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Category Archives: motherhood
my mama garden
we planted most of these flowers from seed on mother’s day weekend and every day we tend to the garden just a little bit. weeding and watering and checking out all the new growth. it stretches along our walkway to the front door, so whenever we’re coming and going, we take a few moments to [...]
that’s my boy.
allow me just a moment of horn tooting. this kid just came home from school with the student of the year award. !!! i was so proud, i couldn’t help myself. anyone who knows me knows that my proud mama happy tears are flowing right below the surface, waiting to be released. i don’t know [...]
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n i n e
9 years ago today, this amazing kid came into our lives. “It’s the last year of single digits!” he exclaimed to us last night as we were tucking him in. sigh. wishing my sweet mister henry a very happy day. i love you to the moon and back, a million times infinity!!!!
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something’s missing here
noticeably absent from our weekend? KIDS. yep. we just had our first child free weekend in YEARS. i forgot just how quiet and still things could be! a great time was had by all… i think we’re ready to line up another one… mom, are you reading?
Also posted in around the house, life and stuff Tagged camping, grilling, kid free, movies, peace, quiet, stars, weekend 9 Comments
freckle’s tips for thrifting with kids
the How Do You Do It question comes up enough that i thought it might be fun to share my own tips on Thrifting With Kids. and it just hit me, as i was thinking about all this that i’ve got a solid 9 years of this under my belt now. which is just kind [...]
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a date
mister henry. growing up so fast. why do kids have to grow up so darn fast? last weekend, henry and i went out on a date, just me and him. it had been a while, and it was so nice to be out alone, just with him. no interruptions. no holding of that thought mister [...]
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the cutest thing
so here's a little something about me. nothing makes me cry more than the good things. i mean, of course i will cry over anything sad, and i guess in general, i am a heart-on-my-sleeve kinda girl. but the real bite-my-cheek-to-keep-from-crying, oh-lordies-here-come-the-waterworks moments are usually related to my kiddos, and most often when i am [...]
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hello, santa? we’ll take a size 3.
while running errands yesterday with dot, i decided to pop into target to see if i could pick up anything on the cheap for an early fall wardrobe. mostly, i’m on the hunt for a decent pair of pants/jeans that fit. i’m not quite at my prepreggo size and sadly, have found that the ‘bounce [...]
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mister henry, 4th grader