Category: Motherhood

What a beautiful, fun-filled weekend! After a lovely Friday evening with some of our favorite people (more on that tomorrow), we awoke to amazing early fall weather. I am aware that it’s technically still summer, but when the temperature drops so low at night that we awaken to a freezing cold house, it is hard … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

These past two weeks have been a dance — a push and pull and pirouette into a new routine. Yes, Milo and Oliver have been to school before, but this time it is completely and totally different, good different. And Emil, he is adjusting in a major way. He often says “I don’t want to … Continue reading “Adapting”

… climb the walls. Boys.

Milo turned 7 yesterday. He woke up, came upstairs to our bed where I lay with Oliver and Emil already snuggled in tight for our morning hug-fest, which has become routine lately. Before his messy blond head even cleared the top of the stairs, his brothers and I sang out (a bit too loudly) “HAPPY … Continue reading “Milo Turns 7, and Why His Birthday is Ours Too”

Recently Andrew and I have taught the boys how to fold their own laundry. We started with kitchen towels and worked our way up to shorts, pants, and shirts. They are responsible for folding their own clothes and then putting them away independently. Because we do wash all the laundry together, the boys first sort … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”