In typical Iowa fashion, winter isn’t done with us yet. Which wouldn’t be so bad, except that we had a taste of sunny and 70’s, which made us feel ready for winter to be over. But sadly, she’s sticking around for awhile longer and I realized I probably washed all of their snow gear a Read More
Weekend Recap
Friday Favorites
Favorite picture: Grace, her buddy Maggie, and Tessa were enjoying lunch outside on our rare 71 degree day. And yes, their playhouse still had Christmas decor on it. But I used that beautiful weather to finally take it down and now it just looks sad. Favorite kid quote: Tessa, after knocking her stuffed kitty off Read More
Spring Break
I’m pretty sure I need a week off of school or any kind of schedule after every vacation. Last week was glorious- we slept in, we had big breakfasts, we got things unpacked and put away, and we all just enjoyed having nothing to do and nowhere to be. As an added bonus, the weather Read More
St. Patrick’s Day
Since we went to Disney the week before spring break, the kids had off all last week. Which was actually really, really nice. We had great weather and the lack of schedule made us all ready for summer to arrive. They were home for St. Patrick’s Day, so everyone made a leprechaun trap and strategically Read More





