In our household, a trip to the zoo is not a trip to see the animals.  It’s pretty much just an excuse to eat lots of snacks, play on a few playgrounds and look for thirty seconds at the Rhinoceros before asking to go the gift shop (which, I might add, we’ve only ever done […]

There are days when I waltz through the day, doing a zombie dance . . . wake up, feed children, entertain, play, stay sane, get through the day, go to bed; repeat.  I don’t think twice about the health of our family, our safety, all of the blessings that we have.  These kind of days […]

. . . because little handheld pinball games are fun, even if you haven’t the slightest how to play them . . .  because sitting the grass in the backyard reading books to the littles makes my heart smile . . . and because being outside with friends roasting marshmallows at the fire, while the […]

For the longest time, whenever I would ask Brayden what he wanted for his birthday, he would tell me a ball cake.  Knowing him, that didn’t surprise me.  I’ve always been a make your own cake kind of gal, so  I thought that it would be easy enough to conjure up a “ball cake”.  Whip […]

I know I am days behind.  With Brayden’s birthday this past Wednesday, and planning for the party which is in a few hours, I have piles of pictures waiting for me.  I am getting to them slowly.  But, even though it we are approaching a new weekend, I wanted to reminisce about the last weekend […]

Dear Brayden, Today, you are three.  It’s not surprising, but all the same, I still can’t believe that we’ve had you in our lives for three years already.  Time will always propel itself much faster than we can ever keep up with—so we will try to slow down in every way we can think possible, […]

New enjoyable activity for the boy who will be two for only one more day.  “Mommy!  Watch me oola-oop!”   And next time I will be sure to remove any bright red gigantic cooler from my view before snapping the photos.