Tag Archives: family life

Reading War and Peace at Chuck E. Cheese

My husband took the older two boys to Texas this weekend for a Texas A&M football game. This is a near-annual pilgrimage for them, and …Read More

Happy October everybody! I meant to write more on the blog, but it's just been a doozy of a week. I gave my first in-person …Read More

I have planned a fair number of children's birthday parties over the years. However, after 18 months of Covid, I'm a bit out of practice. …Read More

The new school year brings new rhythms, but I feel like this week -- the first full week of classes -- we are settling in. …Read More

The toddler years can be tough. It is also really cool to watch a little human being figure out how to talk. From 18-24 months …Read More

First, thank you so much to everyone who has joined the Best of Both Worlds Patreon community. We've got an ice breaker thread going over …Read More

I am writing this in a hotel room, on my first business trip in approximately 21 months. It is not my first night away from …Read More

I truly love fall. It helps that fall tends to be beautiful around here — not too cold until December, but with all the color …Read More

Since school doesn't start until tomorrow around here, we decided to stretch the summer season a bit and do a Labor Day weekend trip to …Read More

Just a quick post as I am typing this in my basement at 6:30 a.m. The bad news is the toddler was up at 5:15 …Read More