Weekend Wardrobes
Our weekend went by in a flash. We still managed to get plenty of costume changes in, though…
Our weekend went by in a flash. We still managed to get plenty of costume changes in, though…
Today is the last day of preschool for our middle one, aka the Preschooler. She started in a toddler class there when she was twenty-two months old. This was actually her real smile back then. And, this picture was taken just before she learned that I would not be staying with her in the class….
Over the weekend we took the older two girls to see an ice skating show here in town. This was a benefit event hosted by Scott Hamilton to raise money for cancer research. A group of world-class skaters, including Katereena Gordeeva and Paul Wylie ~ the big names I recognized from the Winter Olympics of…
For awhile now the girls have been talking about their need for a pet fish. My argument against this has been that we have a pet dog who requires plenty of care and attention. Plus, I’ve just never really taken to fish. It’s not that I don’t like them. I certainly appreciate that they’re generally…
Sometimes when I think too long or too hard about raising three daughters in this day and age, I start to feel panic. The technology, the culture, the expectations, all of the activities and transitions that lie ahead… it seems very daunting from this vantage point. Even with the 2nd Grader being just eight years…
These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of end of the school year activities. Every time I think about sitting down to write a quick post, I remember I was supposed to send in juice boxes or fruit snacks for another party. There is so much festivity in May. And, so many snacks! We…
When we welcomed the Preschooler into our life almost five years ago, we were your typical helicopter parents. We monitored her every move. We used hand sanitizer religiously. If her pacifier hit the floor, we sterilized it. All of her clothes and blankets were carefully laundered with Dreft. I set my alarm to check on her breathing…
Too cute!
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