One thing I’ve learned about parenting brokenhearted kids is that you can expect to have your heart broken in the process. ~Shannan Martin

Yoga. It calms us… She is so beautiful. She takes my breath away. All that couch, but they are on top of each other. Sweet kisses. She got her own swimsuit on. It’s fine… Little girls in a little pool. Those dimples, though. She loves doing “school.” I hope she’s always this good at hiding…

Don’t ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do…I did not clip her wings, and that’s all. ~ Ziauddin Yousafzai (Malala Yousafzi’s dad)

Catching raindrops… She’s so proud of this belt with a pouch…I don’t get it. Some day we just won’t wear pants. And mommy is picking her battles, so… She has her own sense of style, this girl… When you’re scared of actually swinging… A dinosaur habitat before breakfast. It’s how we roll. She’s been Harry…

This week, because it’s Summer break, we went to the craft store, and the kids picked out a bunch of craft kits. Naturally, most of them are painting kits, haha. These are super cute because they come with two printed canvas boards, and plenty of paint pots. Even though the boards are on the small…

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breath free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, the tempest-tost, to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!~Emma Lazarus (engraved on the statue of liberty)

Nothing says Summer like ladybugs…right? And also because my babies love painting, and I love anything that isn’t glitter, I laid out some rocks, red paint, and black paint. They used q-tips to make the dots, and I love how these little Summer ladybugs turned out!