Apr 27, 2020

We have definitely noticed that Eva’s happiest moments during this crisis have been out in nature.  Whether that’s been on bike rides or walks in the neighborhood (practicing social distancing of course), or sitting on the low climbing tree in our yard, or escaping with the family to an off-the-beaten-path hiking...

Apr 23, 2020

Today’s episode is the first in a series of episodes we plan to call Rhyme Time.   When you see “Rhyme Time” in the title of the episode, you know it is going to have a poem that our family wrote and a short discussion of the meaning of that poem.  This week’s poem is called Practice Makes Progress. We want to...

Apr 20, 2020

The other day, as we went for a quick walk around the neighborhood to get some fresh air, we came across a house that was completely overrun with weeds.   This neighbor clearly had surrendered to mother nature -- and had not made any effort to mow the lawn or otherwise care for the property in what looked like years. ...

Apr 17, 2020

Currently with much of the world still under stay-at-home orders, we are not seeing our friends, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins -- at least not in-person.  But I can tell you who we are seeing PLENTY OF -- and that’s our immediate family. In our case, that’s Olga (mom), Alex (dad), Eva (you all know...

Apr 15, 2020

One of our family’s favorite teachers is Brendon Burchard.   Ever since this pandemic started, Brendon has been sharing amazing ideas on how to train your brain and actually use this time as an opportunity to grow.   In this episode, Eva share’s Brendon’s concept of adopting a role model mindset. Specifically, for...