A sixty degree afternoon was exactly what we all needed! 💛💛💛 #turkeyandthelittlebug
One stray piece of playdoh hit Penn in the face and she busts out the protective eyewear. #safetyfirst 🤓
This one just wants to be read to all day long. She grabs a book then backs her little booty up into your lap and says “read book!”. (She’s fairly demanding about it) So this morning I made her a tiny book nook. All her favorites in one magical little space. 💛
Clementine... 4 days ago you turned 2, and in true second child fashion I’m just now getting around to going through the few images we took that day. These past two years have gone the fastest of any yet. Despite the fact that I made sure to slow down and really enjoy those baby days, they still seemed to have slipped right through my fingers. And now here you are, our wild, funny, snuggly, little pip squeak... two years old. You are so very loved, Clementine. Happy birthday💛
Another solid year of tricks and treats for these kiddos 💀🧛🏻‍♀️🧙🏻‍♀️🦇🦖🎃 #pennyandstellaforever #ollieandclementineforalways #turkeyandthelittlebug
These two just crushed their #spartanrace 💪🏼🎉😎 Penny already wants to do it all again🏅
I’m pretty sure that no matter what subjects we study, field trips we go on, books we read, this will always feel like the most important part of homeschooling.
So far today we’ve watched It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, made chocolate chip cookies, and just clicked the heat on in our house for the first time. I ain’t mad about it! 🍂💛🍂
We’ll miss you little beach house!
This girl. She loves the beach more then any other human I’ve seen. She feeds off the energy of the ocean and it’s incredible to watch. Also, she requested some photos this morning and that always makes my heart happy too. I just love her.
Just a quick evening walk on the beach we said. We don’t need bathing suits this time we said...
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1) Penn’s face when Clem wouldn’t stop picking her nose to take a picture she had in mind. 2) Clem offering me the previously mentioned find.
We’ve got one week of homeschooling under our belts. So far we’re basically just unschooling and finding the love of learning again. Lots of outside time, lots of drawing, and lots of finding our new rhythm. This morning we built bird restaurants and the girls ran around our yard like wild animals. We already feel the stresses school brought on melting away...
We made a rather big decision for our family this week. Monday morning we withdrew Penny from school and decided to embark on a homeschool journey. It’s something we’ve been thinking about since last year, after it started to become obvious that her current schooling wasn’t where she was thriving. The funny thing is that it was days after she was scholar of the week. She was excelling in grades, but her anxiety and discomfort were through the dang roof. Truth be told I was never fully on board with her being gone 9 hours and then still having to come home with homework. There’s more to life and learning then worksheets, and we feel really fortunate that we’re able to give her this opportunity. Atlanta has an amazing homeschool community and we can’t wait to dive right in! #bringontheadventures #homeschool #wildandfree #film
Today I taught Penny and my niece about the fun that is the #michaelschallenge 🌿💐👧🏼🧒🏼💐🌿
This past Tuesday Evan’s mom passed away. The girls and I attempted to hold down the fort in Atlanta while Evan headed to Charlotte to help his siblings get her affairs in order. It was two days of simply feeling wrong. To not all be together right now just made everything feel like we were stumbling our way through a sad dream. So we took this one out of school, skipped town, and though it kind of still feels like a sad dream, at least we’re all together in it. . Joanne was a wonderfully no nonsense woman. She spoke her mind and never minced words. Her soft side always had a little baggy of coins for the girls to put in their piggy banks. Her thrill seeker side loved NASCAR and casinos. She was the matriarch of a BIG family and her presence will be missed here. Tonight I will toast a glass of white Zinfandel to you, Joanne. With some ice of course. Just like you liked it. 💛
Just a couple more hours stand between me and some hugs from these two. 💛💛
Same, Penny. Same. . . . . #film
Oh lawdy... I just got my first scans back from @indiefilmlab and dang it if I’m not hooked! It was like Christmas opening up those files. Bits of summer that I’d completely forgotten about. Even a couple of Monkey weeks before he passed away. If you need me I’ll just be over here silently weeping. . . . #canonae1 #portra400 #film