I need to face it. My kids are going to grow up. I’ve brainstormed 7 ideas for connecting with kids that I absolutely love. These ideas enrich motherhood for me and help me soak in my “babies” for as long as they’ll let me.
So Dave is home safe and sound and all is suddenly right in the world again (aside from a chorus of stuffy noses and sneezes going on around here all day). We are laden down with some great Chinese knock-offs he brought home for us and he’s even almost over his jet lag already. Despite…
Back in January I was so inspired by my cousin-in-law Kara’s new “word” for the new year. She wrote a post about it here and explains it beautifully. She picks a word each year as sort of a theme and tries to live it throughout the year. I got all motivated for 2008 and decided…
I forgot to write some of my favorite moments at Disneyland, and then I’ll quit talking about the darn trip. –Listening to Max and Elle assure Grace over and over and over again that Space Mountain is NOT scary and that she was going to LOVE it. She didn’t, but she was brave enough to…
Finally, we made our pilgrimage to Disneyland. This was a long time in the making. We’re not one of those Disneyland families who have the annual passes and go all the time. The last time we went was five years ago and we took Max & Elle and left our then baby Grace at home…
I got to come home from Utah after Christmas and photograph these newborn twins. Now if that’s not a lucky thing to help get back into the grind of every day life then I don’t know what is. These girls live right down the street so I get to go snuggle them up whenever I…
The other day I finally got myself (and my two at-home-during-the-day kids) to the mall for some post-Christmas returns and exchanges. It wasn’t fun. The girls were doing all kinds of acrobatics on the stroller and poor Claire had hurt her knee on the trampoline the day before and kept whining that she couldn’t walk….
We jam-packed our time after Christmas. These are some of the highlights: We were able to spend time with a bunch of Dave’s family, including cousins from Utah before we left to go there ourselves. I think everyone’s favorite was ice skating. My Mother & Father-in-law put on a big ice skating party for everyone…
Lately my life revolves around family Christmas photoshoots and sitting here at my computer editing picture after picture. This is such a busy time of year for photography, but since I’ve shifted around pricing and availability this year it has gone smoother than the last few years (my husband may disagree with me here, but…