Charleston! Downtown + Bee City
We arrived in Charleston on Monday night after two very short, uneventful, on time flights (and a surprisingly enjoyable trip to a random sculpture park in St. ...
Category: Parenting & Family
Botanical Gardens + City Museum
St. Louis has a lot of really fun things to do, especially for kids. I’ve always been very grateful that there are so many choices for ways to spend the day whe...
My favorite three days of the year
We’re back from the farm. It was so fun. Being there, with all my family, is the best. It’s truly my favorite three days of the year. We all just get along so w...
Retooling expectations
Yesterday was a success. The kids did great on the bike ride. They were shaky to start but they found their footing and went for it. They made it all the way to...
Me being a curmudgeon at the start of summer
{I had titled this “ping pong thoughts at the start of summer” but by the end if felt I should change the title. And since the line-through-text for...
Lucky 13
I meant to write all week, several different posts, but now it’s Friday and part of each of them will have to end up here. {Or not, I ended up just writing one,...
But…
It was a nice weekend, but I it wasn’t long enough. I went to sparring and high belt class, but I felt nauseous after all the rolling we did so I didnR...
How is it only Thursday?!
This morning I put this on my daughter’s Bentgo box. I was so sure it was Friday! The Bentgo box got all the way into her backpack before I realized my mistake....
Last Days of Summer
We head to the airport in one hour. I’m writing this on the hammock, listening to the waves. I still can’t really believe we got to come, and that no one tested...
(Older post that never got published) On our way across the pond
We made it to our gate. We’re attempting to carry on our bags but we bought four AirTags in case they get checked (we are the very last row so it seems unlikely...