Tweet We’ve always done an all-inclusive vacation when we’ve traveled to the beach. It’s just made things easier as a family as we have small children. An all-inclusive resort gives you food ALL DAY LONG, a clean room everyday, no need to carry money, daily activities, no need for a car, and pretty much you…
Tweet I used to love fast and scary rides. When I was a kid you could not pry me away from the the biggest roller coasters at amusement parks. As a young adult I sky-dived over the beaches in California and believed in big adventures. As I’ve gotten older(and became a mother) I’ve become more…
Tweet Yesterday was a long day. It’s amazing when you are traveling though that a long day doesn’t feel like a very long day when you’re excited to be on vacation. I felt energized by 7pm instead of dragging and feeling like I was dying because of a 2am wake-up and twelve hours of traveling…
Tweet I expected a different outcome. For example if you were to give your children three choices for dinner: 1. Pizza 2. Noodles or 3. Cow liver, you would expect a fight to ensue between them over the pizza vs. noodles while the cow liver option is not even discussed. Because they are kids….
Tweet You might find something(someone) missing in these photos. I’m calling this phase of our lives “The Tween Times.” But it’s hard to not smile at the adorable and cuddly panda bear and the fantastic yet fashionable fox. What does the fox say? It turns out our whole neighborhood is over 78 years old or…
Tweet We had a lot of older kids come by our house on Halloween last year. Many of them were not dressed up and carried only paper bags and I admit I got a little judgemental watching them approach us. Until they did not say “Trick or Treat.” Instead they showed me a…
Tweet Our cat Truffle turned three last week so I tried to take birthday photos. To which he said “Are you kidding me?” Because it doesn’t matter how much you might think you can coerce a cat to still still and nicely for you – YOU CANNOT! Unless you drug them, which I totally would…
Tweet “Dude, the lady who just blew by us is like older than my f*ck*ng mom!!!” That’s what I heard at about mile 11 when I did blow by two young and adorable men who were hurting by that time as they went out too fast. And I should’ve turned around and yelled…
Tweet I’ve been blogging for nearly six years – which is like 1200 years on the internet. My cat turns three tomorrow so I was just trying to find his approximate human age because my kids wanted to know and I didn’t have the heart to tell them that he’s actually like 30 – because…
Tweet Let me just say that I’m about the last person to be giving you advice. Me, the lady with the doubts and the nervous stomach who hasn’t run a marathon herself in over a decade. But I finished the Twin Cities Marathon this weekend. And today, I registered for another marathon …and four more…
Tweet About two year ago, Eloise went to spend the night with her best friend. Their plans included watching her brothers in a hockey tournament in some suburb in a land far far away. Upon her arrival home Eloise said in a crazy-excited voice, “Mom, we went to the most amazing restaurant last night!” And…
Tweet I’ve turned into a Sherpa. I’m blaming it on motherhood and the fear of never having an extra diaper or antibacterial hand wipes on hand. How do we become these strange yet prepared people. When I used to run marathons(before kids) I would take a simple bottle of water on my long training…
Tweet I took Eloise and Esther to see Taylor Swift in concert last night. It was their first major concert and honestly when I shelled out the $$$$ for the tickets last Fall I thought I had lost my mind and that truly an 8 and 10 year old have no business attending a concert….
Tweet We went to the Minnesota State Fair this week. While there I tried to convince Jed that it would be fun to stay for the evening to attend the Internet Cat Video Festival. He gave me his ‘cat look’ – which drives me crazy. Jed gets a certain look on his face when I…
Tweet Couch Set Free To A New Home! Neutral and soft microfiber couch and loveseat set aged 11 years. This set has served our family through three children and five cats and approximately 3000 breakfasts in front of either PBS Kids or The Disney Channel or The Today show if the kids slept in….
Tweet I should know by now not to let my husband experience something new. We went to the drive-in movie theater on Friday night and it turns out that Jed has never been to a drive-in movie before. He swears that it’s a total Midwestern thing – which is why my east coast husband had…
Tweet Eloise is mad at me. I was talking about her last night, in front of her, and I was actually telling a story about something she did that I was PROUD of…but it didn’t matter. Eloise doesn’t like to be the center of attention – good or bad, and she’s sick of reminding me…
