Category: Motherhood

This weekend felt nice and long and a little bittersweet. The air was frigid on Friday evening, leaving Halloween feeling more like a trek into the windy winter cold than a festive neighborhood celebration. Neighbors with rosy cheeks and noses huddled in front of mini bonfires in their yards and pulled blankets closer around their … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans, and Remembering”

We keep thinking, this is the last warm weekend, NO! THIS is the REAL last warm weekend! so we play so hard and sometimes do too much and our boys let us know by acting like crazy hellions. But we did have a great weekend. It was a weekend filled with trees and all the things they … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

You can take the boy out of the wild, but darn if you try to take the wild out of the boy… The day after we returned from Asheville, this is what happened. Let’s just say there was a deck pre-bath before the actual bath. Check out the mud caked inside Oliver’s ear! Nothin’ better than … Continue reading “The Mud”

Since the weather has turned cooler, an after-school tradition has blossomed: tea. After I heat two cups of water, Oliver enjoys stirring a vanilla-chamomile tea bag and a tablespoon of raw honey into a little teapot I found at a thrift shop recently. Then he and Emil sit down at the table and take turns … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”

My good friend Elisha helped me out with a haircut tutorial a while back for St. Louis Family Magazine. If you’re curious, head over to check it out! Thanks to the ever-talented Elisha, Emil’s haircut is growing out so nicely!