Everything Sam is wearing in this picture is a hand-me-down…including, I’m sure, the socks. Everything Sam is wearing today is a hand-me-down. Actually everything each of my children…
Continue ReadingI’m so excited to have another little boy. Little boys are so much fun, so easy in all the ways girls are not. A friend of mine told…
Continue ReadingSo, Sam knows how to swim.It happened this week. And although I’d like to say that it happened instantly, it could also be that when the kids’ summer…
Continue ReadingWell, folks, the Hergenraders may have a girly-girl.As Ellie approaches three, the signs are becoming obvious: a twenty minute process to choose her outfit …the careful way she…
Continue ReadingIn the end, the ending was so fast. After four years at the same school, Catie graduated from Kindergarten this week. And even though there were many days…
Continue ReadingFor almost four years, Catie has told everyone that she wants to be a vet when she grows up. It started when she sat in the audience at…
Continue ReadingSam and Ellie aren’t literally glueing themselves together in this picture. But that’s only because they don’t have to. They’re never really that far apart. The constant (constant!)…
Continue ReadingCatie graduated from Kindergarten today. I can’t believe she’s old enough to be a first grader. Some moments she doesn’t seem like she could be almost six. Other…
Continue ReadingThe kids’ school had Awards Day last week, and it’s official. Ellie is the best dancer in the two-day-a-week, two-year-old class. Which doesn’t surprise me. To be a…
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