She is jumping wildly up and down, clutching the edge of the kitchen table, screaming, “I. Need. A. HUG!” For the record, I am standing eighteen inches away from her with my arms outstretched, trying to find an opening to give her what she claims to want. It’s a trick, of course. She doesn’t want […]
When I was a kid, if someone had asked me what my favorite foods were, I would have said chocolate, pizza, and broccoli. I’m not really sure how broccoli made this list. But I’m not taking it back. I do truly love pizza and broccoli, and they are also amazing together! Have you ever thrown […]
Breakfast is my favorite. It used to be my favorite because it was a great excuse to eat giant amounts of sugar in a socially acceptable way. Cinnamon buns, I’m looking at you. But these days, I’m pretty obsessed with eggs. And hollandaise. Oh, hollandaise, you make my heart skip a beat. When I go […]
The sweetest girl in the whole world just had her first birthday. I am honestly still a bit stunned that she is a year old. That whole third-child thing? It’s real. Time is legit zooming by way faster than it did with Jake or Caitlin. Back when I was 42 weeks pregnant with a baby […]
Two years ago, I started praying to find a friend. Specifically, I was praying for a friend with whom I could have a natural, easy connection; who lived close by (not at all a given where we live); and whose husband and children would get along well with mine. Yes, that’s a fairly tall order. […]
This is my birthday week. I marked the occasion with some truly enormous, truly delicious chocolate chunk cookies. At this point, you can’t be surprised by my adoration of chocolate chip cookies. I think I must have made every chocolate chip cookie recipe under the sun, from the famous (the recipe from Baked and Neiman […]
Last week, we went to the beach. It was eventful, to say the least. (Just picture losing not one but two of your children for several heart-stopping minutes, while the third eats sand every single time you look away.) After we decided to stay off the beach (gee…I wonder why?), we basically spent the rest […]
I get up and pad softly across the room to pour myself a mug of coffee, pulling the pot out from the machine while it is still running and leaning over the steaming mug to catch a little extra warmth. Maybe I should risk going upstairs and waking the kids so I can grab a […]
As many of you know, I am not a fruit eater. I know, I know, that sounds crazy, especially for someone who spent 7 years as a vegetarian. I will tell you point blank that I have never missed fruit. I am in no way sad about “missing out” on fruity desserts, I have no […]
I try not to eat too much ice cream anymore (although it is one of the hardest things to turn down—which is how I sometimes end up with four scoops instead of one, which is why I must circle back to the try-not-to-indulge plan). But. July is National Ice Cream Month. And as I was pondering […]
