Hole in the Wall at Papago Park

Fun little non-strenuous hike near the Phoenix Zoo. Girls loved it so much we did it twice, big pregnant belly an' all ;)

Halloween 2015

on the walk to school with David

costume #1 for school

Bryony's class party

costume #2 for trick-or-treating at night

cookie decorating fun with Amara

My Rainbow Pregnancy

my family in Canada has this beautiful stone made

Messy Rooms

If you know me at all, you know that my house is nearly ALWAYS straightened up. Nothing out of its place. I hate it messy. And then there's upstairs. My daughters are both rebelling. They live like THIS instead. Both girls' bedrooms. Always look like this.

Pre-K and the famous Mrs. Bates

One of the main factors in choosing to put Bryony back in school was that she would have the famous Mrs. Bates as her pre-K teacher. This is one of the first things she learned :)

Books I Read in my Missing Year

this was OK

so was this

stupid, don't know why I stuck with it

AMAZING!

a story almost the same as Chloe's

Bryony Starts Pre-K

After the spring and summer at home with me, which totalled six months, it was very clear that Bryony missed school, and her friends, and that I alone every day wasn't enough, ha. After all, school is all she has ever known! We also knew that the teacher in the pre-K room at her school is reallllly good and had Abigail MORE than prepared for Kindergarten, so we decided to re-enroll her for this last year. I got a mornings-only part-time job to pay for this (plus, what else am I going to do if they're both in school?!) She couldn't WAIT to go back.