For my grandmother’s upcoming birthday party, our family was given the task of providing the birthday cake. Normally, I would order a cake from our favorite bakery then talk my… Read more »
Today, during dinner prep, 3yo held up a large plastic spoon and asked “Why dis a spoon?” After a day of work, picking up kids, exercising dogs, and squeezing in… Read more »
The Census of 2010 reported that 20% of the population of the United States was 10-years or younger. 21 million of those children were under the age of 6. Kidshealth.org… Read more »
I see you. I see you posting photos of your manicured toenails in the sand with the surf in the background, your sleeping toddler curled up on her towel, your… Read more »
“I never get what I want!” This is a sentence I hear on a daily basis from 4yo. I assume it’s a phase, but it’s one of the most annoying… Read more »
It’s been a few years since this post, and since then we’ve grown into avid pop-up campers. Our little 1996 Palomino served us well, but this year we were able… Read more »
We made it to summer! After the craziness of the last month of school, today marks the kick-off of summer vacation here. Despite the calls for rain, it’s sunny and… Read more »
After picking a book off the shelf that I’ve not yet read to him, 4yo plops down into my lap and announces: “This is the ONE-TH time we’ve read this… Read more »
Every parent I know who has multiple children has said the same thing to me at one point: it is amazing how different they are. For several years following the… Read more »
I recently found this conversation from last summer that I had written down so as not to forget it. I read it tonight and it made me smile. 3yo: Now… Read more »