The 2024 Fall Fun List (+ a content round-up)
You knew it was coming after the Summer Fun List recap… I love living somewhere with four seasons. Winter is an acquired taste, and spring feels …Read More
Tag Archives: kids
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Long weekends with little kids survival guide
People often speak of long weekends as "relaxing." But if you have little kids, you know that they are often anything but! In this week's episode …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Back to school, 2024 edition
My kids don't go back to school until after Labor Day. But I know for a lot of families this week or next marks the …Read More
Celebratory meals, care packages, hodge podge
Today’s blog post is just a hodge podge…Over the weekend my husband and I took our two older boys out for their celebratory dinners (for …Read More
Pool time/screen time
Like most modern children, my kids are into their screens. I've tried setting hour limits in the past, but it just becomes another source of …Read More
Weekend: Shifting numbers of kids, solo swims…
We briefly had four kids at home, but now it's back down to three. The 17-year-old came home late Friday night. He likes his room! …Read More
Weekend adventures: Olivia, and seeing someone get shot out of a cannon…
Maybe one of these days we'll get a slow news weekend... In the meantime, this was a good summer weekend in my household (and my 12-year-old …Read More
Hello July!
If June is the Friday night of summer, July must be Saturday…so I’m hoping to cultivate a Saturday vibe this month. That was a little harder …Read More
Friday miscellany: Little summer adventures (and Bach)
The heat hasn't been quite as brutal this week, so I've had a few outdoor adventures. I walked with a friend through some nature trails …Read More
Well, we don’t have to…
The house feels weirdly empty this week. The 12-year-old is staying with cousins for the week, and the 14-year-old departed yesterday for his technology competition. …Read More