Posted in Baby Boos, Ect. on June 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
it’s been a rainy season of relief, relief from a particularly toxic school year
I have found myself amazed by life
by good books and friendship
flowers and long days that stretch with the possibility of space, pure white space
these are the salt of the soul and I am soaking in the sea
my children are thriving and growing like wild things and I am overwhelmed by the goodness of the season
sweet summer stay awhile
Posted in Baby Boos, Ect. on December 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Baby Boos, Ect. on September 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
strong of heart, freckled nose, adorable cowlick, dimpled grin
prefers to do homework in full knight dress,
transformer, American ninja warrior
seven-year old boy who has our hearts, We love you G!
Posted in Baby Boos, Ect. on September 5, 2014| 1 Comment »
This being a grown up stuff, well it’s not nearly as much fun as I thought it would be…
We’re running late and G doesn’t like the one remaining clean pair of underwear in his drawer, and A needs yet another form signed right now or the world will end, right now!, and I’m making coffee, because I need the coffee, and water drips from the ceiling, and the kid’s tub is right above the kitchen, and more water pours down. At work I see and I am asked to mediate four kinds of abuse and dysfunction and it’s not even lunch time. Lessons for one kid and the other one is in the foulest of moods, no water at home, hubs is still working on the plumbing, so we go to a restaurant but no one talks and the stink eye bounces around freely. Then ah, the most dreaded time of day, homework. I love seeing my kids learn but this after this day, no one is in the zone. So I buy myself flowers while running out for milk and there is always tomorrow. I hope someday when G and A have beautiful families of their own, that I get a call and hear a story like this. I’ll bring over grocery store flowers and they will know their mother’s heart and life a bit better. And to my sweet mama, I apologize for any static I ever threw your way.
Posted in Baby Boos, diy on July 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I have learned that there is no such thing as “just a little bit of glitter”
Hannah, I made garland inspired by you!
Posted in Baby Boos, Ect. on June 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
so both kids are swimming competitively this year
swim team is a crazy, fun alternate universe
I’m learning it’s normal to write all over your kid with sharpie, to double-check the peanut butter and jelly song before downloading it on I-tunes (some seriously offensive gangster rap instead of the cute practice song- YIKES), and half the battle is just jumping in and going for it- All good life lessons
this guy is a rookie but I am so proud of him for going for it!
this beauty won her heat in freestyle, I swear she walked three inches taller after that
Posted in Baby Boos, diy on March 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
creative liberties were taken to add penguins with dinosaurs
and a walrus to the farm scene
Posted in Baby Boos, diy on March 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
of a boy with free reign over a water hose
and a girl with shaving cream
graffiti artists run wild
Posted in Baby Boos on March 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
the kids asked for fresh crayons, who can say no to that?
my favorite artist recreating work from my second favorite artist
pastels
crayon and watercolor
Posted in Baby Boos on March 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I have always found something quite shocking about the gospel
it’s so fantastic that it rings true on even the most subliminal level
it’s never been so real as earlier this week…….
Graham was baptized this Sunday.
Graham was playing with his favorite garbage truck at age three, he looked up at me and said, “This truck is a lot like Jesus”
I asked him what he meant and he said, “they both take the yucky stuff away”…. out of the mouths of babes
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