The Spring Roll is our annual bike parade here in JP! It starts with bike decorating and snacks and then a little 2ish mile bike ride. This year, Roozle rode her balance bike in the parade for a bit. It blew her mind to be able to ride in the street. So exciting. MCB also rode the balance...

Just over a week ago, Boston broke wide open. So many got quiet. What could possibly be said? How could we possibly work through a of this? What words could ever be enough? And yet, so many started writing. When I don’t know what to do, I write. So many it seems, felt the same way. As...

This week was a hard one, to say the least. And while the terror seems to be over, the sadness is sinking in. The realization that the results of Monday have forever changed so many families. The realization that this happens all the time all over the world. This and worse. That many people...

We have been on lockdown here since this morning. We have been told to stay inside, keep doors locked, close windows, and don’t answer the door for anyone other than a uniformed police officer. One of the suspects from the marathon bombing is not yet in custody and is believed to be in...

It’s a beautiful day in Boston today. The sun is shining. It’s warmer than it’s been in a while. This is the kind of day we’ve been waiting for. But even in the light, it’s a dark day here. Some of us are finding out, slowly, that our friends and family are okay....

On Saturday afternoon, a letter was delivered. We don’t check our mail very often, as it’s all junk usually, so waiting for the mail isn’t something we’ve ever done here. Saturday was different. Very different. Last month we entered the lottery for Boston Public...

First it was exciting. Then it was awesome. And now, after two days of cancelled school and work, and day four of not leaving the house, it’s starting to lose it’s charm. This morning we woke up to our street still unplowed and I couldn’t take it anymore. While the streets...

We got hit with a blizzard here in Boston this weekend. Our last measurement was 24″ here in Jamaica Plain, but my brother’s nearby town got as much as 31″ of snow. A lot of snow. It started Friday morning, but the real heavy snow didn’t really start until Roozle was...

It’s winter here in Boston and it’s cold. We’ve been spending a lot of time inside on the weekends with a strong need for Roozle to move her body. We have a few favorites this winter that are keeping her moving and providing lots of fun for us too. 1. The Slide: A few...

There’s something special about the first snow. It’s whiter. Feels a little less cold somehow. And it’s incredibly exciting. This first snow storm of the season happened last night, just after Roozle went to bed but before we did. We slept with the curtains open so we could...

The Lantern Parade is our favorite local event. It’s a parade around our local pond. Everyone carries lanterns made out of soda bottles. The children wear costumes. We look forward to it all year. Roozle just stopped talking about how awesome last year’s parade was a few weeks ago,...

Last week I started 30Days30Miles, a full month of walking at least one mile per day. My theory was that the first mile is the hardest and once you go a mile it’s easy to keep going. Also that one mile is easy enough to convince yourself to do each day. I was right. I walked over 14...