I recently became the proud owner of a very special piece of jewelry, designed by Lisa Leonard. (And I’d like to add here that this necklace was not a freebie. I ordered the necklace, customized it, paid for it, and was so thrilled with the finished piece that I felt compelled to share it with [...]

This morning, we made tin can caddies. One for Pea’s dad, to hold the pens on his desk. And another one, albeit larger, for Pea to keep her new collection of “Polly Pocket” horses in. Those pieces are so ridiculously tiny! The can we used for her daddy’s tin was formerly home to a 14-oz. [...]

About one month ago, we became the proud owners of a Sonos Digital Music System. My husband had been bugging me forever to get one of these things. But I resisted. Why can’t we just listen to the stereo? Well, apparently stereos are passe, and I’ve just completely dated myself by even daring to use [...]

Well, Coco’s swimming class starts in about one week. And you know what that means. Swimsuits for me. Ugh. I can think of absolutely nothing good that can come of this. Although I have reached my pre-pre-pre-baby weight, still… my body is different. I have a mummy tummy. And while I’m not much of a [...]

I needed to make a quick lunch for my husband, Coco and myself last week, and was at a loss. Then, I remembered that Real Simple, one of my favorite magazines ever, had a recipe in there that I was pretty sure I’d have all of the ingredients for. I admit, we keep a well-stocked [...]

I hate socks. It’s a weird quirk that I have. But it’s very real. I hate socks and I always have. Don’t even get me started on those little peds things, either. I know so many women who swear by them. But, yuck. It’s still a sock. A binding sock. Trust me, my aversion to [...]

Food is at the center of much of what goes on in our home. My husband and I love to eat. We also adore cooking. And thankfully, those two passions have rubbed off on our girls. Although Pea is now getting into a phase where she wants more control over what she eats. But I [...]

I had a bucket of old crayons. They were broken, chopped up, half-eaten, in some cases. But I held onto them. And I had no idea why, until today. Months ago, I picked up a copy of Martha Stewart’s “Good Things for Kids.” And then I threw it in our craft closet, just off the [...]

A few weeks ago, I ordered some new books for the girls. We needed some new stories. Some fresh meat, so to speak. We read a lot in our home, and Pea was reaching the point where she could recite, from memory, the words to many of her books. And when I’m looking for books [...]

The sun is frying us out here. I am constantly slathering us all up with SPF before leaving the house, to do anything. And a few weeks ago, I saw a new doctor who told me that the most important thing that I can do for my health is to use sunscreen. Every day. And [...]

After I wrote last about my passion for Love & Logic, I received quite a few emails asking me to go into further detail about what this theory of parenting entails. And now that it’s been about one month since my last post on the topic, I can say with delight that it’s really working [...]

Last Wednesday was the opening day of our local weekly Farmer’s Market. Out of 80 vendors, barely 15 showed up. It was cold. And rainy. Yet there we were, my husband, my girls and myself. I’d been looking forward to this day for months. I wasn’t going to miss it for the world. Among the [...]

What is it with little kids and spaghetti? I’m willing to bet that there’s a picture of you in your parent’s home, sitting in a highchair, all of about one-year old, with spaghetti sauce smeared all over your face, in your hair. A noodle dangling from your nose. I can now add Coco to that [...]

And I don’t mean family planning in the way that you might think that I mean family planning. No, we are not having another kid. I’m talking about keeping the schedules of the kids that we already have in order, along with my husband’s insane travel and work schedule. And the dogs having to go [...]

Just a little caveat to today’s post about pulling Pea out of her current summer camp and sending her to a new one. When I picked her up this afternoon? She walked out of the room. Sucking her thumb. This child has never, a day in her life, sucked her thumb. And so, if ever [...]