These photos are from an early morning backyard session.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget how hard it is to have a baby at home — you know, our brains just magically forget the torture (thank god). This session was a great reminder because even though the children were ADORABLE and super well behaved… we needed to finish by 8:30 am so the baby could nap.

Let’s pause and think about what time a baby is waking up if they are napping at 8:30 am. Oh those poor parents.

And my god, having a six year old is great.

Also, one of these pictures captured the eldest daughter swinging with her imaginary friend. I LOVE IT.

I have been taking family photos most evenings these days, but I keep forgetting to show them to you all.

I can honestly say that these backyard sessions have become my favorite. Here is a set from about three weeks ago. Can you even believe the friendship between these two siblings? It’s adorable.

We threw a socially distanced birthday party yesterday with a few of Ezra’s closest friends at the park. One of my favorite events was the potato sack race, but the egg toss was a close second!

I can’t believe my kid is almost six. Where did the time go? How did he get so big? Look at that hair!

This was our first week of kindergarten at home. It went pretty well, all things considered, but I will be surprised if I can continue blogging on a regular business through all of this. Please be patient, and I’ll try to stop in and show you what I’m up to when I have windows of time available.

We are super fortunate to have been assigned to the most amazing teacher for kindergarten, and because of her talent and leadership, we had a really good first week. Ezra learned a lot about the use of the iPad and technology and he had fun drawing pictures, practicing his letters, completing scavenger hunts and singing songs.

Next week is even more busy for us as we have a birthday to attend to and a block party to throw (not to mention school, work and the usual day to day insanity). But hopefully it all goes off without a hitch!