Category: Motherhood

With cool, sunny, beautiful weather nearly all week long came new adventures. Emil grows older, more precocious, and slowly more verbal. Plus, a major bonus: He slept through the night on Tuesday for the first time EVER! Yeah. He’s 20 months old. Another of Emil’s recent accomplishments: running into the house and up to me … Continue reading “This Week”

As promised, this weekend was full of plans and fun and ridiculousness, as well as a lot of work (mostly in the garden– but more on that tomorrow). We walked to Washington University for their annual Thurteen Carnival (see last year’s pictures here, and the year before here). The weather was beautiful, sunny, and cool, … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

“A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2013” ***Linking up with Jodi and her 52 Project*** Milo & Oliver: Understanding the worth of a quarter ever since Andrew took them to Blueberry Hill for arcade games. Emil: Understanding the value of an unwatched cup of chocolate milk! P.s.- A very happy … Continue reading “16/52”

It has been raining cats and dogs around here, which makes for a mostly muddy mess in our back yard (especially in the unfenced soon-to-be veggie garden area- yikes!). But along with all that rain comes a whole lot of lush, green grass and clover, and the prettiest spring flowers. Oliver notices beauty. He sees … Continue reading “The Most Colorful Boy”

Our Oliver is quite the character. He is so particular about what he wears that recently, asking him to get dressed in the morning has gotten kind of ugly. It ends with clothing strewn about his room, and one very unhappy 3-year-old rolling around on the floor, crying “These pants aren’t COOOOOOL!”  Recently, in an … Continue reading “DIY Fun: “Cool” Pants”