Ages + Stages

What's your first reaction when you hear the phrase "kids in the kitchen"? Stress? Get out!? Or fun? In our house, it can be any combination of these thoughts. I love food and cooking. Since having kids, my time in...

When you hear the words cloth diapers several things probably come to mind, but you most likely associate them with people who are very environmentally conscious. This is one of the reasons; others you might hear about are finances...

So, y’all, we won the lottery. No, not the millions of dollars kind. (Sadly.) But a few years ago, when my oldest child was in preschool, we won the lottery with the number 23. It was good enough to secure...

I have four kids. And you know what comes with four kids? Lots of birthday party invitations. I'm delighted when my kids are invited to celebrate with their friends, but as a parent it can get a wee bit exhausting....

It took me nearly half my life to realize I perhaps cheated death when I arrived into this world. In my twenties, I worked for a medical non-profit off the coast of West Africa. Because I helped to tell the...

Over the last month or two, I’ve accumulated school supplies like I’m outfitting an entire classroom. I got the list from the school’s website well before anyone told me to and set out to buy supplies while the store...

My kids are now 14, 12, nine, and six. The days of sun hats, diaper bags, figuring out nap times and snacks for tiny ones, and lugging enough gear to the pool to warrant one of those giant red...

Let's be honest; bringing home a newborn and caring for them is draining. Bringing home a newborn to a home already full of siblings and caring for them is exhausting. Most days, we feel like we're drowning and it's...

Today was your last elementary school field day. I watched your long legs bound across the field. I noticed how steady you were when balancing a ball carefully on a toilet plunger. How can a toilet plunger make a...

This Monday after Mother's Day, TimeHop decided to play a cruel joke on me. Apparently six years ago and one year ago, Mother's Day fell on May 10, and of course I shared about it on social media, because that's...