Arden’s first dance class turned out very well. She’s been super excited about her ballarina skirt and shoes for quite a while, so I was a little apprehensive that she’d get overwhelmed. The class is half ballet and half gymnastics, meeting once a week for half an hour. Right off the bat, my little monkey {…Continue Reading}
When I posted about the buttons I put on my Fair Isle Cardigan for baby #2 here, I mentioned that I used buttons from a gigantic button jar that my Mom had given me. My Mom, being an awesome mother, reads my blog and she brought up the button jar when we next talked on the phone. {…Continue Reading}
Many of us are taking some time to remember the events of 9/11 that occurred ten years ago. As usual, the conversation usually begins with a retelling of where we were on that day. I was working with three coworkers in Antwerp, Belgium on a month-long assignment. Therefore, my experience on 9/11 began in the {…Continue Reading}
At the end of August, we rented a cottage on the shore of Lake Huron (that’s the eastern side of the lower peninsula for those of you not up on your Great Lakes geography). Sort of a family of three babymoon in recognition that our family will soon be undergoing some drastic changes when baby #2 {…Continue Reading}
Arden had her first day of preschool today! Her daycare begins the preschool program at 30 months, and Arden reached this milestone exactly in time to begin with the new school year. I’m not sure what’s up with the funny walk and faces – she’s been into walking “like a ladybug” lately. I guess she’ll {…Continue Reading}
Today is the 1st Blogiversary of A Jennuine Life. Where has the time gone? I thought I’d take this week to re-share my first post and some of my early projects, but edit the photos better and update any changes that have occurred. Sort of a best of (or worst – since I was still {…Continue Reading}
Yesterday was on of those summer days in Michigan that is just perfect: not too hot, not too cool, just the right amount of breeze, bright blue sky with just a scattering of fluffy clouds, and the cicadas humming in the background. Arden and I took advantage of the day by playing in the yard, swinging, {…Continue Reading}
Sorry it’s been two weeks since my last post! Crazy heat, third trimester fatigue, and summer life have just caught up with us around here. I’ve been making decent progress on prepping the nursery, so there will be some posts coming up about that. I haven’t been completely unproductive. I made this fish pillow for {…Continue Reading}
After bath, I always put lotion all over Arden. Recently she’s become enamored of the process and gets lotion in her little hands and rubs it on her legs. I got to be the lucky recipient of some of her attentions tonight as she rubbed lotion all over my 27 week belly… … and my {…Continue Reading}
My Dad and I tackled a big project in our house last week – shelving in the basement. Our home was built in 1918 or thereabouts, and this room was the coal room, so pardon the dark and dreary appearance. The mask is because he’s crazy allergic to dust, mold, and dog dander and the basement {…Continue Reading}
