Tag Archives for children
Meatloaf Recipe
Last night, we made Advent wreaths at our church. We’ve been trying to become more involved in the community there. Because our children are at the age where we need teach them what we believe in, what our family stands … Continue reading
Create a Network
Last week, I met up with my friends, Liz and Anna, at Barnes & Noble. While our kids paged through comic books, we drank coffee and flipped through the magazines we’d like to write for. We talked about which front-of-book … Continue reading
Which office design do you like?
*For our latest in home building, here is Building a New Home and a New Marriage on YourTango. Matt’s fallen in love. With his office. In our home design plans, we’ve situated it off the back of the garage, with … Continue reading
Gluten Free Sweet Potato Biscuits
Today we’re working on our alphabet, and not so our children can learn how to read. We want to help them make the connection between what goes into their mouths and how their body uses it. Because it’s not enough … Continue reading
Teaching real food to kids, starting with jello
My husband returned today from a two-week trial, and while he was gone, I learned I’m not cut out to be a single parent. Because first we got wiped out from a stomach bug, and then our dog came down … Continue reading
The Happiness Project: Are you happy?
Before we left for the cabin, my friend Meg dropped off a book she’d been reading, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I’d wanted to read it ever since I read in New York Magazine that children don’t make you … Continue reading
Quiz: How much money does it cost to get to the North Pole?
It just so happens that the North Pole isn’t where you thought it was. It’s here, in the Adirondack Mountains, alongside a steep mountain road. And today we drove through a sheet of rain to get there. Our 5-year-old stuck … Continue reading
Sisters on a road trip
Matt called yesterday to say his trial was bumped back by a week. Which meant he wouldn’t be home for another three. So today my sister + I drove south to stay at the Hotel Helix in Washington D.C. for … Continue reading
A Bygone Era
We took a buggy ride through Amish farmlands in Intercourse, PA. Our boys tugged on our driver’s beard and commented he looked like Santa. I guess you can take your children out of commercialism, but you can’t take commercialism out … Continue reading
What is your pace? At Dutch Wonderland.
Today on our East Coast travels, my sister and I took our children to Dutch Wonderland. She rode on roller coasters and log rides with my 5-year-old while I chased after my younger two. And as we explored the park, … Continue reading