Category: Motherhood

It was a cool, rainy weekend for the most part (even on Friday, which was the boys’ field day at their school), but we still managed to sneak in plenty of sunshine on Sunday when we attended the Earth Day festival in Forest Park. Most of these pictures are from that day, when the boys … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

I can count on one hand how many times Emil has fallen asleep on my chest since he was an infant — not many. So obviously, when he fell asleep in the car on the way home from school yesterday and stayed fast asleep even after I lifted him out, removed his shoes, and carried … Continue reading “Sleepy Little Buddy”

If your brother doesn’t teach you anything else, he will at least teach you to wait your turn.

We enjoyed a great family weekend together. I’ve been meaning to go into further detail about our new Saturday morning ritual, which has quite unexpectedly become the highlight of our week, all five of us giddy with excitement every Friday night in anticipation of what’s to come. We had reluctantly entered the boys into an … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

Over our boys’ spring break, they re-watched the movie Up, an animated Disney movie that follows a “wilderness explorer” and a feisty 78-year-old balloon salesman on an adventure to South America. The movie is heartfelt and I particularly appreciated the close connection that forms between the boy and his elderly friend as well as the … Continue reading “We’re No Boy Scouts”