Category: Motherhood

We are back from an incredible, wonderful trip to Paris and settling in. Doing laundry, getting food in the house, resting, and going through hundreds of emails (I decided to be completely internet-free for the week) and messages, editing pictures from the trip, etc. But it’s slow-going, because we had quite a time trying to … Continue reading “The Accident”

homemade pumpkin cookies || clean dishes || sifted flour || dirty laundry || clean & folded ||  firewood ready for splitting & seasoning || shirt to mend || cabinet organized || kindling for next fall I have been thinking a lot about chores and what it means to home-make. To make a home really means to … Continue reading “Homemaking”

Happy Father’s Day to the best papa I know. The one who gets up every single morning, bright and early, to spend time with his boys before he heads off to teach or do research or write. The one who feeds them fresh veggie juice and won’t ever let them have chocolate milk in the … Continue reading “Pappy”

“A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013” Emil: The sweetest napper… and what I wouldn’t give to have eyelashes like his! They are the first thing people notice when they meet him. Watch out, ladies! Oliver: Has become quite the budding gardener. He understands so much about plants and cultivating … Continue reading “24/52”

The other night, I snuck into Emil’s room to remove two of the three blankets he insists on sleeping under every night. It’s June, and we had yet to turn on our air conditioner- (we finally did yesterday when the inside of our house reached 88!) and though the weather has been beautiful, it can get warm … Continue reading “Sleepyheads”