Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Last night we had family yard-work after dinner. This really wasn't a punishment: Eli looked forward to it all week! Due to the rain we ...

So I mentioned that Eli is in the question stage of his life. Every day, every minute. Who is that? Where is this? Name this is? We go here?...

Maddux is changing in so many ways now that she's officially not a baby anymore. For starters, she signs 'more' at every meal no...

We are so fortunate to live in a neighborhood with a lot of kids. Even more so, there are a lot of young kids. And to one-up that, we have n...

Eli had a great birthday. The morning was a bit hectic: I had a doctors appointment that got a bit jumbled, but Eli and Maddux got to Panera...

How time flies. It is hard to believe that three years ago right now I was close to a c-section. It is hard to believe that three years ago ...

While I was trying to kill some time before lunch today, I pulled out a borrowed umbrella stroller. I have a doctor's appointment in a f...

What a great day!! Eli slept until 9:30 because of the lack of sleep he got this weekend. Maddux and I hung out for a while in her room befo...

After a great Friday night spent with our small group from church (where Maddux had an absolute blast climbing up a plastic slide and laughi...

That's what Eli calls Maddux these days. I love it. L.O.V.E.I.T. He's done it here and there for a month or so, but in the last week...

The Cubs took care of business again tonight and both kids were there to witness it. As soon as we sat in our seats at the Cubs/Braves game,...

Eli and Lehr went to the make-up Cubs/Braves game this afternoon. Due to storms last night, the game was postponed until 1PM today. Lehr sai...

The game was rained out, but originally, the plan was for Eli and Lehr to be downtown watching the Cubs beat up on the Braves tonight. Maddi...

I took the kids to the play area at the gym this morning while I snuck in a quick workout. They go once a week, at most, and they never stay...

Maddux recently discovered Eli's rocking chair ( which used to be my rocking chair ). Her favorite thing to do these days is go into his...

Today signaled the last full pool day in our neighborhood. School starts tomorrow, so our weekday pool hours decrease. This is not welcomed ...

The kids have had a great weekend, but a full one. Friday I took them to a nearby park (Eli calls it the 'bootcamp park') where we w...

I know I've commented on Dove's Real Beauty Campaign before, but as we gear up for school I thought it m...

Eli provided me with a few more gems this week: For a few months now I've been trying to teach Eli the reasons behind some of the good c...

Eli had his annual foot check up this morning. Both kids were up before 8AM which is SO strange for them; they had a surprisingly good morni...