The beginning of the school year is my favorite. New books, projects and topics. The end of the year is always awkward. School books with different numbers of chapters than weeks, don’t line up. You finish math three weeks early, but have extra language arts and history that go beyond the school year. Summer will…
The last two months have been delightfully busy. We moved, set up our house, splitting time working in two different counties, collected several illnesses, broke a toe, and a wonderful family vacation. (I’m actually still in the middle of pneumonia, just to keep things extra crazy.) It’s easy to fall back into unhealthy ways and not…
I was first introduce to hazelnut spread by our neighbor (I was 12) and it was love at first bite. Fast forward a few years and I was in Europe, then shortly afterward living in England, and I couldn’t get enough chocolate and hazelnut. It really has to be one of the most delightful combinations…
If you have kids, you know two things: 1. There are never enough hours in any day. 2. Snack or die. I’m a huge supporter of snacks for kids. I believe it’s essential to keeping them both healthy and happy – they shouldn’t go more than 2 hours without something to eat. (If you haven’t…
When Jude was little, he was so in love with this Italian salad, that he learned how to make it himself, and would even serve it to the babysitter when she came over. We started calling it “Jude Salad” hoping the flattery would keep him interested cooking. So far, it’s worked! Need I mention it’s…
