I had the best birthday ever, full of fields and friends and wide open spaces. I ran out in the morning to pick columbines from a spot I found on our road. They’re the purple-and-white ones above, my very favorite flower. I came back with a whole bouquet of them and a ton of other […]
Somehow that little baby of mine turned into a feisty seven-year-old. She spent the morning at her swim lesson, ate bacon and Ariel cake for lunch, went on a treasure hunt that ended in the playhouse (just like she asked), and spent the rest of the day overwhelmed with joy that she got an umbrella […]
Zia started swim lessons this week, and is loving them. We stay quite a while after the half-hour lesson is over, and then I have to drag her out, kicking and screaming. She’s not putting her head under yet, but is learning strokes and kicks and–a major breakthrough–no longer screams for a towel when a […]
There is an air of excitement in our neck of the woods. For the first time since we moved here last September, we’re having visitors! (hehe…pathetic, I know.) Our friends are coming from Kansas City and Nebraska to hang out with us here. Four adults and four kids, and they will be here four days. […]
