Family Travel Games

The pool opened this weekend! Summer and adventure are finally here! (And for my mental health: vitamin D and excitement!) When we hit the pool, or the beach for that matter, we like to set up camp and stay alllll day long. We pack our cooler and snacks, and I arrange myself on a lounge chair, … Continue reading →

Halloween Movies 2014

As I posted last year, holiday movies are a big part of our celebration season. The requirements are simple: on theme with the holiday, enjoyable to watch over and over, cheesy, and quotable. (And for Halloween movies, these are NOT scary. Family friendly isn’t a requirement, but I do not like horror movies.) I’ve added a couple of … Continue reading →

Halloween Movie Season Has Begun!

One of my favorite favorite FAVORITE things about the holiday season is watching (and QUOTING) the same movies every year. We are a movie family and love to snuggle up on the sofa together with popcorn. James and I started years ago with our favorite Christmas movies, and over the course of our marriage we … Continue reading →

Summertime

I don’t even want to say it or put in into writing, but there are only less than 3 weeks left of summer break. I have always loved summer with my kids home from school. And this year is particularly cruel because our school system moved up the first day of school by an entire … Continue reading →

A G&T for Me*

Summer has arrived in Maryland. Only 2 weeks ago the kids had a snow day off of school. And then yesterday it got to over 70 degrees. These are my favorite kind of family evenings. The kids play outside, my husband and I sit and have a leisurely dinner on the patio. And instead of … Continue reading →

happy friday

It’s been a lovely week-ish around here. Things have improved dramatically since this post about the way things were going with my kids and family. As with all things parenting, everything passes and so I am happy that this particular rough patch has passed. Helping things is the fact that my sweet Sarah turned 7, my … Continue reading →

Chili Week

This weekend I made chili to feed a bunch of family before we all went to my son’s class play. So, I made my go-to chili recipe from the Betty Crocker Cookbook. I am a fan of simple chili. Straightforward. I’m not interested in adding cocoa powder or espresso powder or vegetables or many varieties … Continue reading →

Kids, Man

Let’s talk about kids for a minute. I have three of them and truly, they are three of the best humans I have ever met. I am totally biased by biology, I recognize this. But (to me) they are the cutest, prettiest, most intelligent little beings. It is one of the most fascinating things I … Continue reading →