School bells are ringing for kids across the Valley. Some schools began last Monday, and others began today. As I’ve written before, I relish this season of life that is unfettered–free from the school calendar. (Though, I am starting to feel the pressure of making decisions concerning Silas’s education. At 2 1/2, almost 3, Silas… Read More End of Summer
The thing about long-distance friendships is that you often can’t picture your friend in her daily routine. Visits come at holidays or special events and the daily routine is replaced with vacation mode. But the way to really grow close to a friend is to enter into her life–side by side. My closest friend, Rebekah,… Read More Doing Days
Swimming lessons–how classically summer! We signed up for swim lessons with our friends, Eden and Melissa, for the month of July. After looking at lessons in a private home swimming pool and lessons offered by the YMCA, I finally found Aqua-Tots, and we’ve loved it! Aqua-Tots provides summer swim lessons in outdoor satellite locations. Ours was… Read More Blub, Blub, Blub
This month I celebrated my first Mother’s Day with two boys. Cooper is putting everything in his mouth these days, and Silas is happy to help him. Silas is in love with forts (or garages, houses or tents as he calls them).Spiderman is also his current favorite superhero. There’s nothing quite like a baby’s laugh.… Read More The Merry, Merry Month of May
You know the great thing about a guest room? It makes for handy place to dump all my clean laundry until I eventually get around to folding it. This pile just keeps growing. On an unrelated note…aren’t these two the cutest?
Last Friday was Stephen’s day off, so we visited the Japanese Friendship Garden. I didn’t realize Phoenix had a Japanese Friendship Garden until last week, but I’m so glad we found it! Silas loved feeding the koi,and Stephen and I loved the romance of the garden. Ro Ho En is a beautiful, peaceful corner of… Read More A Spot of Beauty
Silas couldn’t stop talking about the picnic. Once I told him we were planning a picnic with Daddy, that’s all he wanted to do. Thursday morning we drove all the way to Tempe to meet Stephen at his work. GreenLoop’s office is unimpressive, but Silas liked visiting “Daddy’s ost-ist” (office) and sitting in Daddy’s orange… Read More Picnic with Daddy
Hi friends! Cooper here. You guys are always reading about The Moody Side of Life from Mommy’s perspective, but I think you need to hear from the Mini Cooper today. Life in my corner of the crib is looking pretty good these days. I’m learning how to go to sleep on my own better, and… Read More The Scoop from Coop
Earlier this week I snapped this pictures of a spontaneous storytime with Daddy after work. Stephen does all the character voices when reading Huge Harold. Bill Peet books are some of Stephen’s favorites for the boys. On Tuesday I took the boys to storytime at the library. Silas wore his baseball uniform (which he calls… Read More Storytime
During the month of March, Silas and I enrolled in Goodyear’s Parent/Tot Tumbling class, along with our friends Eden and Melissa. Saturday mornings found us at Estrella Gymnastics with Silas and Eden attempting some tumbling moves as best as their little 1 and 2 year-old bodies could. It was cute! Silas had been doing jumps… Read More The Acrobat