Category: Motherhood

Lately we have backslid into too much screen time. We have all been sick and recovering from surgery and exhausted and just trying to make it through each day. Milo, Oliver, and Emil keep passing illnesses back and forth, and Milo has barely eaten anything since Saturday. Their little bodies fight hard and they are … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”

My poor little guys! This weekend Oliver and Milo came down with seemingly different illnesses on Saturday night- Milo a stomach bug which had him running to the bathroom every 10 minutes or so for 7 hours straight, and Oliver a high fever and just general listlessness. It was eerily quiet in the house on … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

Last night after dinner (and between crazy storms in our neighborhood), we went for a puddle-jumping walk around the block. It was just what I needed to shake the funk I’ve been in- to see some very wet, very muddy little boys having a blast! I am so lucky to see the joy in life through … Continue reading “Puddles”

See these flowers? They are lovely, but cost me two days of pain and exhaustion. Ridiculous, I know. On Sunday, a beautiful, sunny warm day, I couldn’t take lying around anymore, so I planted some flowers and stayed on my feet, stooping and dragging and carrying more than I should have. It didn’t feel like … Continue reading “Attachment”

It has been a long, crappy week since my last post… except for yesterday. Before yesterday, we dragged our feet and worried and fretted over the horrible timing of an unknown illness Emil came down with- after a trip to the doctor’s office on Thursday which turned up nothing out of the ordinary, he ended … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”