House cleaning

This post made me smile.  I have read this Berenstain Bears book countless times with my kiddos and I always had the urge to go clean afterwards.  Such wisdom....

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/8-truths-about-home-organization-i-learned-from-the-berenstain-bears-174637

Bring on the veggies

Native Offerings Farm, Little Valley, NY

Just signed us up for our CSA farm share.  So excited to be receiving a large box full of local, organic veggies all summer long (22 weeks!)  I love the idea that you will never know exactly what you will be getting, but you accept what you get and use it the best way you can.  What a great way to eat- and live.

One year ago...

Thinking about these pictures: Lucia's first birthday is next Sunday.  It really is true how days with children are long but the years are so short.  Such mixed emotions about her turning one year.  But I set about writing Lucia's birth story (before I completely forget the details) and pulled up some pictures to help jog my memory.  I checked the stats on the above picture and saw that it was taken exactly 40 minutes before Lucia was born (wow, I am still smiling). The funny thing is we had no idea how close we were to meeting our baby.  Out midwife was not even on the way to our house at this point!  Close call indeed. Our midwife came and Lucia was born less then 10 minutes later. Beautiful birth.