I know I was already grateful for Genoa's little voice, but over the past two days, she's started saying "I LOVE YOU" on command. It's the most adorable thing in the world and it's pretty much the only thing getting us through the fact that her canine teeth are all coming in right now and making her EVIL. So today, I'm grateful for those three little words.
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This is a day late, but am I ever grateful for FALL. In California, it's always been my favorite season of the year and I'm thrilled to report that it's no different in Washington. A couple days ago we spent the afternoon raking leaves and then jumping in them. And then raking them again. And then jumping in them again. The kids loved it and I got some great pictures of them enjoying the backyard. This is the stuff we… Read More

All of sudden, Genoa's vocabulary seems to be exploding. I'm pretty sure this happens to most babies at her age, almost a year and a half, but it's the cutest thing in the world. Genoa LOVES animals and this morning she chased the dog up and down the stairs about five times in a row shouting, "HAAA-WEEE!" over and over. Harry didn't seem too fond of it, but I thought it was adorable.

It's such a relief that… Read More

When I picked Alex up from school on Friday, one of his teachers stopped me to tell me how much she misses him after lunch. He's one of the few kids in his class who gets picked up at 1:00, instead of at the traditional Montessori pick-up time of 3:00. It made my day that she went out her way to tell me that she enjoys being with my kid.

I LOVE this school.

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Yesterday Dave and I spent most of the afternoon, including 100% of the kids' precious nap time, hanging curtains in our family room. From the outset of the project, Dave was skeptical that the hardware would hold up my extremely heavy IKEA curtains, but I nagged him into helping me hang them anyway.

Two hours later, the curtains were pulling off from the wall.

I had planned to spend today shopping for new brackets and purchasing a… Read More

I know yesterday was all about the house and I promise not to spend the entire month going through it room by room for gratitude material, but today I am specifically happy for my kitchen. I spent most of the morning cooking up a storm and it made me happy. Truly ridiculously happy. I have my cooking mojo back!

From the first time I saw it, I loved this kitchen. It's FAR from perfect (plain white builder's tile… Read More