
It's hard to believe that next Monday my two little girls will be celebrating yet another birthday. Eleanor will be turning 4 and Isabel will be turning 3. How is it possible that 4 years have passed by since I first became a mom? It feels so surreal.
Here are some pictures from an ordinary day ...

Happy Mother's Day weekend to all the mommies in the world!
I hope you have special plans, or at least spend the weekend doing something you enjoy and are surrounded with people you love!
This weekend I will be busy crafting and sewing for the girls' upcoming party, which I totally don't mind since it's one ...

Life is made up of seasons.
Seasons of friendships, relationships, trials, hardships, and most importantly the sweet, precious seasons of love and happiness that fill our hearts and souls, and make life worth living.
Lately, I've been sharing my struggles with motherhood and the anxiety brought on by this pregnancy, but I know this season of uneasiness ...

Today was a seriously hot day in the SF Bay Area. We live about a mile off the Pacific Coast and our thermostat read 78 degrees. You're probably thinking that's not hot, but if you knew what city we lived in, you'd know that's pretty hot for this normally foggy and cold city.
Naturally, I took ...

I had mentioned yesterday that the girls and I were going to bake a cake for Paul's birthday, even though he is sick with the stomach flu. The girls absolutely love to bake, so I couldn't let their daddy's birthday pass without baking a cake with them.
Plus, we took advantage of the awesome deal going ...

Today is a special day at Chateau Parquer because we are celebrating not one, but two birthdays- Paul's and Bella's.
Rewind back to 2005 and I remember scouring the Internet for the perfect puppy. When I came across Bella's picture and saw that she was born on Paul's birthday, I knew she was meant to be ...

Today was one of those days. Where anything and everything seemed to be going wrong. By noon I found myself breaking down crying in the parking lot of Safeway because I was done. I had enough and couldn't keep it together any longer.
It seems like I've been having a lot of those days lately. ...

While we were out running errands today, I decided to stop by one of my favorite shops- Paper Source.
They always have really cute things there, but I usually go just to look, not buy. However, after spotting two really great items, I came home with this...
First off, I about nearly died when I saw that ...