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End of an era
ByHollieToday is the last official day of preschool for my oldest, the Preschooler. I’ve been trying not to think too much about this because I hate to be overly sentimental about something so inevitable… and in many ways, something so exciting for her as she gets ready to start this next chapter of “real” school….
Passionate little people
ByHollieSometimes I forget how children behave at various ages and stages. But, this week, I’ve been reminded that sixteen months is a very unreasonable age. This morning, someone threw a huge fit because she couldn’t get her foot in her sister’s black patent baby doll shoe. {This is similar to the fit she threw last…
Recapping and Readapting…
ByHollieThe Monday after vacation is always a hard one. I think maybe all beach trips should require a minimum two week stay. If they say it takes twenty-one days to make or break a habit, it surely takes fourteen days to fully relax… Since the reality, though, is that it is a Monday, and since…
Reliving old memories and making new ones…
ByHollieThere are few places where I have more good memories of time spent with my dad than here at Hilton Head. This was his beloved retreat from the real world, and he was more relaxed and perhaps more himself here than anywhere. I’m not sure that I’ll ever grasp how stressful his job was at…
Feeding Follies
ByHollieThe Baby has learned a few new tricks related to her mealtimes. As of late, each time we put a bite of baby food in her mouth she takes it off the spoon, waits a few seconds as if she’s savoring the flavor, and then spits the bite back out at us. And, she spits…
Coastal living, for a week…
ByHollieI am grateful to be writing this post from the sandy shores of South Carolina this week. One of the beauties of being at the beach is that the days of the week don’t much matter here. I forgot it was even Monday. So far, the weather here has been unusually cool for May, but…





