Four weeks. I can barely believe it's been four weeks since Evvie was born. It's just like a new mother to say something like that, isn't it? A whole month. I want to mourn the time passing but the time has been so healing for our...
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Walking into the our athletic club to take the kids swimming yesterday, a woman passed us and remarked "Wow, four kids. That ain't for the faint of heart." Little did she know exactly how faint in the heart I've been feeling the last week. It's...
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The introduction to preschool has brought many firsts for our family. We found out rather last minute that we'd be moving across the country, so the spot on the waiting list at the preschool in the Bay Area that I had reserved for Jack was...
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Jack started his second day of second grade today. It was a long and lovely, somewhat unstructured summer during which he appears to have grown about a foot. His hair went from brown to blonde from long days at the beach and afternoons playing basketball...
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My weeks with Beau in the morning are coming to a close. Pretty soon, he'll be starting at a school of his very own, a play-based preschool just up the road from us. His days will be somewhat short, but he's so incredibly excited to...
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// This post is sponsored by Target. More Turtles, More Bold and Daring Fun: Blur the lines of fantasy and reality with your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Target. My children were all born in either fall or winter. Jack and Beau are my winter...
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It's day four of summer vacation, and I finally feel like we've downshifted the soundtrack from the Ramones to a slow and breezy Beck tune. That could also very well be the calling card of my seventh month of pregnancy, because I feel as though I'm...
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With the end of the kids' school year and my trip to New York City falling within the same week, not to mention being nearly seven months pregnant has been emotionally chaotic to say the least. We're all kind of racing from one thing to...
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I've always been a proponent of change; Big changes, little changes, hardly-a-blip-on-the-radar changes. Shifting what we're comfortable in, our safe place, is growth, life and progression. I seldom feel content in those safe places, mostly because I think my brain is light years ahead of...
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The following post was sponsored by Petco. To learn more about their summer photo contest on Instagram, please go here. It's finally starting to get warm enough to slather on the sunscreen and hit the beach, pool, backyard, sprinklers-anything with a water feature outdoors. I...
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The following post was sponsored by Petco. To learn more about their summer photo contest on Instagram, please go here. Memorial Day Weekend should be spent respectfully honoring and peacefully remembering those who have served our country and sacrificed ultimately. It also means explaining to...
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Being in elementary school full time is a lot for 5 and 6 year olds-even 7 year olds. Last year when Jack went to Kindergarten in Manhattan, I couldn't believe how drastic the jump was in expectations and time commitment for a child his age. When...
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