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Midday today I decided to start saying ‘yes’ to my kids. Yes, you don’t have to take a nap. Yes, you can have a cracker before dinner. Yes, we can get a bagel. Yes, you can play a game on … Continue reading
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This is what happens at the end of the week: I desperately search the vegetable drawer, scrounging for something to make into a salad. I found carrots, a green bell pepper, and an old cabbage leaf. I threw out the … Continue reading
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Mornings and bath time are the most hectic times of our day. For Nick and I. For Mae and Ida, the mornings are times to demand yogurt and frozen blueberries, cereal with milk, toast, muffins, chocolate, popsicles, and different underwear. … Continue reading
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Ida had her first day of pre-school today and Charlotte napped from 9a until 11:55a. So, Mae and I got into a project. Mae picked out these fabrics. I sewed them into a dress-like garment for her. When she put … Continue reading
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Mae and Ida have been collecting things and putting them into things for a while now. Cut up pieces of paper in a ziplock bag (which end up all over the floor), acorns in a bucket (which end up in … Continue reading
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Shredded red cabbage, avocado, corn off the cob, walnuts, heirloom plum tomatoes, basil leaves, and super sharp cheddar cheese (from Lowville, NY : ) Dressing of Frankie’s olive oil, lemon zest, bruised rosemary, turmeric, crushed garlic, lemon juice, salt and … Continue reading
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Today was rough. And by that I mean I had a crappy attitude from the moment I woke up, so of course my kids got on my nerves. It took a lot of my strength to get out of my … Continue reading
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My daughter often asks me what my favorite food is. My response is always salad, because my salads are rarely simple. I’ve picked up on my mom’s habit of taking little bits of leftovers, combining them with a bed of … Continue reading
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After 2, 10 day vacations in Cape Cod this summer, Ida uses ‘hermit crab’ as the punchline to every joke, and the answer to almost every question we ask her. For example: Out for dinner at Prime Meats: me: “Do … Continue reading
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When we FINALLY get out of the house, we’ll go for a walk. Donned with baby dolls, bottles, bandanas, we go to the garden, to the local Italian shop to get some mozzarella, to visit our friends at Frankies. I … Continue reading
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I learned how to make peanut butter cups when I was 15, by following a recipe I heard on some TV show. I came up with the peanut butter coated chocolate dipped pretzel rods when I was 19. And possibly … Continue reading
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Steamed clams. They’re free, and easily hunted. They take 5 minutes to cook, and about that long to eat. My daughter loves them. My other daughter loves mussels, but wasn’t a clam fan. Or as I like to say it … Continue reading