I write letters to my kids on their birthdays (and sometimes on their half-birthdays too).
As I was changing into my nightgown last night, I peeked out from the closet and happened to see my 4-year-old with her arm around her little sister's waist. (I stood, listening). My 4yo spoke with certainty... "Do you know this, Little One? When I grow up, I'm going to be a nurse. And when […]
Hello there blue-eyes! Today, you are one and a half. I want you to know - without a doubt or a question, for now and for always - that you are a dream come true. You are sweet, smiley, serene, sensational. You are also a sensitive soul. You pick up on emotions in the room […]
Can it be that you - my rosy-cheeked baby with the long lashes and rose-petal lips - are four? Four seems perfectly ancient. You are so serious now, so wise, so angelically beautiful, so delightfully good. You no longer have the baby cheeks, the tiny voice. You have blonde curly locks, falling around your face […]
On our way to errands. Listening to music. The girls in their carseats with books in their hands. Suddenly, my 3-year-old says, "I wish I could fly." I turn off the radio, "Me too. That would be fun. Where would you go?" She answers, "To Disneyland or the forest or something." I reply, "Wouldn't that […]
It's been a WEEK. [Do you know the kind I'm talking about?] Whenever I have the kind of week that is full of no's and tantrums and too much whining (Yes, all of those things happen in our house. We're not perfect - in case you were tempted to think so.), I always look at […]
Tim got in at about 1am on Sunday. I opened the door in my nightgown, my hair pulled into a messy bun. He walked in and kissed me, first thing. He had just traveled for two days straight and I was sleepy from a long day with the girls so we mostly just held each […]
This is going to be short: My girls are begging me to go swim (in our plastic baby pool outside). So we're going to go outside. Wearing our swimsuits and sunscreen not-quite-rubbed-in. Carrying trail mix and bottles of water (the reusable kind). We'll pass the morning under the shade of a big colorful umbrella...until we […]
It's harder to be a parent in the summer in Arizona. For me anyway. In the spring, fall, and winter ---> I have "help" with the kids. No, I'm not talking about a nanny, an Au pair, a daycare, or even school. I'm talking about NATURE. She accompanies us all through the day, teaching my […]