Vortex 2019

I'll be the first to admit that parenting is not always the hilarious, joyful, proud, beautiful thing that social media would have you believe, but the past two days of being at home with these two feels like a gift. Thank you, weather gods, for shutting down everything around us.

1 degree!

We're heading into the vortex tonight, we'll stocked with good food, great toys and games, cozy sweatshirts, and loads of time to enjoy it all. So excited!

Sequential Integers

He worked and worked and worked... and then he got the right answer, almost entirely in his head! How did he do it??

Fish “eyeball and mouth” diagram

Ice Day #2

We don't recognize our amazing Nanny Nissa nearly often enough. She is a solver of all our problems, an organizer of all our chaos, and an entertainer and protector of both our children and our pets... thank you, Nissa!

Throwback

I think this photo was taken by our babysitter, Missy, during the 1 month we spent in Seattle in 2015. Nanny Emily sent it to me today (she introduced us to Missy). I felt instant heartache that those days are so far behind us now. Not that that was an easy time, but those little faces and little hands - it was so amazingly sweet.

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Savoring the weekend moments

Math quiz

Frosty Freestyle Ski Race!

Early release from school for doctors appt

So many photos, never enough time...

So, here's a little tide-me-over.