I am dying to take the kids to a playground. They are dying to GO to a playground. Unfortunately, there are no playgrounds open yet. Interestingly, they are open one county to the north…
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We took another beach trip (Hollywood again, 30 min away) this past weekend. It was post-tropical-depression weather and the ocean was pretty rough, so the kids basically just played at the water’s edge, but…
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HIGHLIGHTS 1- Taking an hour long meandering walk with G (how to get only 2000 steps while “walking” for 60 minutes? Walk with a toddler). It was peaceful and nice and not terribly hot.…
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Whew. Last week was my first ‘real’ call week in quite some time. I went into it feeling pretty good. And . . . I really lucked out. Honestly, it was a really chill…
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Alternate title: Relaxing things to do while your kids are watching movies on a Saturday night. First, I have to say that yesterday was lovely. The weather cooperated, we spent the entire morning outside…
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Routines, routines, routines. (Photo below taken on evening walk last night, a routine many days when the weather is decent! Yes those are mismatched pajamas.) Routines have always been part of life, but there’s…
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Last day of vacation, and then it’s back to work for the foreseeable future! I did not take a lot of pix of Cameron’s Mommy Day, but it involved: basketball ‘practice’ outside in our…
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Yesterday I had just about had it with . . . well, basically everything. I felt tired, stressed, sad, and generally OVER the current situation. But I did one thing right: I made the…
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I owe you all a more detailed recap of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids, but two lessons from the book have been key for me. 1 is to identify your…
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The above looks dramatic if you happen to live where I do, but it’s just a tropical storm prediction map (not hurricane). Isaias is not predicted to be too terrible here though it did…