A Mindful Life

Once you have a child (or children), you find yourself going to a lot of birthday parties. Buying gifts can get pricey, so I want to conserve a bit where I can. Starting with 2010, to keep track of who gets what and keep from going insane, I’ve decided to select a “book of the [...]

OMG, life with Claire has been intense the past week. It’s as though we’ve gone into overdrive. Right after her aunt left, she began clinging to me more, wanting just to hug and be held. After preschool (she loves it) one day we experienced a tantrum that shook the rafters. She had not eaten much [...]

Halloween is a fun time of year, but for very little kids I think avoiding realistic ghoulishness is a good idea. They aren’t capable of discerning between real and pretend. So this year we’ll focus on construction paper pumpkins, bats, and maybe a few ghosts. I drew and cut out the bats, and Claire squirted [...]