Wow! My last post here was January 23rd. I have n.e.v.e.r gone this long in between posts in the 4.5 years I’ve been writing here. Needless to say, times have changed. As I sit in front of my screen, I can’t help but reminisce about my early blogging days and how I pushed to post…
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Kate has been bitten…
…with the travel bug that is. And she gets it honest. Craig and I both love to travel and did so fairly frequently before the girls were born. Now that the girls are older, much easier to travel with and truly enjoy what they are seeing and experiencing, we want to take them all sorts…
Mornings with Maddie
We’re now 7 weeks into the school year and have settled in to our new routine. Just like last year, Maddie is home with me 2 days a week. She, being so completely opposite than big sister Kate in every imaginable way, has always been content to play on her own. When she and I…
Cuatro
Today, our Boston Baked Bean turns 4. Our sneaky handful who was impossible to name and – very literally – sent from the Heavens. Your entry into the world was not exactly simple. But you’ve been leaving your mark ever since. The video below was taken just 2 hours after Madelyn was born, and documents Kate’s first…
What 365 Days Will Do to You
There’s something about the end of the school year and the start of summer that signals a simultaneous end, beginning and “Wow, how things have changed!” whirlwind reaction. Any of you who are parents know the tremendous impact a year has on the personalities, abilities and looks of a child. And even pieces of an…
My Sneaky Child
I don’t know what it was about her, but Craig and I knew from very early on that Maddie was the child we’d need to keep our eye on. Call it parental intuition, I suppose, but we were certain our little diva was going to grow up to be our Handful Child. Now approaching the 4…
Baby Names. And Nicknames. And Stuff.
Although I’ve previously written about the challenge of naming Madelyn and how we wish we could go back and give her a different name, there was something about Mama Kat’s 2nd prompt in this week’s Writer’s Workshop that inspired me. Prompt 2.) I almost named my child _______, but chose _______ instead because… Initially, I…
My Loves
This week, I have 4 little creatures to be thankful for. My twin… My “Mommy & Daughter Preschool Time” My first “baby” My learning-to-love-to-cuddle pup What do you have to be thankful for? * * * * * * * * This post is part of #iPPP (iPhone Photo Phun), where we link up photos…
When People, Pets and Things Break
We’ve had a rough go recently around BBCD. Jack has some severe disc problems in his back, initially leaving him unable to move and shuddering in tremendous pain. Then, our pool grew a leak. A MAJOR leak. Like, a you-can’t-walk-in-half-of-our-yard-without-muddy-water-coming-over-the-top-of-your-feet leak. We had to drain (what was left in) it, and have the liner replaced….
Pink, because no one wants black.
In the last year or so, we as a family have made a conscious effort to involve the kids in gift purchasing. The girls get to choose what they each want to give Craig or me, plus each other, for Christmas and birthdays. Friday was my birthday, so the biggest Jostes family shopping event in…
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