I don’t have five fun thoughts or stories with pictures for this week because if I’m being honest, it kind of rocked our world.  On Monday I headed back to work to teach a friend’s maternity leave for 6-7 weeks.  I teach German at four different middle school buildings, traveling from school to school throughout the day.  Caleb is staying with my sister-in-law so Jordan drops him off in the mornings (bright and early around 7) and I pick him up in the afternoons.  The arrangements really couldn’t be better but man…we are only a week in and I already feel SO frazzled! How do you working moms do it?

[Read more…]

It feels like spring has sprung here in KC and we are so excited for all that lies ahead in the next few months! Here are a few updates from our last few weeks.

1) Soaking In My Time At Home

I start back to work on Monday and I’m both nervous and excited.  I’m excited to see what it’s like to be back in the classroom surrounded by other gronwups, but I’m also pretty nervous about missing Caleb and adjusting to this new routine.  I’m sure I’ll write more about that as it all starts to unfold but for now, I’m trying to soak in every minute with my kiddo.  I love the slowness of our days at home and will definitely miss it.  Even if all we do is play with sticky notes to pass the time until naptime, I love this kid and watching him grow is a beautiful thing.

Seriously, how could I not miss this sweet face?

[Read more…]

Since I’ll be heading back to work for 6-7 weeks starting in late March, we are soaking in the last few weeks of “normal” before we adjust to a new routine with both of us working for a while.  Thankfully we’ve had lots of sweet time together these past two weeks!

1) A Practice Day Back To Work

Like I just mentioned, I’m heading back to work to teach a friend of mine’s middle school German classes while she’s on maternity leave.  It’s at the same buildings in the same district where I used to teach and I’m excited to be back at my old stomping grounds.  I had my shadow day with the teacher I’m subbing for to talk about lesson plans and all that good stuff and it made me both nervous and excited to get back into the routine of working.  It was kind of a whirlwind getting Caleb and myself ready for the day and I definitely missed him.  I’m curious how I’ll like this short stretch back to work but I know it’s already giving me so much respect for you working mamas!

[Read more…]

With Caleb’s first birthday, my parents visiting, and another round of illness, it’s been a fun and crazy few weeks.  Here are some pictures and updates from all the festivities!

1) Grandparents In Town

My parents flew out to KC this past weekend for Caleb’s first birthday and it sure was fun to have them in town! We spent lots of time playing on the floor with Caleb, reading him books, and just basking in his silliness with occasional breaks while he napped.  We also had some yummy barbecue at a local place called Q39 and an amazing brunch at Gram and Dun, a restaurant in the plaza (although I had a super-rich burnt-end mac and cheese which maybe doesn’t qualify as brunch…).

[Read more…]

Whew.  I don’t have a normal Five on Friday post for you all this week because honestly, it was just a rough one.  Our house has been rocked with illness the last month and we are all pretty worn out.  Caleb has been sick at least 1-2 times a month for his entire life, so we’re used to that, but a month ago he got his first stomach bug and it is a whole different ballgame.  His few days of throwing up and yuckiness quickly passed on to me and Jordan and we were both knocked out with 24 hours of throwing up, achiness, and just general misery (can you tell I hate anything stomach related?).

[Read more…]