Hellobee

And…20 months! Which means we are inching closer and closer to that 2 year mark. Where has the time gone?! My oh my how our little girl is growing up. She now regularly says “I love you” and “I miss you” (both to us and to her toys), which melts my heart every time I […]

In this special edition of the Swarm, several of the Bees asked their moms what they would have done differently as a mom. What would I have done differently: 1. Given my children a religious foundation. Although we established virtues and values in our children without the benefit of any religious upbringing, I wish we […]

Five months and we celebrated our first Thanksgiving!  It was a small affair this year as much of my extended family was still in Taiwan, but a lovely meal (albeit typically Asian and not the traditional American kind). We also got to go to Drake’s school and attend his feast the school provided. Juliet was […]

I wrote a while back about trying to be intentional as a SAHM, but despite my efforts at planning, it is starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day over here. Now that LL is a little bit older (almost 10 months), I am excited to start planning some activities that are a little more involved […]

I had planned on getting a post up today on holiday traditions, but time slipped away from me yesterday with all the Christmas preparations. I didn’t grow up celebrating Christmas because my parents were immigrants and most of my friends were children of immigrants, and I honestly had no idea how big it was for […]

There are so many fun ideas for Christmas-themed foods, I thought I would share some of my favorites. Almost all of these are very easy to make, so you still have time to make them for tomorrow! And this is unrelated to this post, but it’s so much fun that I had to share. I […]

I know this might seem like an odd title for someone with four kids but, as some of you may know, my journey to becoming a mother was not exactly easy.  While I was struggling with infertility, I often wrote down some of my thoughts.  It felt like it was one of the only ways […]