Pittsburgh

July Family Night: Hiking

With the weather being so nice during these summer months, we just had to take our monthly family night outdoors! We decided to go hiking on a fossil trail near our house.

Family hiking with young kids

It was kind of comical to start out, though. Jimmy came home from work and we decided to go mini golfing, but the mini golf facility was closed. Then Sadie fell asleep on the couch just before dinner. (more…)

New Normal and Swim Lessons Round II

Sader Tot is in the middle of two weeks of group swim lessons at our local pool and it’s going so much better than the first time she took lessons!

Girl at swim lessons

The only downfall is that the lessons are during Mordecai’s nap time. Such is the life of a second child, right?!

Speaking of the kids, I had a full circle moment this week. Sadie used to take art classes in the downtown area of our part of Pittsburgh last fall (the art studio sadly closed down recently) and we would often walk the downtown strip of stores and restaurants together afterwards. (more…)