Last nights reality & a fashion shoot
Myles and his cousin Austin… rockin’ the super hero poses, undie style. I hate to be a drama queen… but last night was the worst one I can remember for a long time. I spent the evening consoling a five...
View Articlegratitude… from a big fat whiner.
Yesterday I got frustrated because the internet was down when I had time to use it, my childcare options were “nil” beyond myself, our inbox had spiraled out of control, and my husband took off to the...
View ArticleMy Littles: On Polaroid Film
There is a beauty in raising boys that I did not expect to find. It is lodged somewhere between the screaming and the sword fights and the pushing and the spilled juice. I feel like I am always...
View ArticleTo my little champion of French,
You just spent a year in a French speaking school… and your home language is ENGLISH. Do you understand how amazing that is? I swore that I would never be THAT MOM that uses her kid as a walking Google...
View ArticleHello everybody, I can’t be it all.
So, I choose them. I’m recognizing, right this moment, that their legs are getting longer and their tummies don’t stick out like they used to. Yes, I have other dreams, but THEY were my first dream,...
View ArticleBeautiful Them | Hasselblad 501 C
Nothing could have possibly prepared me for them. For the intensity. The joy. The love. The exhaustion. Our lives together started as a blank page with only us and God and Africa… and now look. Just...
View ArticleThe Weekend Car Wash | Things to do in Burundi
In Burundi their isn’t a huge variety of weekend activities to choose from. We usually aren’t daunted by this, but it does lead to the induction of some interesting weekend pass-times. The latest craze...
View ArticleHelp! The early rising toddler.
Our 2 year old Neo just doesn’t sleep past 4:45am. He just doesn’t. Ever. We’ve tried cutting his naps down, eliminating his naps, putting him to bed earlier, putting him to bed later, changing his...
View ArticleOur Family Rule On Swimming With Hippos: Just Don’t
We don’t often find ourselves on sailboats out on Lake Tanganyika, but one sunny weekend day (months ago) we did. Back then the washing station wasn’t even fully built. It feels like… a lifetime ago....
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