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New Pictures

New Pictures

The sun drew us outside yesterday for our biannual photo shoot of the kiddos. Here’s what was captured: We also finally took pictures of Eden’s room which is finally completed. This project consisted of many sewing projects including the curtains, the bedskirt, the pillows on top of the book shelf (under the mirror), the cushion [...]

3 years old

3 years old

Today I am reflecting on the 3rd anniversary of Eden’s birth. We celebrated with some family and friends yesterday and then had a quiet family celebration today. This past year Eden has shown tremendous growth in her ability to communicate verbally and play with us and also lately play and work things out with her [...]

nap time

nap time

Glorious nap time! Right now, the kids have been asleep, at the same time, for close to 2 hours. So I was actually getting bored and thought, “I should post something on vanderkwaak”. Harper doesn’t usually sleep this long or at the same time as his big sister. But right now, he has pneumonia and [...]