today it was rain

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-08T10:08:10-05:00August 8th, 2023|365, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family, RV Life, Zachary|

Two feral, dirty, silly little boys who stole my snack and my heart. They spend 10 hours a day outside playing with friends, only driven inside by thirst, hunger, the bathroom or rain. Today it was rain.

Project 365: 17/365

always extra

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-06T11:36:16-05:00August 6th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family, RV Life|

This boy, y’all. He’s always extra and it’s one of my favorite things about him (even when it’s exhausting). We recently moved all Jonah’s toiletries to the back tiny bathroom in our toyhauler. Zachary and Jonah both fight going to bed every night and it was an ongoing battle over who had to go brush their teeth first. Every. Single. Night. So we moved Jonah to to the back bathroom and while they still procrastinate, it’s SO much easier having them in two different spaces during this time of day. Something so simple restored so much peace. Parenting = constant adjusting, right?!

Project 365: 15/365

fall colored leaves

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-05T09:13:44-05:00August 5th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family, RV Life, Zachary|

I love that the boys saw fall colored leaves on the ground and immediately ran to show me with breathless excitement, insisting we keep them on the mantel. I get really excited about fall too, it’s my favorite season, especially when we just so happen to be in the northeast. We lucked in to reservations in Acadia National Park this year during what will hopefully be peek fall foliage and we are all looking forward to it!

Project 365: 14/365

jonah and his sticks

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-01T08:50:12-05:00August 1st, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family|

Jonah and his sticks. A few days ago I came across a photo in my archives of Jonah carrying a stick around before his 2nd birthday on a cabin camping vacation we took. It made me smile because then I didn’t know how much sticks would become a part of his life and childhood. When we were launching in to fulltime travel and purging our home, we started getting rid of things. One of the last things to go was basket of toys up on top of our fridge known at “toy jail”. It just so happened most of the toys up there could be used as a weapon (nerf, light sabers, […]

WCA Cubing Nationals 2023 day 3

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-07-31T13:23:46-05:00July 31st, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family|

WCA Cubing Nationals 2023 day 3! It was finally Jonah’s turn to compete! He qualified for 4 events but only signed up for 2 as we missed the cutoff date. He did so well and hit his main goal of solving his 3×3 in sun 19 seconds! He was pretty excited! And it was a new PR (personal record). He even solved on the big stage in front of a huge crowd that had gathered to see Max Park. Jonah has nerves of steel, […]

WCA Cubing Nationals 2023 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-07-28T10:30:58-05:00July 28th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, Jude, My Family|

We are all so excited it’s finally here: WCA Cubing Nationals 2023 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania! We have been waiting a year for this day and our travel decisions/route over the last 7 months have been dictated by us getting the boys to this national competition. A very full 4 days, 1200 competitors, seeing friends they’ve made from competitions all over the country, 11 events combined for the boys, LET’S GO!