Max has the best 2nd grade teacher. Honestly, all of our teachers have been amazing, but Mr. House is extra in a way that is hard to explain. He plays the ukulele, writes the catchiest songs about photosynthesis (not an easy task!), fosters a love for reading, and is up...
Our relationship has changed a lot this year, mainly in that I’ve gone back to giving Aaron haircuts (ahem, remember this…). But through the craziness that has been 2020/2021 we’ve come together on a lot of decisions, the big ones being 1. we sent Max to in-person Kindergarten (which has...
Phew, what a year! At the very least, 2020 was an unusual one, but more accurately it was a dumpster fire.
I’ve been wasting a whole lotta’ time on TikTok lately. But to show that my trip down the rabbit hole hasn’t been for nothing, here are some of the amazing, but def nonessential, products TikTok has “made me” buy. Desktop vacuum Love this little vacuum! If you are a snacker...
Parenting fell apart the first 14 weeks of social distancing - TV before breakfast, snacking at will, popsicles before dinner, learning… meh. You get the picture. I know 2 year olds don’t know all their shapes, but do they know a Paw Patrol episode in the first 10 seconds? Mine...
With the country reopening, I’m setting aside parenting guilt and taking an unedited look at our lives from the past 14 weeks. Summary of the past 14 weeks Number of Amazon purchases: 61 Number of minutes those Amazon purchases entertained the kids: 30 Number of seconds it takes Zoe to...
There’s nothing like being home all day during quarantine to make you realize how bare your walls are. After dragging my feet, I came across this gorgeous gallery wall by Studio McGee. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bernice Wolen (@bernicewolen) After a little digging, I found...
In some ways this anniversary looks different from the last five, mainly because we have been holed up with our kids for the last 6 weeks. In it we’ve spent a lot of time trying not to take credit for Zoe’s personality. And importantly I’ve learned that when tested, we...
2019 has been a year full of changes. We sold our house and bought a new one, moved to Tennessee, started a new job (Aaron), and enrolled the kids in a new school. But the things I’ll remember the most were the smaller moments: Zoe’s weird obsession with drawing “big...
I snore. And not the delicate, princess kind of snore you see in Disney movies. The kind that makes you take a step back and wonder where that horrible sound is coming from.
At 2, Zoe is full of personality, silly, and equipped with more than a little sass. To set the record straight, she is no longer the little monster I wrote about in her previous posts. In fact, she borders on absolutely adorable at times and now we are only moderately...
Max was 2 when he asked “what’s wind?”, and I was totally caught off guard. Luckily, my carefully selected response of “it’s just wind”, was enough. Since then his curiosity has exploded, and so has my ability to secretly google. I’m fairly educated, so naturally I thought I had until...
There are so many inspiring ways on Instagram and Pinterest to display your kid’s artwork. One of my favorites is hanging an eclectic array of empty picture frames. But even if you hit up every garage sale and goodwill store it can still take time to find frames in the...
Holy smokes, we bought a house! And on our first night water poured through the ceiling. I wish that was a joke, but according to our realtor (who was fantastic!) and inspector (also great!) it was an unprecedented storm combined with bad timing. We aren’t laughing. So instead of spending...
Anyone with little kids knows how hard it is to get them out the door in the morning. On days when you think, “I’m actually on time”, one child inevitably squeezes toothpaste all over their clothes, has stuck their hand in ketchup and smeared it on their face, or has...