Have you had any experience with a sudden clumsiness at the three-and-a-half mark? I think we may have just lived…

July 21, 2016

We were hosting my niece and nephew a few weeks ago, when the Orlando mass shooting happened. Dave and I…

July 11, 2016

I recently did something almost anathema to being a modern parent: I don’t carry around a water bottle anymore. There’s…

June 29, 2016

Well. This has been a kicker of a week. At least it’s the weekend?   From around the web this…

June 24, 2016

Preparing your home to host kids can be dramatically different than preparing your home for a typical, adult guest. Kids…

June 22, 2016

  When I first wrote about our curly girl, she was only a toddler and her first wisps of hair…

June 21, 2016

With the recent Stanford rape case bearing heavily on our minds, friends and I have been thinking more about how…

June 9, 2016

A few weeks ago, we had to throw in the progressive parenting towel. We’d reminded, we’d suggested, we’d given the…

May 31, 2016

Sometimes, the perfect blog post pops up in my feed, solving a problem I didn’t even realize I had. That’s…

May 26, 2016

Dave and I are headed to Lake Tahoe for a long weekend, continuing our streak of only visiting ski towns…

May 19, 2016

  Preparing vegetables for roasting is an easy, tasty first “recipe” that a toddler can do all on her own.…

May 18, 2016

Last week, walking with a friend, I noted that Bean has hit a cute period.(It’s like Picasso’s blue period, but…

May 2, 2016

  How are your weekends looking? Dave and I will be celebrating our anniversary tonight. On Sunday, we’re headed to…

April 29, 2016

We’ve had a bit of an issue here recently, at Chez Far Out City. There’s nothing like the moment your…

April 26, 2016

  Back when I was pregnant with Bean, Dave and I spent a couple days at Marble Mountain Ranch in…

April 20, 2016