this one’s from nathan; happy saturday morning. (he’s already on the soccer field. i promise we’re leaving now to join him. just one more sip of coffee. one. more. sip.) pigeon:impossible   ps - and speaking of holiday movies (we...

you say, ‘unicorn pinata’ we say, ‘of course, betsyboo’ [and we quickly google, 'how to make a unicorn pinata' and get straight to work.] we love you, elizabeth ann cates, our loving betsy. happy 4th, lovey. partying with our co-op preschool...

it was such a long day it was such a long day that when i fell into my chair at dinner and started to read catherine vos to the kiddos, i accidentally started crying and couldn’t finish. ‘are you okay?’ ‘are you sad, mommy?’ (one sweet...

well, that’s a magical sight coming in my front door: lisa. with coffee. she works the night shift, so she’s back in the neighborhood almost exactly when 4 of the cates’ fam head out the door at 8:27am, so we like to steal a bit of prayer...

yesterday, cory’s colleague had to peel an embarassing (pink butterfly?) sticker off his back at work and today, they’re at it again. sneaky, sneaky, stick it on your back when you aren’t looking. shhhh, he left w/ caroline’s nametag...