our week in pictures

Project 365 {week 34}

August 25, 2013 By Katie

I pretty much just took a week off blogging.

I didn’t mean to, but with vacation and then re-entry from vacation…

well…

you know how it goes.

August 18: First day at the cottage and Eddie is already smoking his grandpa and cousin in a game of Candy Land.

August 18: First full day at the cottage and Eddie is already smoking his grandpa and cousin in a game of Candy Land.

August 19: Cort and I steal a few hours away together to walk the pier, downtown Pentwater, do some wine-tasting, and meet up with my sibs for drinks.

August 20: Daily beachin’ it. This is what vacation is all about, yo.

August 21: After a big morning playing by Lake Michigan, the long drive home from vacation knocked both boys out.

August 22: Re-entry can be difficult. There were lots of crabby people as we adjusted back to “normal”

August 23: Weeee!!! My new lesson plan book and journal came thanks to some of the best friends!

August 24: The boys come out to school with me for some last minute furniture moving and such. Eddie sort of likes school.

We spent four of these seven days on a beach, I call that a WIN.

I’ll have a full post on our vacation tomorrow.

Later this week I’ll also tell you how during what should have been the most relaxing part of my summer, I tripped and fell into a bit o depression.

And if you missed it, I have a post about Boudreax’s Butt Paste…there is a sweepstakes going on there, so you should enter!

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Project 365 {week 25}

June 23, 2013 By Katie

This week…oh boy.

I don’t even know how to sum it up, so here are the pictures to tell the story…

June 16: Happy Father’s Day to Cortney!

June 17: Eddie starts gymnastics each morning, and we fill our afternoon with outside fun.

June 18: Happy anniversary to us! 8 years!

June 19: Peek-a-Bird

June 20: we go to the zoo…and I use the Ergo for the first time. Charlie approves.

June 21: I spy a Bird behind my anniversary flowers.

June 22: Eddie’s 4th Birthday party. Tomorrow my first baby officially turns 4.

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Project 365 {week 20}

May 19, 2013 By Katie

This week was my last “full” week of school.

Two more four-day weeks and it’s all over for another school year.

As usual, we kept busy, but thankfully this week was a bit less so.

May 12: happy low-key mother’s day to me!

May 13: Give the kid some boxes and you’ve got pure joy.

May 14: The Bird took a dive at daycare. Barely cried. Good Lord, we have a rough houser on our hands.

May 15: In an attempt to get out of a major mood funk, happy shoes!

May 16: New Rule: You Make the Mess? You Clean the Mess.

May 17: Brothers. Awwww!

May 18: Stomp Out Stigma walk for Mental Health with my sister-in-law, Sarah.

You get a bonus picture today…Something fun…

Oh that’s just me…in Babytalk Magazine…ON THE SAME PAGE AS ALANIS MORISSETTE!

So you know, I’m in print and stuff.

Woot!

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Project 365 {week 19}

May 12, 2013 By Katie

WHEW!

May 5: Listen To Your Mother Show in Chicago with a couple of my favorite Jens.

May 6: First steaks on the grill. Cortney was VERY proud of the grill lines.

May 7: Teacher Appreciation Day

May 8: Tulip Time Parade with my little Dutch boys.

May 9: Another evening of Tulip Time…this time dinner from the street vendors.

May 10: Three hours to myself to get my hair cut and colored. Bliss.

May 11: Celebrating one of my best friends for her birthday. So many laughs with this one.

During this time of year, life has a tendency to feel like we are racing so fast we may start to tumble all over ourselves…

but it’s the kind of too fast and tumbling that you giggle through because the “end” is so close.

Happy Mother’s Day.

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Project 365 {week 6}

February 10, 2013 By Katie

I am not entirely sure there were 7 days in this past week.

It’s all sort of a blur.

February 3: All the boys in the house in a cuddle pile.

February 4: Got home before the boys and whipped up some cookies.

February 5: A gift from a friend…cute new boots!

February 6: An apt reminder.

February 10: My knowing smile that we would probably have a snow day the next day.

February 7: My knowing smile that we would probably have a snow day the next day.

