The Challenge:Â Swim with your baby Having grown up on an island, everyone around me, including myself, learned to swim very early in life. So, I was thrilled when I saw that taking Weston to ... [Read More]
Stop being anxious & start swimming {Rookie Moms Challenge #27}
The 6 Stages of Baby & Toddler Travel: What to expect, where to go, and how to time it right
We know a lot about world travel with babies and toddlers. My son is now 2 1/2 and has thus far been to 12 countries on 4 continents. We traveled a lot before he was born and simply refused to slow ... [Read More]
Take your toddler tailgating
I was way into football in high school and college: face-painting, dating the quarterback, the whole nine yards (which might actually be a military metaphor rather than a football metaphor, but ... [Read More]
How I ordered eyeglasses without leaving the house
This post contains affiliate links. Getting new eyeglasses is one of my greatest  triumphs of the summer.  It might sound minor, but I've been wearing the ones you see on the left as long as ... [Read More]
Is a joint birthday party a good idea?
An influential force in the village that is helping me raise my children is our preschool community, a quirky, community-minded cohort of families. For example: each eldest class in the school ... [Read More]
Would you ever? (Beauty Services Edition)
It's not entirely clear to me why the proliferation of home-delivery services is arriving in concert with apps as a way of life, but it does seem that my smart phone is increasingly becoming a remote ... [Read More]
