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The Decision to Work

Posted in family, parenting on August 17, 2011 | 10 Comments »

I never felt I made a very good stay-at-home mom. My idle hands and mind crave deadlines, accountability and lots of social interaction. I am reminded of this every time I have a few days at home by myself or when I have been in between jobs. The first few days function like a water [...]

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Goopy Little Hands

Posted in dinner, Italian food, main dish, parenting, Recipes, Sauces, Uncategorized, vegan on July 19, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Last weekend, Calla helped me make dinner. She was helpful and engaged. She stirred the sauce, poured and mixed ingredients and pressed up right.next.to.me. while I chopped and diced. I did my best to breathe deeply, let her have fun and not micro manage her when she sploshed sauce over the side of the sauce [...]

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Snacks for Dinner

Posted in dinner, family, Leftovers, parenting, snacks, vegan on July 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Last Thursday, Calla suggested we eat snacks for dinner. Her menu included soy yogurt, ice cream, spring rolls and Popsicles. Lennon requested Costco-style “samples” and dim sum. I didn’t feel like cooking a full meal and neither Scott nor I were interested in the remaining items on our weekly menu. He had eaten Asian food [...]

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About as Adventurous as a Bowl of Oatmeal

Posted in breakfasts, oatmeal, parenting, Recipes, Travel, vacation on June 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve lost my spine. I was the girl who used to jump off 50 foot cliffs, ride roller coasters for the adrenaline rush and surf in the washing machine waves off the coast of Santa Cruz. Now I am just a middle-aged mommy wuss. While on vacation I took Lennon body surfing. He loved it. [...]

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Balancing the Holidays

Posted in holidays, parenting, Uncategorized on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Chanukah came early this year, and it forced me to fully acknowledge the impending holidays well before Thanksgiving. Our family celebrates both Chanukah and Christmas, and not because we are full of holiday cheer. My hubby Scott and I decided early in our relationship that we wouldn’t deny the other’s culture for the sake of [...]

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An Apathetic Halloween

Posted in baking, holidays, parenting, Vegan MoFo on November 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I’ve never been a real fan of Halloween—particularly the dressing up and decorating part. If my grandmother were still alive to read these words, she would don her witch costume, add a nasty wart to her nose, and hobble around behind my back mumbling curses for speaking ill of her favorite day. I do love [...]

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Lollipops and apple snacks

Posted in apples, cake, dessert, parenting on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

About every few months or so, the kids go through a mental growth spurt. The precursor is atrocious temper tantrums and attitude issues that make my insides shiver and speeds up the graying of my hair over the thought of the teen years. One would think that after 5+ years of these changes, Scott and [...]

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Drinking the Kool-Aid

Posted in parenting on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Our friends just had their first baby and their experience so far, from our limited perspective, seems to be much more difficult than most newly-minted parents. Like most of us, they are struggling through the exhaustion of caring for a newborn and the instantaneous identity change of becoming parents. Nothing quite prepares a new parent [...]

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