29 Sep

Vintage

My mother-in-law can do amazing things I will never be able to do. She sews. I find a button challenging. The best part is she has always sewed and saved the clothes she made Emily and Wade years ago. It turns out that I now have a girl and boy that are the same age difference so the matching clothes can be worn again! Kaitlyn really wanted to wear her dress today and for Ben to match. It’s big on Ben and will fit him better later but I wanted to take a picture now because you never know what will happen.


28 Sep

These Kids

A favorite activity for all ages – jumping in my laundry piles.


27 Sep

September 27, 2018

Alex’s latest endeavor is writing a story – the theme is Pokemon.

27 Sep

September 27, 2018

Crazy sock day.
(It turns out the boys don’t really have any crazy socks. We raided my drawer and decided these would work.)

27 Sep

Picnic In The Park

Today was too gorgeous to stay home. We made a date for a picnic in the park and had a wonderful afternoon.

26 Sep

September 26, 2018

See the boys’ awesome shirts? I completely forgot picture day at school and this is what they wore. Definitely Mom of the Year material. We’ll be making a large order of these pictures for sure.

26 Sep

September 26, 2018

I’m kind of regretting that I never did sink baths with my other kids.

26 Sep

7 Years

We’ve had 7 years with Teague and we celebrate every day of it!


25 Sep

September 25, 2018

These two are great about patiently waiting for siblings in taekwondo class.

25 Sep

September 25, 2018

This is Ben’s favorite cabinet – tupperware on top and sprinkles (shakers) on bottom.

25 Sep

Lunch Crew

This is how we lunch. Ben has his own personal cleanup crew. It works out nicely for both of us. He also usually eats in just a diaper which cuts down on laundry considerably.


24 Sep

First Step

Kaitlyn couldn’t wait for Taekwondo class to end tonight. She earned her first yellow stripe and came running out of class to announce it.


23 Sep

September 23, 2018

I love that he is reading – if only he didn’t prefer to skim to the good parts.

23 Sep

Playdates

Teague was so excited for his playdate today. We have been trying to get these guys together for a while. They were wild children and played outside for quite awhile before settling down to work on their book – the never-ending story.


22 Sep

Ever Hopeful

Madison has been ever hopeful for a dropped crumb since 2009. It’s served her well and we greatly appreciate the cleanup crew!


22 Sep

September 22, 2018

My washer and dryer are in a large closet off my living room. That often means I sort laundry in the middle of the living room floor. My kids have think it is the greatest thing ever to play in the dirty clothes piles…

22 Sep

September 22, 2018

At first glance everything about this baby screams “Alex” to me – except the hair. The outfit is vintage 2009 and one of my favorites from baby Alex. The hair is all Ben. We still aren’t sure if it will be more red or more brown.

21 Sep

A Walk In The Park

We love our little town. One of our favorite parts is living close enough to walk to the park, library, etc. Today we walked to the library and made a stop at the park on the way.

20 Sep

Playgroup

One of the first things other mothers introduced me to was Playgroup. The local YMCA has a grant of some kind that provides an offsite facility for playgroups in most of the local communities. We quickly signed up and Kaitlyn loves to attend. Most of the time she is in a group with her friends from preschool. The moms can talk, the kids can play and craft, and we all get out of the house! Today there were a lot of kids missing and every single child there was also a friend from school.

20 Sep

September 20, 2018


Pepper gets to join the morning walk to the bus stop occasionally but sometimes getting the leash on is a challenge.

20 Sep

September 20, 2018


This class has grown in size so much! It used to just be three students!

20 Sep

September 20, 2018


Kaitlyn is loving taekwondo right now. She gets to have her fun class and then spend an hour with her buddy while Teague has class.

19 Sep

What A Day

What a crazy, busy day. I didn’t even realize I had on two different shoes till I got back from my second grocery run. (Thankfully I hadn’t had them on all day but I still felt rather silly.)


19 Sep

September 19, 2018

Alex is so excited about his new endeavor. Our neighbors may feel differently.

19 Sep

September 19, 2018


This guy was fussy tonight (teething). We finally agreed he would be worn (on the back) and eat an apple while I cooked dinner. He really just wanted to be held in my arms but that was how we spent the day and I needed to get a few things done.

18 Sep

September 18, 2018

Soccer practice #2 for the week.

(I really wish he loved soccer more – he’s actually not bad and I love to watch him when he’s into it)