lake swims and shorts + big sweater season makes my heart soar

one of my 4yo students called his smoothie a "smoochie" today at lunch so that's what they're called now, spread the word

good morning babe i love you could you go fill up my water bottle

why do houses cost one million dollars

thoughts for my preschooler who stepped out of the bathroom today with his rain pants around his ankles and his jacket half zipped, sighed, and said, "ugh I'm a mess"

saw a quote that said "every first draft is perfect because a first draft's only job is to exist" and that's just really hitting home rn 🖤

Love Poem It doesn't have to be elaborate. It doesn't need the fanciest of metaphors. All it needs is a morning of reading. Maybe an afternoon with friends. Perhaps a night of pure silence: flowers in moonlight breathing what is shed from stars, waiting to be touched by the sun.

Nature paintings by Claude Monet

Oh, you’re sad? Have you tried Walking For Such A Long Time?

oh the darkness will be all consuming around 3? So a normal Monday?

might quit my job to focus on actually putting away my laundry

“wow,” said the two-year-old neighbor boy petting one of our cats for the first time, “there are bones in here”

Cool