Tag: meal planning

As is the case with everything else related to raising two children, I keep finding myself re-evaluating the way I’ve done things as I’ve fed L. to make them more appropriate for P.  These boys are completely distinct individuals in

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It was a nutty, crazy, zooey, and in all other ways chaotic weekend in our house, mainly due to the fact that my Saturday was swallowed up by rehearsals and performances.  (And, I must admit, a late-night outing with some

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Sometimes, when parenting small children, you find yourself doing triage on situations in the most ridiculous ways.  (Also, saying the most ridiculous things: “Please don’t stick your fork in your underwear.”)  Last night was such a moment in our house. 

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OK, I hate being one of those smarty-pants smug people who has the “simple” solution to holiday stress.  Really, I have no better handle on how to make the holidays run more smoothly than any of the rest of you,

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Last night in our house is sort of a blur.  It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that there are devious cosmic forces at work, which occasionally decide to band together and join forces to make sleep a near impossibility for

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It’s not cold here in the Northeast, the way it should be on December 1; no, it’s warm-ish, nearly 60 degrees, and disappointingly unseasonal.  But it’s blustery and rainy and stormy outside, so it’s still a good day for a

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It’s hard to meal plan for December.  Not impossible, but harder than it should be.  With the big Christmas/New Year’s celebrations happening at the end of the month, there’s effectively a full week — at least in our lives —

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Another Thanksgiving is safely behind us, which means that it’s time to forge onward, without a pause for reflection or catching of breath, towards the next big thing.  I’ve realized, since having kids, that the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas

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I made it with my own two little hands.  It’s in the oven right now, roasting, so I sadly cannot tell you — yet — whether or not it turned out well.  But it’s a Thanksgiving turkey, and it’s in

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Sometimes it’s easy, in this Red, Round, or Green World, to be a little too idyllic, or a little too self-righteous, or a little too absorbed.  Sometimes it’s easy to fall into the trap of letting other people think that

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