the kids
"He Lived, and Let Me Watch Him Do It…"
One of my favorite quotes on parenting is “My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it.” My kids never want to practice yoga with me when I ask. But then this morning while I was uploading files from my camera onto my laptop, I found this … (Read More)
Vegan Pirate Peanut Butter Cookies… and Hats
Of course I would turn my very first ever attempt at baking cookies into a video. So there was no practice run, no tasting, and certainly no planning… the perfect recipe for a big mess. Surprisingly, my little vegan cookies turned out quite good. Thank you, Facebook Friend Michelle, for the yummy and EASY recipe … (Read More)
Jack Can Juice!
My favorite vegetarian/vegan cookbooks for kids:The juicer in the video is our 12-year-old backup juicer {which I will never get rid of, because for some weird reason I’m attached to it like my favorite childhood teddy bear). If you’re looking for a great juicer at a reasonable price, get one of these:
Happy Birthday, Winona Frances!
Today, you turn twelve… The Day You Were Born: We named you Winona Frances… Winona means “first daughter” and Frances is after your father’s grandmother, Nanny Frances. We were both babies… I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew you deserved the best. I read every book – learning all that I … (Read More)
BasketBall & the Boys
Sick Ick & Edy’s All-Fruit Bars *SWOON*
No matter how well we eat, how much exercise we get, or how many times I diligently disinfect the doorknobs, there was no avoiding the tsunami of sick that washed over my kids’ schools this season. We managed to stay well through the holidays and the first wave of the flu, and then BAM, the … (Read More)
Sick Ick & Edy’s All-Fruit Bars *SWOON*
No matter how well we eat, how much exercise we get, or how many times I diligently disinfect the doorknobs, there was no avoiding the tsunami of sick that washed over my kids’ schools this season. We managed to stay well through the holidays and the first wave of the flu, and then BAM, the … (Read More)
How We Do Sick Days
He says it’s a bad headache, I say we overdid it on the Buffalo wings and chocolate cake. Calvin turned 10 yesterday and it was total digestive carnage at our house today. Justin had an appointment in Manhattan, Winona and Calvin were shoved off to school, and Calvin and I played sick, stayed home, and … (Read More)