m starting to think when these restrictions are over I might not leave my house again anyways. I’ve […]

We were counting on spring break, but we weren’t counting on it to be quite like this, so indefinitely long and home-based! While we all needed the break from routine, I also thrive on routine and am, I like to think, a recovering control freak. This virus situation has shown me that my recovery has […]

These updates used to be my very favourite posts to write, knowing I’d have them to look back on and remember so many little things I would have otherwise forgotten about the different stages we walk through as a family. But lately I find I don’t take out my camera enough, or the things they […]