Here are Bea and Claire having fun on the stairs. We’ve never had stairs before. They threw every stuffed animal they own down the stairs plus some pillows just to make it cozy. In other news – I finished a dress for Bea: It’s from the new Oliver + S Playtime Dress pattern. I got…

Lately I find myself in moments of true happiness, looking on with a dose of worry in the back of my head.  Things seem odd because we are going through something difficult with Bea, but at the same time I am having some really good times with my daughters.  We are beginning a process with…

Looky what we did over the weekend. We ripped out the carpet in our bedroom! Oh I have such a swirl of ideas and questions about our home renovations in my head. I love it all and I’m so excited, but sometimes I end up in a black hole of Pintrest and This Old House…

What’s that sitting above my sink on the window sil?  It’s the little chocolate bars that Swiss Airlines gives out. The ones that Brian always tucks in his bag and brings home to the girls and I. I keep glancing at them. Thinking about how Switzerland is so good at these little details that make…

Brian was gone all week. Claire locked herself in the bathroom, and we had a hairy scene, I might have yelled. I opened the mail on Wednesday: Brian got a $100 dollar ticket and the car rental company is trying to charge us a bunch of money for damage that we didn’t do. Bea pinched…

Lately Claire has picked up on the word enjoy. She will say: this walk in the park, Mommy, I joy it. It’s one of those things that I don’t really want to correct because it makes me smile every time I hear it. On Labor day we drove home from Michigan and Brian had to…

Grandma and Grandpa C. sent us home with these beauties from their garden. I better get busy.

We had a very pleasant weekend in Midland. We are so glad to be closer to our beloved Grandmas and Grandpas these days.

Claire and I ate out for lunch the other day. We’re adjusting to having lunch without Bea.