Babies Eat Real Food: Getting Started with Baby-Led Weaning
Eat WellSo you want to feed your baby real food? Then you need to know about baby-led weaning (BLW). BLW works wonders to expose babies to a variety of tastes, textures, temperatures, and the appearance of real foods. The best part? It’s really simple. It involves giving a baby pieces of real food and letting them pick …
Simple Meal Planning for People Who Loathe Meal Planning
Eat WellIn this season of life, cooking is hard. When I cook with my kids in the kitchen I am forced to do the job that only an octopus is ergonomically equipped to do. Considering that I am six arms short of an octopus, I am blessed that the three-year-old is a helper. He loves to pour …
Why I Quit Amazon
Live SimpleI quit Amazon. I did it because, frankly, I was buying a lot of stuff. Those boxes kept showing up on my porch. That stuff I needed had a mysterious way of transforming into clutter. The final purchase that pushed me over the edge was an eight-color automatic pencil. This pencil has eight different colors of lead built into …
How To Upcycle Your Holiday Cards
Live SimpleThis year we are repurposing our holiday cards. I know that sending cards is a serious production–one that demands a great deal of time, energy, and money of our loved ones. After the holiday season passes, I feel sad about throwing the cards away. Even though I stay in touch with distant friends and family through the phone and social media–there …
The 5 Beautiful Things Every Kid Needs in Their Life
Play with PurposeLast week, a gift arrived for my 9-month-old baby. It was the most gorgeous baby book I have ever laid my eyes upon. I didn’t know board books could be this beautiful. The illustrations are enchanting. The textures are captivating. Oh, and it’s white. Not a white that you can wipe clean. It’s a soft, matte …
Preschool Fudge
Play with PurposeThere is something to be said about making a gift with your own hands. This is particularly true for kids. There is nothing that compares to the sense of the pride they have in making something themselves. Which is why I love this fudge–a preschooler can make it “all by myself”. My son has the best …