Pittsburgh Weather

Good and Hard

Something Sadie learned recently is that you can feel two emotions at once. She was so impressed with this revelation that she told me multiple times “You can be happy and sad at the same time!”

This week has been good and hard. We had us a day yesterday. Mordecai has had a goopy eye since being sick and I finally decided to call his pediatrician to see what I should do about it. They wanted to check him out, so we went to the doctor’s office and found out he has an eye and ear infection. A twofer 😂

Brother and sister at doctor's office
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Smashing Eggs, Drinking Coffee, and Notes from Life Lately

Spring has arrived! Hurrah! I’ve been seeing lots of forsythia, daffodils, and even some tulip stems starting to crop up. Each evening, I’ll randomly look outside, check the time, and announce “It’s 7:54 pm and it’s still light out!” and feel so pleased.

Girl standing on bollard at park

I’ve been trying to get the kids outside as much as possible when the weather cooperates (and even when it doesn’t!). We went to the park yesterday and Sadie wanted to run races.

We would pick a spot to start and finish and then “race” each other. The simplest things make her so happy. She asked me to tickle her last night and you would have thought she won the lottery. I tickled the living daylights out of that girl! (more…)