December 10, 2020 Our daughter keeps getting misgendered and I hate it Our beautiful, amazing daughter has served up many epic looks and styles in her young life. Heck, even just in this past year alone,…
December 4, 2020 Meet baby sloths and more at the Toucan Rescue Ranch Virtual travel experiences – who knew this would become a thing in 2020. But at a time when real travel is next to impossible…
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…