This was such a beautiful morning, we had to get outside and enjoy it with some before school basketball.
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Mother’s Day 2022
Me and my baby girl (age 12), and our annual Mother’s Day photo. ❤️ The big debate these past few weeks has been, “Is Kate taller than Mom yet?” I think we’re pretty much tied – but not for much longer!
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Kate’s Laundry
I ironed one of Kate’s shirts today. (Something I never do.) I was folding her laundry (something I still do; she washes and I fold) and noticed it was a little wrinkly. I knew she wouldn’t mind the wrinkles, but suddenly ironing that shirt seemed like a tiny treasure to the mom in me. Kate
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…And Then It Snowed
Anyone else feel like life is being written by a 4th grader right now? “And then there was this virus 🦠 and everyone was scared. And then the world ran out of toilet paper 🧻 Yeah, and then there was no school for like a month. And then it snowed!” I seriously can’t believe I
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Socks on the Floor
Sometimes it drives me crazy seeing Kate’s socks cast off without a care, lying on the floor. But tonight I turned the corner, saw these little lime green wads of cotton, smiled, and thought, “Kate was here.” I was struck by how beautiful it is – this colorful little bread crumb of my daughter’s day.
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Barn Quilt Hunting
I used to hate driving. With a fiery passion. Have you ever pondered the “if you were rich would you rather have a personal chef, personal trainer, chauffeur, cabana boy, etc.” question? I was all, “chauffeur!” all day, every day* but since moving to Cambridge (our amazing little town in southern Wisconsin) I’ve realized something: I don’t hate
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And Then It Was November
So much has changed since we packed up all of our belongings and shoved them into a storage locker last June. G has a longer commute, I have a smaller closet, and G’s parents’ household has more than doubled in size. It’s been an adjustment for all of us, but no one has had to
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