DEAR DIARY,
I'm officially the worst of the worst, letting time flicker by here and flash by there. I fast forward to 50 years from now and see myself as an old, wrinkly grandma in a padded rocking chair. I rock there alone in the peace and quiet, reminiscing on this beautiful life and so badly wanting to revisit every precious moment of raising a young family. Although I will forever have my favorite memories filed deep inside a folder at the very very back of my brain, I'm also afflicted with a mediocre memory that cannot recall all of the little moments and recount all of the small joys. But then! I remember that I penned this post one day, long ago, through tired eyes; and my heart is happy, because memories of my family are timeless here.
And that, my friends, is what this is all about. Documenting, archiving, preserving the smallest yet most innocent and beautiful family moments that will surely slip my mind in the days and weeks and years to come as my sweet babies continue to grow up and replace the "folder of memories" in the FRONT of my brain with bigger and better and more exciting milestones along the way. I'm showing up today because I'm keeping the promise to myself [the promise I droned on about a few weeks back in this [way too sappy and sentimental of a] post], but showing up proves to me that I MEANT IT so hard! And so! This is a post for me and my future old, wrinkly grandma self.
Signed,
Mommy B
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Ahem! In normal "catch up" fashion: a collection of random thoughts and photos that have escaped all other holiday/birthday blogs from January - May 2022!
Claps for a supa' dupa' "winter semester!"
And cheers to:
-- modeling carseat cozies for our neighbor's sewing business!
-- and catching up with a long lost friend!
-- and ice skating with cousins!
-- and Wacky Wednesdays for the little girls and dinner dates with Mom for the big girl!
-- and celebrating Emma's 2nd birthday!
-- and Sunday afternoon napping!
-- and completing 100 days of school!
-- and reading books/watching TV fireside!
-- and having snow days!
-- and building Nugget forts with friends!
-- and dressing in "two" of everything for TWO-sday, 2/22/22!
-- and showing sweet AND silly sides!
-- and rolling through Tot Skate!
-- and loving sisterhood!
-- and baking!
-- and playing Clue on Friday nights!
-- and joining the YMCA/hitting up After-School-Skate!
-- and enjoying the park on a random warm-ish day!
-- and trying not to let the baby grow up!
-- and roasting marshmallows/making s'mores inside the house!
-- and shopping/serenading the neighboorhood!
-- and twinning [or is this triplet-ing?]!
-- and snuggling [always]!
-- and collecting food samples/snack bar items at Sams!
-- and sleep training!
-- and going on surprise lunch dates with Papa!
-- and shopping [some more]!
-- and HOLDING EACH OTHER TIGHT AND NEVER LETTING GO!
And just like that.....winter semester earned a great big "A+!" and we're excitedly headed -- full speed ahead! -- into summer! :-* :-*
