ice cream afternoon

it's been hot hot hot around here! i took the bobbins to our favorite spot for ice cream yesterday after school and max ate a cone the size of his head while sis stuck her little fingers into...

9 month bee

along with all the craziness that april brought...it also gave us a 9 month party girl baby bee (who turned 10 months yesterday...ack! this is a "better late than never" kind of update) sis at 9...

naptime picnic date

today was just one of the prettiest red letter days i can remember--the kind with sunshine and a breeze and a papa home from work with a napping baby in the car. it was a quick picnic date day! (we...

mother's day video Q&A

in the spirit of mother's day this weekend, i partnered up with a really amazing jewelry company, musana, and got a chance to a have a conversation about motherhood (via video) with one of their...

cinco de mayo

yesterday we celebrated cinco de mayo at our house with lots of sweet friends and a collection of good food and a healthy dose of mariachi music. i love how this holiday always seems to feel like...

seed to start to food

it's garden planting time! we skipped tending one last year while i was very pregnant and i couldn't wait to get back into the swing of things this time around. we've been spending our days...

catching up

....aaannndd i'm back! how do you do, friends? these days i've spent away have been devoted to house projects and soaking up the spring and chasing after a daredevil-thriller seeker-stair diver...

a studio tour

hi hi friends! april is turning out to be one busy and hectic month...but i suppose those things go hand in hand with warmer and longer days. regardless, i can't wait to have a quiet block of time...

buds and spring

spring is springing up in the most beautiful way around here...greenest buds and afternoon thunderstorms and early mornings nursing baby bee to the sound of birds singing in the dark. windows are...

here and there

happy happy april, friends! i tried pulling a fool on max yesterday but it turns out i'm the worst at keeping a poker face...and coming up with viable sneaky stories. (it involved some terrible...

easter bunnies

this holiday weekend was as wild and sweet and hectic and filling as any other easter yet. having tiny little phoebe bunny baby here this year made the whole holiday seem anew. max was forever...

eggs in a basket

today is sunshiny and busy busy preparing for easter this weekend. lots of egg boiling and painting and practicing keeping phoebe's bonnet on her head. i'm convinced that there isn't much better...

8 month phoebe

8 month phoebe is ornery and wild and funny as can be. crawling and cruising (and trying to walk...ack!) have brought about a whole new world to discover--dusty corners and getting stuck underneath...

springtime detox bath

happy happy springtime, friends! it couldn't be colder here in ohio but the sunshine is falling right in line with the season. time to dust off the picnic basket and finally drag the christmas tree...

road trip chicago

we hit the road thursday for a quick trip to chicago with the little ones. this was our first time traveling as a family of 4 and it was everything i dreamed it would be...or not so much! there was...

sure & begorrah

today has been a laid back//sunday-style st. patrick's day---lucky charms with max for breakfast, a bit of time painting in the studio, potted shamrocks home from the grocery store, snipping bits...

phoebe and her room

sis is flitting around all over the house these days. we are officially crawling and cruising and bumbling into everything! it does my heart the most good to see her playing in her room...

late winter days

the most beautiful late season snow swept in last night and covered my ache for spring (at least just for today). we've been settled in, me and matt and the babies...watching branches drip drip and...

saturday hideaway

lazy saturdays are for hiding out with family over coffee and sweets and board games and sunny spots in the windows. max's dad and 2nd mama came too making the deal that much sweeter. it's rare to...

moving on up

i've been learning a lot about myself these past (almost) 8 months of being a new mama again. in a lot of ways it's made me braver. but more than that it's knocked me on my newly large mom butt in...

greenhouse heart

bee and i have been hiding away in the quiet greenhouse these snowy and rainy days. i not-so-secretly stick my fingers down into the dirt and run my palms across greenest greens. it does wonders...

bathe in light

sunny winter afternoon baby baths take the cake these days. everything warms up so fine that if you close your eyes and soak up the sun pouring in you'd swear it was may. phoebe is wild as can be...

do over

my goodness, the silence this week! some of it was spent with sweet and simple uninterrupted time with my family, while the rest was 7 days of stripey pajama pants and being on hold with mean...

xoxo

happy happy valentines day! i'm usually not too overly sentimental about today...but i do love a good excuse for wearing lots of red and giving sweets and smooching up on my 3 loves. it's a lucky...

basketball mama

max and matt finished up their basketball season last night! and while it didn't end pretty, and max asked me to turn both the queen and the pink (?) song off the radio on the way home because they...

market lunch

yesterday my amy and i got our babies and matching strollers out and had lunch together at the market. her sweet little jude (almost 3 months now!) slept while phoebe got her hands covered in my...

shiney

nothing can clear the cobwebs out of you quite like sunshine and polka dot pants. today is meant to be soaked up--muddy shoes and open windows...baby dimples and quick family car rides and exciting...

love day songs

hello february...goodbye sad winter doldrums! (or anyways, at least that's the hope). valentines has a knack for stirring in all sorts of goodness and color into the winter pot. tonight it's just...

tuesday afternoon

home

i can hardly believe it's the end of january! it's been a quiet month here...and at home. and it's funny how even a seemingly slow month can fly by. january is odd like that. this week has been...