It's amazing how shifting from the toddler and preschool days of parenting into the school age days can radically change the way you spend time with your kids. One day it feels like you never do anything without the kids, the next day it feels like you never see them. And even … [Read more...] about Six Divided by Two: Spending One-on-One Time With the Kids
Why I Make Dinner
This post contains affiliate links. Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: It's 4:00 p.m. and you find yourself in the kitchen. You've checked the meal plan, and today's the day you're going to try something new. Now, it's nothing crazy, like mussels in wine sauce or … [Read more...] about Why I Make Dinner
Can You KonMari a Blog?
So many of the bloggers I read from ye olde days of blogging are no longer around, and the truth is that I miss them. I wonder how their families are doing, if their dog still does those crazy things, if they've been on vacation or off to pick apples. And yet in many ways, I've … [Read more...] about Can You KonMari a Blog?
Feels Like Home: Indianapolis Colts Football is Back
While it's never been formally declared, not on this blog, not in a computer file taking up space on my desktop, not even hastily written on the back of grocery receipt, I have a Sports Bucket List. I keep it in the least secure place possible - my head - and it changes with the … [Read more...] about Feels Like Home: Indianapolis Colts Football is Back
Keep the Expectations Low and the Habitat Zipped.
For his birthday last year, Eli received a praying mantis kit. It came with a handy pop-up viewing habitat, a little book about the praying mantis, and a certificate to mail away for your praying mantis egg case. Being August, and knowing that by the time the little mantis babies … [Read more...] about Keep the Expectations Low and the Habitat Zipped.