I’ve started a new wintertime ritual of beginning my day with rich and creamy coffee-less lattes. Most mornings I’ll whip up a brilliant creation at home... and of course there are other days when my toddler wakes me up 3 times during the night calling for his soother and I haul my butt out of … Continue reading Wintertime Cashew Cream Lattes
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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
The Importance of Making Mistakes
"Mistakes are simply opportunities for learning" This has been my parenting motto for a long time. It took me a while to get my head around the concept but thanks to some amazing mentors, I’ve grown to embrace mistakes as opportunities for growth and learning. Every spilled glass of juice, every blow-out sibling fight, every … Continue reading The Importance of Making Mistakes
Lori Leigh Wilson 