The Suits Sisters

Dear Kent, after thirty years of marriage, let's look at each other like Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson looked at each other the other day when she received her Hollywood Star Dear Readers, if you haven't seen Tom and Rita look at each other the other day, google it. PRECIOUS is an understatement. Here , let me save you a step.  Dear Tom, I like to think that we're on a first name basis. I mean, after all, you're WOODY. Anyways, 5.6 million people follow you on Instagram and you follow one person, your wife. In a digital age, that is classically romantic Dear Daughters, you spent 4 hours in your room today not cleaning + 15 minutes cleaning. This has made for the easiest parenting day ever! Your dad and I are in great moods. Dear Pub Sub, Kent put you on wheat bread and I just wasn't feelin' it. If I'm going to splurge on you, you need to come wrapped in cozy white bread. Dear Pale Legs, yep. It's here again. Shorts weather Dear Local Thrift Store

Here's to the moms who request extra handwriting practice at the end of the week  and to the moms who survived an other-wordly, shrill scream from the 18 month old to start off the Aldi shopping trip with three kids after home school co op. Then zipped around the store, throwing things into her cart(organic hummus, really Kait?), spent more money than intended and topped it off with bacon ranch chicken salad in the parking lot   Here's to the moms who find new tape mangled and gnarly on the regular  to the one who has cats eating in the corner of her kitchen To the moms who finds themselves, after lunch, throwing back Coke Zero, staring at chicken nuggets on the floor, yelling Catechism questions to one while the others harass and chase each other in circles. I salute you. Also, for your soul, if you're trusting in Jesus, Q: How does God justify you? A: God forgives all my sins and accepts me as righteous through Christ

Making: plans to go to Georgia tomorrow morning  Cooking:  homemade pizza  Drinking:  coke zero with orange vanilla   Reading:  the cozy minimalist   Wanting:  a picnic table Looking:  for things in my house to donate  Eating:  graham crackers dipped in icing after lunch  Wishing:  for sibling peace & harmony like, 24/7 Enjoying: a clean kitchen   Thinking: About school plans for next year  Celebrating:  spring, soon!  Loving:  this amazing spring weather    Hoping: Kent can parent for the next 48 hours  Needing: to return a library item, on time, tomorrow    Listening:  to the girls play with Aunt Anna  Feeling: less annoyed than earlier in the week  Wearing:  shorts and a t-shirt  Watching: Return to Me with Anna tonight (please tell me you've watched it??) Texting: Kent a grocery list for dinner tonight (cheese, sauce, basil, salad) 

Sweet Care, Happy birthday!! You're the big SIX today. At six years old you read everything you can get your hands on (books, cereal boxes, DVD cases) I know you won't always read out loud so I make sure to pause and listen to your sweet voice. You love the colors turquoise and purple. You are starting to talk more about your friends from Wednesday night church and co op, often times relaying entire conversations to us. You are always up for adventure! Things like riding the new zip line near Papa and Yaya's house or presenting if front of a co op class that you have never met before. Brave girl! You are a great example of taking risks for your little sisters (and mom!) You love being in the water and swimming, getting back scratches from Gigi and stuffed animals/little trinkets. You don't love brushing knots out of your hair and not getting your own way, but your dad and I have seen a softening of your heart this past year that is the result of many years (like,

I'm back with another edition of Kait Will Spend Money on Random Junk that Prohibits Her from Splurging on Nice Things But this, my friends, is a success story! In this season of parenthood we want to travel a bit with the girls and make fun memories. Please note I use the word travel very lightly (like 3 hours is my max distance to drive to a getaway) We're weak in the area of actually FOLLOWING THROUGH so I needed to take drastic measures. I hitched our wagon to the Cash Budget in January! This allowed me to plan our trip to.... GREAT WOLF LODGE! ... without any guilt. Any extra money left over in January could go towards spending money during the trip. Will I eat eggs and beans for a few days in January to kick back in a hotel and eat pizza? Yes. Always yes. Actually booking the hotel was hard and seemed very over the top but BAM, I reserved a room and there was nothing but excitement ahead. The girls had never been so it was a perfect chance to create a Surprise Trip f

How did Kent's email address result in me drying my luscious locks with a new blow dreyer? Read on, dear reader. When I reformatted my blog (awhile ago and yes, again), I added a "subscribe" section (tab? button?) where you can enter you email address and receive a notification when a new post is published.  [It's still there! Do it! I can't promise that Google won't use your email address for something but  I won't because I don't know how] I entered Kent's email address as a trail run to see if it worked. It did! Before he was officially subscribed, he usually read my blog about 3x a year.  "Whatcha reading?' "Catching up on your blog" ...30 minutes later... Now he reads it as it pops into his inbox and what should my slumbering eyes spy as I stumbled into the bathroom one Monday morning, but a brand spankin' nice, new hair dryer from my one true love.  Now what subtle hints can I send in my nex