November 27, 2020 Friday Favorites: holiday gift ideas for him Is it me, or are guys are perennially hard to buy gifts for? Too often, they either don’t have a hobby or they already…
November 16, 2020 These vintage porcelain figurines don’t seem to age When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to play with were little miniature china or ceramic animal figurines. I played with…
November 14, 2020 I really miss our Elf on the Shelf This will be our third Christmas since, at the age of 8, Z decided that nothing is real: not Santa, not Emmalina our Christmas…
November 10, 2020 My hubby built our daughter an actual castle Back in our daughter’s princess days – that epic time between ages 3 and 5 that we enjoyed very much – my amazing hubby…
November 6, 2020 The Columbus Zoo is freaking fantastic right now I once wrote that November is a “family fun doldrums” because there doesn’t seem to be much to do in between the fall family…
November 2, 2020 Why feeding kids the BRAT diet may be a big mistake I’ve learned a whole lot this week thanks to one terrific ER doc at the Nationwide Children’s Lewis Center Close to Home location. She…
October 12, 2020 Our child was an 8-year-old makeup artist Being mom to a daughter is truly the most amazing blessing I’ve ever received. I remember my own Mommers telling me long ago that…
October 6, 2020 How to bake Japanese-style focaccia bread with a little help If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that Zoom is a really great tool for learning how to cook and bake. Z and…
October 2, 2020 10+ sensational spots for family fun in downtown Columbus It’s a gorgeous fall day – absolutely perfect weather to be outdoors. You rally the family for a nature hike, right? Well, sure… that’s…
September 30, 2020 It’s raining cats and dogs I’ve blogged a lot about animals over the years. I even recently pulled together a round-up post of all our wild and woolly critter…
