Sunday felt like our first Fall day of the year. It was cool and bright. The kind of weather that makes me want to turn my head up towards the sun and bask. We went to the Morton Arboretum and had a lovely day. After being without Daddy a lot lately Bea thoroughly enjoyed him…

My thoughts are with my Grandpa and Grandma tonight. They were in a car accident and we think their injuries were not too very serious except for the fact that they are old* and being in the hospital is hard on them. I am so fond of my Grandpa and Grandma Dice and I just…

It has felt like October (with lots and lots of rain) around here this week. Uhg. So we’ve been making crafts instead of going outside. – An elephant parade: I got the template from this very inspirational site. – Big Ice Cream Cones: inspired by this craft at the Crafty Crow. I made an illustration…

I’m smitten with the your happy, jumpy run. With your arms so silly and alive. Your snuggable body, your adorable round belly. 

Here are the best bits of our weekend in Boulder. – Heading to the airport with no pressures and no responsibilities beyond getting ourselves on the plane. – Hiking up some difficult trails and getting rewarded with beautiful views while trying to catch my breath.  – Getting to see hills and mountains and big rocks…

We’ve returned from our mini-vacation to Boulder – it was a wonderful Bea-free time. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Mom and Aunt Garlene for watching our little munchkin.  I guess we could have saved ourselves the trouble of going all the way to Colorado if we had discovered VIB a little earlier. Here’s…

Making these little skirts makes me sew happy. I had to take a picture.

We had a lovely weekend with you. The only problem… our time with you goes much too fast.