We had a super busy day as a family. Hil took the day off work and the five of us spent the day at centerville enjoying what will surely be one of the last great days of the summer. You'd think that I would have captured a few more pictures of the birthday girl today…… Continue reading Happy birthday, baby Arden.

When you can have pickles for lunch?! Arden has been in a pretty foul mood for the past two weeks. Foul might be harsh. How about clingy? Demanding? Loud? And, generally speaking, hard to get along with. Everyone has ups and downs – for sure – but this kid is usually so incredibly happy and…… Continue reading Who needs teething biscuits…

I dont suppose that it's a unique phenomenon, but whenever I go on vacation, I become less environmentally conscious. I don't sort my recycling as diligently as usual, I hardly compost anything, I feed the kids cheese strings, and I buy crap that I normally would never give a second glance. Anyway, yesterday we went…… Continue reading Santa’s village

This is a picture of some scudge. The scudge is on the knee of my pants. The scudge is on the knee of my pants because I wiped it off the nipple of Arden's bottle. The scudge was on Arden's bottle because she had been eating arrowroot cookies and drinking from the bottle at the…… Continue reading Scudge

Nothing quite says summer to me than single serving boxes of cereal. We had them as a kid, and while we've been staying with my parents for the past 10days, my own children have come to appreciate just how tasty these little boxes of goodness are. It's no coincidence that there is only one box…… Continue reading Boxing at breakfast

They’ve been under there for the last 30mins. Charlotte is putting together her own game of pass the parcel. Ruby is willfully playing along. Things are going remarkably smoothly.

Canoe with daughtersSplashing beaver delights us”what else lives beneath?”

This is me with a beaver stick. This is where we saw the beaver. When we saw the beaver slap his tail it startled me. By Charlotte and drew

Happy birthday, Ruby Jane.

Lake lapping her toes Fallen acorns bob in wavesThe shore amuses.