Our family went to the beach for Mother’s Day this past weekend. We were the reflective ones on the shore Sunday afternoon. The water was cool, the sand soft, and the play fun. It was beautiful and special but just as you would expect from a trip to the beach there was sand in some…
Category: kids
Beyond Screen-free week: Screen time and our family
It’s screen-free week and as much as is possible, our family is participating by eliminating all non-essential screen time. Outside of screen time related to work, communication, and relationships, we are abstaining from sitting in front of screens from April 27th-May 5th. The immediate irony that in order to write this I must use a…
Beyond bedtime- when the wrong choice is the right choice
I didn’t have the heart to call them in. Imaginations were running wild as the 5 sisters romped around our front yard fighting monsters and building castles. It was time for dinner but they were happily playing and our late snack of pretzels and almond butter held us over. Dusk stretched out and day light…
Beyond kids- Harriet, our family dog
I swore we weren’t going to have another dog until we were completely done with diapers. A different kind of pet, maybe. Though we never seemed to find one that felt “right” so we remained pet-free. Jeremy and I love dogs and the kids, particularly the 12 year old Storyteller, have been begging for a…