We were eating dinner with friends on Friday, and their son sighed and said, "I love beans. If I could, I'd eat beans every...

If there's one thing the kids and I can agree on, it's our love of gender stereotypes. Gosh, we do love them. Birdy enjoys nothing m...

Here's my tip of the day: a game that Ben and his friend Ava invented (although it doubtless exists already) in whic...

Oh, hello, February! You are looking very snowy this year. Which I love--the snow, that is. Not the ice as much. The ice, for instance, on o...

Hello, dear ones. I am here today to mention this squash gratin , which is so good (even though I know you're just going to be ogling ...

I seem to have lost track of Ben, developmentally: for so long, I've been giving him little jobs to help me with the ...

Waffles . That's all I came to say today. I wanted to be sure and say it before the weekend--but then I didn't want to say anything ...

Holiday Fun Okay, beloved, there are some good holiday recipes over at family.com, and I hope you'll go. This chile tortilla eggbake i...

Okay, I'm going crazy posting, I know!  I want to first mention that the recipe here for Rosemary Maple Popcorn is so insanely addicti...

Oh, so many game wishes! I wish I could buy you all the games you want! But: Bum ba-da dum. . .  the winner is. . . . mommyneedsanap S...

Quickie Contest: Guys, let's just do this right now. Why don't you write me the name of the board/card/family game you want in the...

The Board-Game Round-up Dear Ones, On the off-chance you'll be celebrating Thanksgiving later this week, I've posted a Spark...

Wow. Could it be any Novemberier? Honestly. I love it when the weather gets so candid like this: blustery and raw with a scrim of ice over e...

Dear ones, It's lentil soup season! Isn't that good news? No? Oh. I think it is, even though I can see you yawning and wondering ...