February 11: Yup, snow day. Also? Banana bread and cleaning the whole house.

February 8: Yup, snow day. Also? Banana bread and cleaning the whole house.

February 11: Fun with friends which means fun treats.

February 9: Fun with friends which means fun treats.

I felt like we were going, going, going all week.

Not in a bad way, just in a busy way.

The way that you forget to take pictures because it’s just…busy.

Speaking of busy…don’t forget about my Bona Clara party/giveaway/fundraiser going on NOW. Please consider purchasing. Proceeds go to the United Way to help victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. The giveaway is no purchase necessary!

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Project 365 {week 52}

December 30, 2012 By Katie

This is it. The last full week of 2012.

And what a week it was!

December 23: This is what 3 and a half looks like.

December 24: Cookies and a coke for Santa after a fun party at Granny and Grandpa’s house

December 25: Christmas morning in Sluiter Nation

December 26: Playing with all the new things!

December 27: MUCH needed color and cut for my hairs.

December 28: Poor baby gets the worst diaper rash I have ever seen…so he air dries.

December 29: Games in the morning with the boys and then games ’til 2:00am with friends. Boom.

I know. There are two more days in this year.

I’ll give you those pics later.

This week I will also wrap up our Christmas and do a couple posts.

Then on the 7th? New look ’round these parts.

YAY!

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Project 365 {week 49}

December 9, 2012 By Katie

Dudes.

Week 49.

Only three weeks left in 2012.

O_O

December 2: Someone earned a little screen time.

December 3: The biggest Pinterest WIN yet.

December 4: My water baby

December 5: I am blown away by the kindness of the people in my computer. Someone sent me this anonymously for my devotions.

December 6: This is what determination looks like. Home Slice learned to crawl as soon as the tree was put up.

December 7: My mug from #mugswap12 is here! Yay!

December 8: Celebrating December birthdays and decorating Christmas cookies with my side of the family.

Three weeks left in this year.

Three CRAZY weeks full of family, baking, presents, and celebrations.

And I’ll lay it all out here for you.

Get excited.

We are!

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Project 365 {week 46}

November 18, 2012 By Katie

I feel like a broken record.

The week was long.

We did too much.

We didn’t get enough done.

At least when we got to the end of this week, Cort was/is on break from class for a week,
and I only have 2 work weeks coming up before Thanksgiving.

Nice.

November 11: I get to see my sweet niece again. Hey, she’s got my nose!

November 12: I have a case of the Mondays.

November 13: This flirt is 8 months old today.

November 14: Charlie mauls…I mean hugs…Eddie for like 15 minutes. Until Eddie declares, “I am done with hugs right now.”

November 15: Long day with Parent/Teacher Conferences…don’t get to eat until after the boys are in bed. So…nachos.

November 16: View out of my classroom window {at the high school}. Also known as The Reason I Bought a SAD Lamp this Weekend.

November 17: Despite the adamant-looking attitude, he really did love his first try at picking up and eating various melons.

Project 365 {week 45}

November 11, 2012 By Katie

This week was fraught with stress and anxiety.

But it ended with relaxation and a much needed SLOWED down day.

November 4: I get to meet my very first niece, Maria Mae, who was born at home, med-free in about 20 seconds.

November 5: Oh daylight’s savings…this is now what 5pm looks like.

November 6: Four more years. Boom.

November 7: parent teacher conferences…my attempt to not look like a sloppy, stress-out teacher.

November 8: It’s blurry because he found his jumping legs…oh that smile.

November 9: This is what the 20 minutes before bedtime looks like.

November 11: Cort gives me a Saturday and I get to sit in Starbucks and write…with no interruptions. boom.

With grades due, parent teacher conferences looming, a late night staying up to see the election results…

well…

the start of the week had me wanting to crawl into bed and hide for the week.

But by the end,

After some lovely chats with students’ parents, great teamwork with co-workers, the understanding of the best husband in the world, and a couple hours with one of my best friends in the world,

I ended the week with a smile on my face,

and a renewed energy for the upcoming week.

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