Tiny Sleeper

A few months before turning three, we have moved Glory into a big girl bed.  She slept in her toddler bed for a couple months first.  I felt really nostalgic about it...and her last night in the little bed, snuck in to take some pictures.

Happy at Home

My Grandma and the kids crafting 

 Grady, Dane, Glory, Audrey

 Trouble times four

 Union Terminal

 Cincinnati Children's Museum fun

 Aunt Janet and Glory

 Libby "Neema" and Dane

My cousin Sam, Carly, my Grandparents 

 Mike, Libby, Dane

Aunt Janet and Aunt Nonnie

From Thursday to Monday my kids and I went to Cincinnati to visit with my mom's side of the family. Normalcy feels good, okay? I feel comfort around them. Nothing is perfect, and normal is only relative these days, BUT... We can just be ourselves. I miss them. Great times, great memories, great feelings.

Now here we are back at home. My kids on Spring Break with the whole week stretching out in front of us. We are embracing 35 degrees with a passion! Hats and coats, snow boots or rain boots, the playground or driveway, bagels and the Fat Tuesday doughnuts... Still more to come; playdates, a trip to the library, oh, and the endless hours of pretend play.

Today - as Dane gets stuck riding his bike, "Mom! Stop! Wait, I'm out of gas!"
And Glory, as she pretends to take a picture of me with a toy kaleidoscope "you looked away, mom! Do it again!"

Priceless days.