FOR TODAY
Outside my window… Sailboats on the Hudson River, a sagging peach tree, and Manhattan.
I am thinking… That I really am looking forward to 2+ weeks straight with both kids & husband
I am thankful for…A supportive, awesome spouse. This beautiful weather. Friends coming for dinner!
From the learning rooms…I am gearing up for fall, and the [...]

Paige got her first fishing pole, tackle box and hula hoop [to practice casting] from my Dad.
Spending time in nature is so essential for our family. I’m not the go-getter hike up a mountain type of gal, but I will sit happily by a creek for hours skipping stones and daydreaming.  I need that peace [...]

…that bring me happiness
1. The first cup of coffee each morning
2. Baked goods for breakfast that someone else has dutifully made
3.  Going to fancy food stores alone, and going down the isles at my own pace in search of yummy things
4. Wine at night, in the summer with friends while the kids get dizzy from [...]

I took Paige to the beach for the first time this summer.
We picked up friends, put in additional car seats, packed up buckets and shovels, purchased lattes,  drove forever, splashed in the too rough to swim ocean, collected shells, dug holes, ate crab legs and drank summery drinks [adults get booze], laughed, got suburnt, and [...]

Can we say too busy to blog?
In the past few weeks I’ve attended my great friends bridal shower, watched my cousin get married, hosted a third birthday party for my own lovely bug, went to the sprinkler park, visited family, mothered a 6 week old, stayed up late, had some BBQ’s and a slew of [...]

The afternoons are tough – Paige doesn’t nap anymore and I run out of steam
I am going to be flexible with afternoons; if everyone is cranky we will stay home and veg out but if [and I suspect she will be] Paige is ready to go we will have a weekly slew of activities to [...]

I want to start each day with a little bit of awesome
My mornings right now are super hectic; we wake up and automatically I’m changing soaked diapers and pull ups and getting demands for yogurt, or cereal, and all I can think about is coffee coffee coffee.  I know that not every morning is going [...]

I’m inspired to give our lives a gentle ebb and flow that make life pleasant
The past four weeks have taught me so much but [and I hate admitting this] we need some HELP so that we can all enjoy each other. Wyatt is so needy with his constant feeding, and holding, and baby ways and [...]

Last night we kicked butt at the family bed
** note**
For the first few weeks of Wyatt’s life we slept on the couch. My “supplies” are downstairs, and it was so peaceful to lay on our over stuffed couches together nursing in/out until the morning.  Plus my little wild girl is a beast in bed and [...]

The other day I had a rough mom day – running errands with a toddler is challenging, but throw a newborn in the mix who’s idea of fun is to eat every 1-3 hrs and you are going to be tested for patience.  And of course I sent 100 text messages to Phil because I [...]