into the woods

the kids love to make "potions", just like good little witches. they take buckets and fill them with things from nature. they spend hours mixing and preparing (and then inevitably lulu comes along and dumps them and lots of crying and screaming ensues). even though we live on a pretty quiet street and have our own little fenced in yard now, i'm really looking forward to moving to the woods on new hampshire (fingers crossed!) and having our backyard have lots of woods to explore. i can't wait to see what kinds of potions we can all cook up while nestled among the trees!

saying goodbye

we are in the process
of saying goodbye
to our sweet home
that has served us well
for over seven years.
we love it
our guests love it
we have made babies and raised babies in it
there have been parties
and tears
and dance offs
there was a garden
filled with vegetables
and a woodchuck
who liked to eat them
there are some wonderful neighbors
who watched out for me
when john was away
there were many meals
cooked
and shared
with friends and family
there have been many drinks shared
on the deck
and many baths
shared in the bathtub

we will be sad to leave
but happy to find a bigger space
for the five of us



(our house is under agreement--fingers crossed!) xx

new blog makeover

in honor of wearing the pink pants that someone left on my front lawn
in honor of having a baby in a cast
in honor of having a house full of sick kids and a fridge full on antibiotics
in honor of sanity and insanity
in honor of art nights in barns
in honor of cutting off eight inches of my hair and coloring it red
in honor of YOU...

i did a little blog makeover.

life is crazy, life is my teacher, and i'm constantly learning. peace out! xx

the good stuff exists even though i'm failing at being a good person lately

life has been crazy busy between hanging out with people i love, eating good food, managing sick and/or misbehaving kids, and you know, SELLING OUR HOUSE. i'm quickly realizing that i don't do well with change and upsetting the cart---but i'm trying to be better. it's hard. i've been anxious and mamamc.snappypants. and i'm not proud of that. but there have been sweet moments that i cherish more than anything--

* heart-shaped pieces of bark

* going for our first picnic of the season yesterday, laying on our blanket in the warm sun, eating clementines and fruit leather

* chinese food takeout and watching a movie and drinking wine

* having a clean house

* buying more "little critter" books with joey to expand our existing collection---but he calls them "the little hairy guy books" which makes me want to buy him every single one ever written. reading them in his bottom bunk before bed.

* watching food network shows with grace

* friendly neighbors

* doing two hot stone massages yesterday on nice people

* olivia's organics salad mix

* laying on lulu's bedroom floor reading with the kids tonight

* driving around researching new towns. tonight we explored a new town in a different state! (sounds dramatic but it's only like 10 minutes up the road in NH)

* being so excited to get into bed tonight. trying to wait until 7:30p but i'm not sure i can make it!

kisses to everyone! xx

new england love

only
in
new
england
do people
go hiking
in the snow and mud
with three wild children
while wearing flip flops.


xx