26 Days. That’s how long it’s been since my last post. I hope you missed us (because I’d hate to be forgotten so quickly), but not too much (because I’d also hate for you to be upset about the lengthy hiatus). But moving along…if you’ve been wondering what we’ve been up to the past few weeks, I… Read More
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Running From Birth: Year Six
Those of you who’ve been around these parts for awhile know that Nathan has done a race at Disney every year since he was born, starting with the diaper dash when he was just shy of ten months old. (Technically, he’s done more than that, if you count the two Disney races – 5K and half marathon… Read More
Lucky Thirteen
If you follow me on Instagram, you probably already know that Sarah Kate recently had a birthday, and it was a big one: THIRTEEN. You’ve probably noticed over the past several months that the posts about Sarah Kate are much fewer and much farther between; it’s tricky to know how much to share now that she’s… Read More
The Joyful Tale of the Kindergarten Christmas Program
Four weeks ago, I confessed to you all in this space that I fought back tears at Nathan’s Thanksgiving program. After a lot of hard work to recite a really difficult line, he mastered it and was ready on the day of the performance, only to bail on the whole thing and just sit there like a bump on… Read More
The Woeful Tale of the First Thanksgiving Skit
On Tuesday morning, Nathan’s kindergarten class had a Thanksgiving skit and feast. The skit came first, at 9:00, and consisted of the children singing songs and reciting lines about the first Thanksgiving. When Nathan’s teacher sent home his line last week, I read it and thought There. Is. No. Freaking. Way. Although his speech has… Read More
Halloween: A Retrospective
Because I’m kind of lazy and because I don’t know how many more years Sarah Kate is going to be into coordinating her costume with her brother’s, I thought we’d take a walk down memory lane and see what the kids were up to on Halloween in years past. 2011 – Pebbles and Bamm Bamm… Read More