Oh, cabin fever. It’s not been from rain or snow or cold or the usual things that bring on cabin fever, but from the heat. And we decided to throw our sweaty arms up in the air and punt, ...

With all of this to-ing and fro-ing we’ve done trying to squeeze in the last few summer weekend trips and make the last-minute playdates here and there, our creative juices have been on the back burner. That is, until ...

Holden has been missing his playdates. While he LOVES school, his sense of accomplishment is jockeying for position with his sense of abandon. So while there are still long and warm afternoons coupled with fountains of water spraying up ...

There is only one good day a week anymore when I feel like completely splurging on something decadent, divine, and deadly: dessert. And I’m not talking about settling for a shrink wrapped cookie that you could pick up the ...

Got a lot of ketchup-I-mean-catch-up to do here with pictures! Because although we’ve been trying to slow things down, we’ve also been packing in some fun things before the weather starts that dip into fall and beyond. Truly, we ...

At Ewan’s 18-month check up earlier this week, I received a pamphlet that tells me all about what developmental milestones to expect between now and 24 months. For “vocabulary,” it listed 14-17 words. Ha! At last count, he has ...

We made it. Every stinkin’ one of us. On the eve of the big, big day, we socialized over ice cream sammies. Holden had no qualms about stepping up to that table and using his best manners to ask ...

We are a Sanuk family. And Sanuk, in Thai, means fun. Our Holden is now the newest member of the fam with happy, happy feet. Here are some other ways we’ve had fun this weekend: 1. Ewan’s mantra is ...

As I peered with sleepy eyes over my coffee this morning at the mayhem of four boys sporting huge smoothie mustaches and playing in their jammies in the living room, it hit me again. Oh man. How I love ...

I grew up thinking that bugs were pretty cool. I felt that way until my niece, Emily, was about two years old and we were gathering up roly polies like madwomen and putting them in a cup. Or so ...