Wednesday we celebrated this little man's 2nd birthday. Â Can you believe Luke's 2 already? Â Me, either! Having his birthday so close to Christmas adds an additional level of busyness to the season, but despite this I want to slow down today and reflect on this little boy's life and how much ...
Natural products I’m loving now: November & December Edition
Whew! Â Thanksgiving is over and we're on to December. Â How can it be that Christmas is in 20-some-odd days? Â Wow. Â Ready or not, here we come. In a season that is much too fast this year, here's a combined November and December edition showcasing the natural products I'm loving now. Smucker's ...
Apple cinnamon crumb muffins
Do you find yourself waiting for circumstances to be perfect before you take action on something? Â Rather than just doing something, do you spend time waiting to do something until the timing is just right? I do this all. the. time. Â To the point that less gets done because let's face it, the ...
Disney World in pictures
Please excuse my absence from blogging as I was busy making memories with my family at Disney World, and then spending this week recovering from said vacation. Â It always takes me a week to get back into my regular routine after a vacation. Â Am I the only one? I actually spent at least two hours ...
The Halloween Candy Dilemma: 3 years later
Three years ago, when Meghan was just two years old, I wrote about my dilemma with Halloween candy. Â With Meghan being my first child, I really had no idea how I was going to handle her getting so much junk that I know I don't want her body littered with. A lot has changed since then. Â At two ...
Natural products I’m loving now: October Edition
I saw a headline last weekend that stopped me in my tracks.  As long as I can remember "accidents" was always listed as the #1 cause of deaths among children.  This article and this article claim that cancer is now the leading cause of death among children in the United States. To be fair, I ...
Coconut blueberry breakfast quinoa {vegan, gluten free}
Are you getting bored with your breakfast routine? Â If you're stuck in a breakfast rut, I've got just the recipe for you. Whenever I find myself making the same breakfast over and over (I'm talking to you, oatmeal), I turn to my good friend quinoa. Â Breakfast quinoa recipes are not strangers on ...
Open-faced sandwich with smoky kale and goat cheese
I would like to introduce you to my new favorite lunch. Â It graced my lunch plate the last two days and I'll probably have it today, too. And tomorrow. Â After that I'll have to make a trip to the grocery store to get more kale. Â I'm 100% addicted. This is the only recipe that allows me to eat an ...
7 ways I’m definitely crunchy
A while ago I did a post outlining why I am only sorta crunchy. Â I told you all the things I do that make me not crunchy. Â I guess that got you curious because a lot of you asked me to do a post telling about the things that do make me crunchy. Â I brainstormed and found seven things that put me in ...
Whole grain chocolate chip cookie mini muffins
When I asked Meghan what she wanted me to make for her birthday treat at school, her answer was chocolate chip muffins. Â I considered making the banana chocolate chip muffins I made for her first day of preschool two years ago, but decided to try something new. I didn't really plan on these being ...
To Meghan on her 5th birthday
I woke up feeling different on Saturday. Â Just like that, I was the mom of a five year old. Â It doesn't seem possible that it was five years ago that I looked at Tim holding that tiniest little baby, wondering how I would be able to show her just how much love I was feeling. I had no idea what ...
Vegan pumpkin spice ice cream
Do you ever feel like while the days can seem to go slow, the weeks, months, and years just fly by? Â It can seem like an eternity from the end of dinner to the kids' bedtime, but then I blink my eye and realize my baby girl is going to be five (!) in a few weeks. Â Before I know it she'll need enough ...