I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Jul 16th, 2012
I think it’s a combination of watching Cinderella and just being at the stage where she wants to do everything Mommy is doing, but Elizabeth is way into helping around the house. Every time I do a load of diapers, she asks if she can please fold the wipes while I stuff the diapers. Um, […]
Posted in Homemaking on May 26th, 2012
Seems like I’ve gotten this question a lot: “You have three kids, and you take care of them all day, every day? How do you do it?” I tend to say something generic, like that it gets easier with practice. And it does! I’ve made so many mistakes that I won’t make again. But for […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Photography on Apr 21st, 2012
This morning, my wonderful husband watched the kids while I took a photography class at the Rec Center. Here are a couple of my attempts to put what I learned into practice! I think this is called playing with depth of field–it took me several tries to just get the one petal in focus. Now […]
Posted in Homemaking on Mar 1st, 2012
Our kitchen chairs have been mismatched since we got married. They’re a set of ten, but we originally only had four in our apartment, which I covered with navy. When we added in the captain’s chairs after a year or two, I covered them with a different navy. And when we got the last four […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homemaking, Tommy on Jan 3rd, 2012
Posted in Homemaking on Dec 28th, 2011
Two hours (not counting the filling) to make 243 homemade ravioli that were eaten by 11 people (the kids didn’t want any!) in under 30 minutes. And totally worth it.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Tommy on Dec 3rd, 2011
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Proverbs 31 on Nov 8th, 2011
Elizabeth suddenly entered the terrible twos this week. Butter in Derek’s coffeemaker. Dumped out all her tiny choking hazard elastic bands on the floor right in front of Susie. Emptied half a brand-new container of clorox wipes into the toilet. Got into the fridge and ate the tips off of a bunch of strawberries. Got […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Tommy on Oct 27th, 2011
The kids LOVE Madeline and the Bad Hat, so this year, they’re dressing up as Madeline and Pepito! After last year’s last minute stress to finish Tommy’s bear costume, I learned my lesson and started a month ago. Everything actually went really smoothly, so we’ve been playing with them for several weeks.
Posted in Homemaking on Oct 21st, 2011
This is what things have been like all week. I get that three kids running around will trash any house. For some reason, the couch cushions will NOT stay on the couch, no matter what I do. But having Derek gone ’til late two nights and feeling so utterly exhausted myself this week means that […]