Have you ever noticed how much what you name something impacts your child’s response to it? Regular fruit-of-the-looms are less attractive than Batman Underwear. A plain old green smoothie is consumed faster when it’s a Green Monster and boring vitamin D is much more interesting when it becomes a yummy Lemon Drop. You get the idea. … Continue reading Cowboy Caviar
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Swanky Dinner Party Part 1 – Vegetarian Cold Spring Rolls
We had some old friends over for dinner recently. The kind of friends who have known us for years and have seen us at our very best and very worst and still love us just the same. The conversation (and the wine) always flows naturally and we usually come around to stories of when we … Continue reading Swanky Dinner Party Part 1 – Vegetarian Cold Spring Rolls
Family Day Busy-ness
Sometime over the past couple of years we've become one of those families who are always "busy". You know the ones - kids in a zillion different activities, weekends filled with tournaments, birthday parties and dance competitions, evenings booked up with classes and sports, too many work commitments and business travel plans, scheduled volunteering and school work....and … Continue reading Family Day Busy-ness
Love, Gratitude, Guest Posting and Granola
Happy Valentine's Day!!! I hope your day is filled with homemade Valentine's cards, tons of hugs and kisses, dozens of roses, lots of chocolate and perhaps even some champagne to celebrate this day of love. As a special Valentine's treat for me - my very good friends over at the Parenting Network invited me to do a … Continue reading Love, Gratitude, Guest Posting and Granola
Decadent Vegan Brownie Bites
I have to admit that I was feeling quite sorry for myself last week. It’s been a rough winter for colds and bugs in our house and my little guy was still battling a nagging cough, my husband plunked his extensive upcoming travel schedule in front of me for my (insert eye roll and loud … Continue reading Decadent Vegan Brownie Bites
Lori Leigh Wilson 