It was a long week of home renovations. Per usual, I always grossly underestimate how much time and energy a project will take. We were running on little sleep and too much caffeine by the time we finished, but our room? Oh my. It’s like we imported it from another house. Hardly recognizable compared to [...]
Just got back from our annual road trip to St. Louis to visit family. If you’re imagining me typing this from a sea of unpacked luggage, un-showered, while eating leftover Easter candy, I’d say you have a crystal ball into my reality right now. Please also note the beads of sweat forming on my forehead [...]
It’s Sunday night. Kendall goes back to school this week. He starts k-4 (preschool) on Tuesday. I feel like this year is a dress rehearsal for the big time next year. I can’t be taking him to Kindergarten 5 minutes late every day. I can’t be forgetting his school events and running home to fetch [...]
There are some pieces of baby stuff that I’ve just come to accept will always be a giant pain in the ass. The playard (or pack&play), is one of them. The one we have takes 6 arms to set up, and at least 90% functioning brain capacity to figure out which buttons on which sides [...]
