It’s now been three weekends in a row that #DoneWithFun Daddy and I have had a legitimate date. Time away from the home, without the kids. With an actual scheduled activity rather than ending up running errands at Target after dinner before coming home to the babysitter (OK, our parents) at an embarrassingly early hour. …
Two months into the school year and Easton finally brought home a school project I could get behind: Literary Pumpkins. For his school’s annual Pumpkin Fest, families are asked to decorate a pumpkin to look like a favorite book character. The pumpkins are displayed in the library for a week before Halloween, including during Pumpkin …
Halloween is almost upon us at last, and the weekend beforehand is one Halloween celebration after another in our household. Trick-or-treating at local businesses in town? Check. Trunk-or-treat sponsored by another town’s park district? Check. Party with all your friends and all your kids’ friends, in family costumes with alcoholic beverages being served? Check mate. …
Over the past two years, I’ve lost almost 50 pounds. I’ve dropped 4 dress sizes. And while I now don’t cringe at every photo I see of myself, there is one hang-up I just can’t seem to get past. My uneven, why-won’t-they-just-get-thinner legs. Yes, my left leg is visually larger than my right leg. It’s …
