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Looking at birth story books with my two littles. I made shutterfly books about all of their births and they are a perennial favorite read in our house. I even catch the big girls reading their books sometimes.  

Today, we were invited to the girl’s school to take part in a thank you ceremony for State Representative Terry Wilson. He has been advocating for charter schools and charter school funding, so the school presented him with a plaque. Today, Nora shined. Her artwork was the artwork selected out of all the student submissions…

Two. ♥️♥️ I cannot even express how much my heart explodes with love for our tiniest girl. She really is the the greatest gift we could have asked for to round out our family, and I cannot believe she’s going to be two years old tomorrow. Squeeze them tight – it goes by way too…

Early morning volleyball game with the 7-9 year old division. Mostly they make points off serves or failed serves but about twice a game, someone manages to return a serve and it gets really exciting.  

Here’s a before and after (or I guess an after and before) of our tiny master bathroom remodel. Swipe to see some before pictures and also a photo of Zara and Vivi checking out our new shower. This room was the last room that needed to be updated from when we bought the house in…

#Halloween 2021: a scarecrow, a witch, a circus ring master and Dumbo the elephant. I’m feeling the transition from child to teen a lot with Nora this year. We went to a friend’s house to trick or treat this year. They have kids the same age as our oldest three and the the oldest kids,…

Vivienne’s toddler class has been COVID quarantined for about a week and a half. It’s been challenging to say the least as Chris and I juggle work and child care. Last year we opted to hire a nanny rather than send Addie and Vivi to school so we’re behind the curve on figuring this out.…

A #daughtersday photo of my four girls. ♥️ They have 100% stolen my heart.  

Rocking my #WPCampus tshirt. It’s day one of the conference and so exciting to see months I and other organizers spent planning, turn into an awesome #WordPress #highereducation event. One of my favorite things about my job is engaging in the WordPress community. Whether it’s in a Slack channel, WordCamp, or a meetup, I get…

One of our @masschallenge mentors (an attorney) recommended this to me when I asked him what I could read to really understand how VC funding works. We’re just about ready to start approaching possible investors for our first round of funding and I did find it pretty helpful. Essentially the book walks through all of…

Nora’s 12th birthday was today. We celebrated at the trampoline park with pumpkin chai cake. I can barely stand how grown up she is. P.S., she now approves every picture I post of her. Which is the way it should be but also a slightly sad reminder of how fast she’s growing up.

My mother-in-law has an amazing green thumb. Every time I visit her house I am amazed at her beautiful garden. I, on the other hand, have a weed patch in my backyard and one Christmas cactus attempting to survive in a pot in the house that’s near drought conditions from lack of watering. I actually…