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What Barbie and the Letter “R” Taught Me
In the early 90s, Mattel released a talking Barbie that could say four different phrases. One of the possibilities was “Math class is tough” (often misquoted as “Math is hard”). After quite a few...
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Happy Lent!
Nobody has said this so far to me. “Happy Lent.” The woman in the fabric store just looked at my girls with an expression that read: “I feel so bad for you,” after I told her that they could not have...
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It’s about feeeeeeelings
I’m such a good mom when I get up in the morning. I have a great vision for the day. I generally snuggle my girls a lot. I make a nutritious breakfast. – And then the real day starts. I can generally...
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Tutorial: Build Your Own Peg Loom
A fun project to do with your 3-6 year old is weaving. Kids have fun feeling the yarn, picking the colors, and seeing the patterns emerge. They are learning the simple technique of “over and under”....
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40 Reasons to Cook as a Family
I am passionate about bringing kids in the kitchen and involving them in real work – real cooking – real cleaning. It is something that is incredibly enriching for me, my husband, and my children. I...
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Take the “YES” Challenge
I noticed lately that I sometimes say NO to my daughters without any good reasons. I say NO to reading a book because I need to send a couple of text messages. I say NO to telling a story because I...
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You Can’t Make a Horse Drink Water. But You Can Make It Thirsty.
Our pastor used this quote in a sermon. He used it – quite appropriately – to talk about what we can and cannot do to lead people to Christ. Originally, this quote is part of a story about a salesman....
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Choosing the Right Commitments for Our Children
“The quality of your commitments will determine the course of your life.” – Ralph Marston We need to realize that our life is made up of choices. Every day we face a whole battery of decisions that...
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Why Staying at Home Doesn’t Need to be a Career Killer
Pamela Druckerman, author of “bringing up Bebe” is one of the debaters on NY Times “Motherlode” . The topic of debate is the parenting styles of French vs. American women. Reading her argument...
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Screen Free Week
I’m blogging today over at Simplicity Parenting about our screen-free-week experience. Hop over and check it out!...
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Toys: What Kind? How Many? Any?
“Without this playing with fantasy, no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.” ― C.G. Jung Sometimes, living simply and being a...
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Five Great Toys
After talking about the value of right-sizing the playroom, I thought it would be good to share our favorite toys (because yes – we do have toys…). Here are our top five: 1. Yoga Blocks. Many,...
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Less Toys = Better Sharing?
“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ― Charlotte Brontë I was thinking of rounding up the month of May with one last post on toys… Maybe it’s a good time to...
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Using the Summer to Reconnect with Family: Part One
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring We know there are more summer...
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Using the Summer to Reconnect with Family: Part Two
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ― George Burns We talked last week about the difficulty of adjusting to a summer schedule and the opportunities it...
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Using the Summer to Reconnect with Family: Family History
“It struck me then how much the past – not just the past but history and family – was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.” ― Aimee...
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Keep Swinging Even if You Are Out of Rhythm
“Plan specifically so you can implement flexibly.” ― Dallin H. Oaks We are about to embark on a major vacation. This adventure includes time off, seeing family, beach, ocean, good food… It also...
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Are We Home Yet?
“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” – Elbert Hubbard There is a certain point when traveling where you are just ready to go home. We had a wonderful time in Europe but at...
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Don’t Blink… or the Chance of Fun Might Have Passed
“I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!” ― Mark Twain I know I have about five seconds. Five seconds to say yes. When the timer beeps, there...
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Awesome Avocado Cookies
It’s been a while since I shared a recipe… which means that lately there was nothing really share-worthy… BUT… I have to say: this one is a winner. I read summer that you can sometimes substitute...
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