Life on the Runn...

  Any place with my babies is a happy place, but add in a little BoCo, and this mountain mama is on cloud nine. So, cloud nine is where I spent Spring Break 2021. We managed to get the family junk show loaded up and onto an airplane (toddler + infant + car seat + stroller + bike box + two suitcases + multiple carriers + diaper bag and carry-ons) without issue and then spent the next five days in the place we used to call home, Boulder.   We enjoyed quiet(ish) hikes and playgrounds all to ourselves, the aquarium, strolls on Pearl Street, RMNP, and time with friends. I did some running. BRunn did some biking. We all did some hiking -- and indulged in a few chocolate croissants (and Kind Coffee treats!). We introduced E to real Runnells life: a little dirt, lot of fresh air, and all the adventuring!  It was our version of perfection!  Bear Lake Enjoying Estes  Denver Aquarium Sometimes you need to stop what you're doing and give your baby brother a moochie

 There is an African proverb that goes this like: "If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together." This, my friends, is motherhood, at least my version of it.  Nothing happens quickly (or smoothly, it seems), but everything - from the smiles and belly giggles, the tears (the kids' and mine),  the missteps, and the lack of sleep (this one is mine alone) - is worth it.   As a teacher I feel especially qualified to speak to this one: motherhood is the most thankless job but also the most important one I'll ever have the privilege of attempting to tackle with some semblance of grace and authority.   One day, I'll be able to take things at my intended pace, but I know, already, that I'll desperately wish for the times when we didn't have enough time because everything took twice as long and ten times as much work.  So, I will pad our schedule with an extra 15 minutes (at least), bring several changes of clothes, and cherish how perfe...