{I feel a bit like a broken record} A post I shared years ago has recently come to people’s attention again and the responses I’ve received (and the requests to share and re-share the post) have been positively overwhelming. Most recently, I was contacted by BeauCoo, a website whose mission is to promote healthy body … More #BoPo
An old friend of mine from high school founded and writes for the website Smart Eating For Kids, a website that believes that healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, is attainable by anyone. I’ve been looking for ways to do more writing (on sites that get more traffic than mine), and Kate graciously offered to … More Smart Eating For Kids
Tim is in Norway this week, attending a conference where – after nearly a full day of travel – he’ll give a 5 (yes, FIVE) minute conference talk. (To my knowledge, this is probably the shortest invited talk in the history of invited talks.) Seems a long way to travel for such a short presentation, … More flying solo
A couple of years ago (I can’t believe I’ve been writing for that long!) I shared a very beautiful exchange between Eleanor and Tim. It was a spontaneous message of the power of her body that Tim shared with Eleanor before their bedtime routine and it has resonated profoundly with parents and non-parents alike. At … More Happy {early} Father’s Day
When we first arrived in Tanzania (a lifetime ago!) I put an email out on the Meat King list serve (Meat King was an expat owned butcher shop that maintained a listserve for other expats) asking if anyone had recommendations for a reliable, trustworthy nanny. Rebecca responded saying that she had a woman who worked … More visitors
We might…maybe…meet the goal of taking one family photo per year. If we’re lucky. We made it just under the wire this time, since it’s been {barely} less than a year since our last family photo. (You know what’s funny about that one? I was pregnant with Alice and didn’t know it. Hilarious.) Once again, … More family photo, take 2
Alice has started engaging us all with her smiles and cooing. She’s started to seem so much more “grown up”, but I think the kids are ready for her to be even bigger – more grown up – than she is. I pretended to have Alice building a block tower with Oliver who thought it … More you know. for kids.
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