I was pondering what to add for Christmas Eve and then our Rachel sent me a message late last night. A Christmas gift of sorts because she had penned something mid-December during one of those not-so-Instagram post moments that happen in young family life. The stuff that is unwanted and yet a teachable moment. It…
Meet Nell. My mom. While I tended to wear basic black when tending to our children’s Christmas parties so as not to look conforming nor gaudy…my mom had a collection of holiday socks that she wore over her nylons from Thanksgiving onward to Christmas Day. The infamous hand crocheted vest served her well for both…
We had these two scoobies for the weekend and remembered why you raise children when you are young… holy moly, we are tuckered… but smiling big after counting a zillion ways we feel like these are the best years ever. We got to do some nature exploring, pic above is us collecting leaves for art…