by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade, Life
Friends, we have been cooking together for nine months! Nine months of homemade kitchen discoveries and ultimate cuisine disaster. It has been fun, right? My kids look forward to each month and just what I will surprise them with (sometimes to their horror). All in...
by Stephanie | Articles, Handmade & Homemade, Life
My kids were so happy in July. The menu proved to be a delight and they looked forward to each meal and the discussions about Chinese culture. Now, in this hot and steamy end of summer month we move on to Brazil! August will prove interesting and fun as I am...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade, Life
I’m joining the conversation again this morning over at The Chaos and the Clutter writing about Tender Moments with those precious Toddlers and Preschoolers. ♥♥♥ I will never forget that twenty week ultrasound for my third child. Laying on that table propped up with...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
It’s hot. And when it’s hot outside, my kids hibernate inside. My non-loving-reading ten-year-old becomes a reader when it’s sweltering. If I find the right book and the temperature hits the right degree, the only place for her is downstairs in the coolest room...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Handmade & Homemade, Life
I may have made a serious misstep here. The kids listed China as one of the countries they wanted to learn more about but as July crept near, they began to order. As in, place their orders as if I were their personal Chinese take-out restaurant. After pushing a few...
by Stephanie | Articles, Handmade & Homemade, Life
After dance recitals, music recitals, field days, end of year field trips, end of season soccer parties and yes, alas, the final day of school, I give you what you’ve been waiting for – an excuse to drink beer! Ahem, I mean, the June menu which is a...