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Tonight we celebrated Dan and Ruth's 50th wedding anniversary. Their love, grace and humility as individuals and as a couple have always inspired me. How blessed we are to have them in our lives. . . . #50thanniversary #weddinganniversary #inspiration #50yearsago #1967 #goldenanniversary #retro #lifelessons #blessed #dailydrawing #dailysketch #drawingoftheday #drawingaday #draweveryday #drawdrawdraw #homemadegifts

Another for the #tantrumseries, titled: "BUT I WANT TO HIT MY SISTER!" . . (Three-year-old [I] now runs away from me when he's mad. This time I found him raging into the hall mirror.) . . . #tantrum #toddler #toddlermom #toddlermoments #toddlerlife #threeyearsold #reflection #momlife #motherhood #motherhoodthroughinstagram #parenting #parentlife #drawingaday #draweveryday #drawingoftheday #dailysketch #dailydrawing #alwaysbebatman

Seriously, we have so many chairs in this house. . . . #momlife #motherhood #motherhoodthroughinstagram #parentlife #parenting #parentinghumor #readersgonnaread #raisingreaders #currentlyreading #kidlife #readingnook #drawingaday #drawingoftheday #draweveryday #dailydrawing #dailysketch #sixyearsold #sevenyearsold #summerbreak

We've moved on to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at bedtime. I have loved Roald Dahl books since I was eight, but never really thought about how much I loved Quentin Blake's drawings until 16 years ago, when I stumbled on an exhibit featuring his work at the National Portrait Gallery in London. I admire the looseness and the vulnerability of his lines. I wish my drawings were more like his. . . . #momlife #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodthroughinstagram #parentlife #parenting #drawingoftheday #drawingaday #dailysketch #draweveryday #dailydrawing #bookcover #booknerd #roalddahl #charlieandthechocolatefactory #classicbooks #raisingreaders #bedtimereading #currentlyreading #quentinblake

We've moved on to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at bedtime. I have loved Roald Dahl books since I was eight, but never really thought about how much I loved Quentin Blake's drawings until 16 years ago, when I stumbled on an exhibit featuring his work at the National Portrait Gallery in London. I admire the looseness and the vulnerability of his lines. I wish my drawings were more like his. . . . #momlife #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodthroughinstagram #parentlife #parenting #drawingoftheday #drawingaday #dailysketch #draweveryday #dailydrawing #bookcover #booknerd #roalddahl #charlieandthechocolatefactory #classicbooks #raisingreaders #bedtimereading #currentlyreading #quentinblake @quentinblake

Your father and I were married 15 years ago today. I have always loved this candid snapshot from the park after the ceremony. We were walking together in the same direction. We still are. . . (Swipe right for the photo, which miraculously survived a house fire and was sitting in an old wheelbarrow in the yard when we discovered it.) . . . #momlife #parentlife #15years #anniversary #wedding anniversary #happyanniversary #dailydrawing #draweveryday #drawingaday #drawingoftheday #dailysketch #memories #lifelessons #treadsoftly #together #whereyougoigo #insicknessandinhealth #tilldeathdouspart

Tonight's post is in memory of Ruby Ellen Johnson, who was always urging me to wear more colour and pattern. She was right about so many things. . . . #drawingoftheday #drawingaday #drawingoftheday #draweveryday #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorsketch #watercolorflowers #arteveryday #patterns #floralart #floraldress #rip #memories #lifelesson #neverforgetyou #missyou

When [S] was four, I found her a vintage Scandinavian dollhouse from the 1970s that had the same bathroom tile we had in my house growing up. Ever since then, I've been somewhat of a midcentury doll house enthusiast, keeping my eyes out for used Lundby houses and furniture (common in places like Sweden but rare in North America). Yesterday, I found one locally for $15 and snapped it up! It has the coolest retro wallpaper. An empty doll house holds all sorts of possibilities. What a find! . . . #momlife #motherhoodunplugged #parenting #parentlife #thrifting #thrifted #vintage #dollhouse #lundby #vintagelundby #lundbydollshouse #lundbydockskåp #lundbystockholm #lundbydallas #midcenturymodern #dailydrawing #draweveryday #drawingaday #drawingoftheday #retro @lundbydollshouse @lundby_north_america

For my birthday last year, your father gave me a book of drawing prompts. It's turned into a fun family activity for all of us. . . . #drawingoftheday #drawingaday #dailydrawing #draweveryday #dailysketch #familyfun #kidsart #summerbreak #summeractivities #drawdrawdraw #practicepracticepractice #momlife #kidlife #parenting #parentlife #motherhoodunplugged #642thingstodraw @chroniclebooks

Perspective is everything. . . . #momlife #motherhood #momhumor #parentlife #parenting #parentinghumor #comic #comicstrip #toddler #toddlerlife #toddlermom #threeyearsold #littlebrother #partytime #breakfast #perspective #drawingoftheday #draweveryday #dailydrawing #drawingaday #drawingoftheday

This one's called: “I DON'T WANT MOMMY BUT I WANT MOMMY!!” . . . #momlife #motherhood #motherhoodthroughinstagram #parentlife #parenting #toddlers #toddlermom #toddlermoments #toddlerlife #toddlertantrums #tantrum #tantrumseries #threeyearsold #bathtime #thestruggleisreal #drawingaday #dailydrawing #draweveryday #drawingoftheday #dailysketch #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorsketch

I swear, we do have chairs in the house. . . . #momlife #parentlife #kidsofinstagram #kidlife #kidsunplugged #summerbreak #summerfun #readers #readersgonnaread #raisingreaders #currentlyreading #reading #sevenyearsold #drawingaday #draweveryday #dailydrawing #drawingoftheday #dailysketch #bookworm

This morning I took the bus for the first time in a long time, and I brought along my sketchbook. Nobody looked happy on the bus, except for a toddler who rode with us for only one stop. . . . #dailysketch #drawingaday #dailydrawing #draweveryday #draweverywhere #drawingoftheday #busrides #bus #peopleonthebus #sketchbook #sketchbookpage #practicepracticepractice #practicemakesprogress #handsarehard #grownups

Little House in the Big Woods was the first book I ever received (a gift from my best friend in grade two), and I am so happy to be sharing it with you girls at bedtime every night. I've often thought about how many classic books like this one are told from the perspective of the second sister (Little Women, Pride & Prejudice, the Ramona series...). It makes me wonder how [E] feels about things. . . . #momlife #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #parenting #parentlife #bedtimestories #littlehouseontheprairie #littlehouseinthebigwoods #sisters #littlesister #lauraingallswilder #bookstagram #bookcover #booknerd #currentlyreading #memories #drawingoftheday #draweveryday #drawingaday #dailydrawing #dailysketch