I need to get something off my chest. I am not a great mom because of the lunches I pack for my kids. Lately, I’ve noticed something – a new phenomenon, or a more widespread phenomenon, that’s taking hold not
One of the big downsides to committing early on to raising kids who are HEALTHY EATERS, gosh darn it, and therefore not at all accustomed to “kid food,” is that you can end up with a couple of kids who
If you’ve hung around this blog for any length of time, you may know that about a year and a half ago (gosh, that long??? Really???), our family had to undertake a serious gluten-and-dairy-free challenge as part of evaluating L.’s
In the past couple of days, I’ve gotten quite a number of requests for two recipes: my homemade chicken nuggets, and my spelt zucchini muffins. Both of these items have shown up in L.’s first-week-of-first-grade lunches, which have been posted
In just a few days, L. starts 1st grade. Amazing. Also in a few days, I go back to rehearsals for my choral group — for what will be, unbelievably, my tenth season. After that, P. starts soccer for the
With the kids heading back to school next week (I know, I know — we’re later than most of you on this), I’ve been trying to come up with a few new items that are high in kid appeal, low
Every year. Every single year. It happens every darned year, and you’d think I’d know by now not to expect that it’ll get better, but I can’t help it. I’m an optimist. I keep thinking that THIS year will be
Hoo boy. It’s been a while since I posted — mainly, I think, because the back-to-school season is no less hectic and stressful for me than it is for most of you. We’re trying to finish up the summer, visit
It’s back-to-school season, and you know what that means around here. Lunches! And lots of ’em! This year, I wanted to try something new — so I made you a present. 🙂 This flipbook contains photos of 180 real-life lunches
I find it positively unimaginable that it’s already August. You know what happens in August? Summer simultaneously heats up (though I grant you that’s practically impossible this year) and begins wending its way towards the inevitable close. Both J. and