I have no idea what ‘Gymboree’ is. I thought it was a place that you took your little ones to burn off some energy? Then I thought it was a children’s clothing store? I’m still not entirely certain of what it is, but the ‘Gymboree’ name is on the spine of three books that Coco [...]

Pea is not a baby anymore. Nor a toddler. Her age group is referred to as “preschooler.” That’s a mouthful. And anyway, in my eyes, my little Pea is a kid. Not a preschooler. But a bona fide kid.
She calls me mom. Mom. As in, “thanks, mom.” What happened to mommy? I miss those days.
As [...]

We’ve not been in the best health around here lately. It’s been one thing after another. And no sooner does that one thing leave, then it’s promptly replaced with another.
Cooking has been the furthest thing from my mind. No appetite, no desire to be around food, hence no cooking.
We keep a pretty well-stocked kitchen, and [...]

During dark times, I like to remind myself of the bright times that are just around the corner. I’ve worked very hard at becoming a glass half-full kind of a girl. I subscribe to the notion of “build it and they will come.” As in “live like it is it, and then… it becomes it.” [...]

The sun here is bright. So bright. I realized that today, as I was driving around in my eyeglasses. Which I have to wear because I’m 2) blind as a bat, and 2) suffering from pink eye, which 3) precludes me from wearing my contact lenses. Which stinks, because 1) the sun here is blinding [...]

Clogs are the most comfortable shoes that I own. Perhaps not the best-looking shoe, but there’s just something to be said for comfort. And luckily, these days, the selection is getting better and better.
Pea’s first pair of clogs were little leopard ones by Hanna Anderson. Of course, I had to have the matching mommy pair. [...]

This looks like Pea. It really does. Bright, whimsical, a little bit of a devil-may-care manner. So I am using it as inspiration while we make her room her own. I really wanted to stay with a monochromatic look. But that’s me. Not my little Pea. And so, in an effort to let her be [...]