{Look, I know it’s not even Halloween yet…but the busy weeks ahead as we finish out the year have been on my mind majorly this week. So just bear with me. When things are looking busy, I think it’s never too soon to start preparing for it.} This season is filling up quickly. Just last…
Category: life
After the week we had last week, I was feeling pretty depleted on Friday. While Evelyn has learned how to walk, she has apparently forgotten how to nap, and so she and I had a week of lots of crying and stress and frustration. Needless to say, I was ready for a weekend in which…
It occurs to me that although I write about a lot of things in life on my blog, there are also a lot of things I don’t write about. And while I hadn’t written about this one, it occurred to me that I probably should since it is kind of a major life change. I…
Truth: the idea of throwing a birthday party for a one year old kind of intimidated me. I wanted to make it nice, but not extravagant. I wanted it cute, but not pinterest crazy. I wanted it to be enjoyable for both kids and adults alike. I wanted a cute cake that wasn’t crazy expensive,…
Our weekend was crazy (but in the best way possible). We hung out with friends, had Gerrit’s brother and sister-in-law stay with us, helped Gerrit’s parents move, went to the birthday party of our friends’ kid, and worked on painting the room we are converting into a playroom. And on Saturday afternoon, while Gerrit was…