If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, click here to find out what it’s all about. Week 37: Gone Baby Gone I realized something this week. It’s a realization that’s been coming all summer, but it finally crystallized this week. I’ll back up a bit. Every spring since […]
Super Baby Food Review [Giveaway Ended]
Disclosure: I received a product and compensation for this review. All opinions are my own and I would never recommend something I wouldn’t use myself. My goal for this blog was, is, and will remain honesty. I can tell you the exact moment I fell in love with Ruth Yaron’s best-selling book Super Baby Food. […]
Week 36: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to find out what it’s all about. Have you ever been hit so hard by a realization that it almost physically hurts? I have. Just the other day, in fact. I’m not exactly sure how to explain this without going into all the […]
Hey Dads, I Have Something to Say to You
Hey dads, I have something to say to you Hey Dads, I see you. I see you in your yard, playing ball with your kids, sharing tips on how to improve their stance or catch that fly ball. I see you mowing the lawn, a child on one knee with a smile stretched across her […]
Four Things Families With Food Allergies Want You to Know
Last week I shared tips for families who have food-allergic children on how to transition smoothly to school. This week I want to talk to families who do not have children with food allergies. Hopefully the following four insights will give you a peek into our world and a bit of food for thought. (I […]
Week 35: To Eli and Samuel on Their 6 1/3 and 4 1/3 Birthdays
If you’re just joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, please click here to find out what it’s all about. We took the kids to Build-a-Bear this week. We were four months late. See, the kids’ birthdays all fall very close together in April and May. When I plan birthday parties I’m somewhere in […]
Meme Monday: My Kid Needs to Pee
Happy Meme Monday to you! I hope you enjoyed your weekend and didn’t have any accidents due to a slowpoke. We had a near miss which inspired today’s meme. I call it “My Kid Needs to Pee!” Enjoy!
4 Tips to Navigate School Waters With a Food-Allergic Child
If you’re the parent of children without food allergies, I urge you to keep reading! This post will give you a bit of insight into the lives of families with food allergies. I also encourage you to read my follow-up post: Four Things Families With Food Allergies Want You to Know 4 Tips to Navigate […]
Meme Monday: 5 Things Every Mom Wants to Hear Her Husband Say
Meme Monday Welcome to Meme Monday: 2nd Edition! Find my first meme here.
Week 34: All Creatures Great and Small
If you’re just joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, please click here to find out what it’s all about. On Saturday the kids and I sat in the living room for probably 20 minutes, watching two squirrels run back and forth, gathering and storing acorns. As we watched, we asked question after question: […]