Losing Baby Teeth
Someone’s been losing their baby teeth! So far Mrs. Sayuri, who is six now, has lost a total of 5 teeth: 3 on the bottom and 2 on top. She just recently lost the two on the top. The funny thing is that of those two top teeth that she lost, only one of them […]
Finding Joy In Motherhood
Glimpses of Spring Earlier this week we had some gorgeous weather. Temperatures were in the fifties and it was bright and sunny out. The children took full advantage of it by riding their bikes for the first time in months and covering the pavement in chalk. I was joyously reminded of how much I […]
Nighttime Book Reading
While going through my drafts in an effort to get caught up on content, I came across this post from October of last year! Reading it was definitely like taking a walk down memory lane. I can’t believe how fast they grow up! Mr. Happy Feet still has a love of Dr. Seuss, but perhaps […]
New Playset
The children have been enjoying the new new to us play set. (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa D) It is so great having a place right outside our door (for the time being) where the children can swing, climb and go up and down a slide. It’s such great fun. The location is perfect too cause […]
Hush Little Baby
Per the recommendations of The Sleep Lady in her book, I started singing a lullaby to Baby Girl to cue her that it was bedtime/naptime. I never did that with my other two, but that’s probably because the only way to get them to fall asleep was at the breast. Thankfully, I’ve managed to do […]
Child’s Montessori Apron
A little over a month ago Mrs. Sayuri turned five and yet it feels like just yesterday I was posting about her turning four! For this year’s birthday gift I sewed her a Montessori apron using this great free pattern from Sew Liberated. What I really like about this apron is that she can put […]
My Little Cookie Decorator
She’s A Natural Mrs. Sayuri likes to help decorate cookies. She started out by doing a few cookies whenever my mom and I were decorating – it didn’t take long before she was hooked. Now she wants to commandeer all baked cookies and embellish them herself. We have to negotiate how many she will […]
