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Meals meals meals. How I do love to cook and eat (when unhindered by little ones). I know some moms are awesome about their kids being super involved with meal prep and while I do make an effort for that by necessity as they’re always with me while I’m prepping food, honestly, I love being alone in the kitchen. A brief run down of what we ate on our vacation-staycation from a few weeks back. Here’s last year’s peek too! Coop granola & seasoned ground pork for yummmmmmy sausage patties. Blueberry & banana & milk smoothie! Shredded pork, homemade guac via Alice Waters, chopped romaine, shredded cheddar, and black beans. King Arthur’s pancakes with loads of Hope Creamery butter! French Almond granola, plain whole milk yogurt, chopped dates,…
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Oh, gee, thanks for pointing out the obvious, Nell. Because no one is perfect. I guess what I mean is that you don’t have to wait until you’re totally amazingly the best version of yourself before you’re ready to commit in a relationship. I was only 26 when I got married and thought I was in pretty good shape. AHEM. I had experienced heart ache and heart crush. Breakups that changed me; relationships that I outgrew. I had attended college in at a huge state university and found my path there, and law school at a tiny Catholic one that helped form me in totally different ways. (Less clawing through lines to get registered, more running around volunteering and bringing people cookies.) Here’s what I…
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Last year we did this for the very first time: we took a family vacation staycation at my folks’ home in Wisconsin just us. Not to travel for a baptism or a wedding or another family to-do–just for us to bond, be quiet, have temper tantrums in nature, and eat lots and lots of good food. Being pregnant makes everything harder for my poor kids because I’m limited in my energy and capabilities, but they were troopers and played lots and lots of games with each other and made lots of messes and kinda even cleaned them up! I actually let our oldest play with a sling shot. Rules and boundaries set in stone ahead of time, but yes, I let him just have wild fun…
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My friend Erica from Be a Heart design is truly a gifted artist. She not only shares her talents with Blessed is She as the main designer, but so runs a beautiful art shop and teaches others who want to make the world a more beautiful place, too. The exciting news is that she’s bringing those teaching talents to the Midwest! So please–if you’re in any of the following cities, head over now and sign up for her workshops: August 25: Chicago Calligraphy August 27: Chicago Calligraphy & Brush Lettering August 28: Evanston Calligraphy August 30: Indianapolis And then September 18: Minneapolis Sign up here! And the code WHOLEPARENTING will get $10 off any of the classes! Follow Erica on instagram or purchase some of her…
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I’ve been talking about my favorite audio stories for years, but I always get asked which ones for which ages? My kids are 6, 4, 2, and 21 weeks in utero and we have been Jim Weiss fans for about 3-4 years. We use them for quiet time for the oldest during the two smaller ones’ naps. We use them for car rides (long ones, too). We listen to them at breakfast to break up the fighting. We use them to augment our faux homeschoolering. I didn’t include the history ones that we love because I’ll do that in a different faux- homeschooling post this fall. We one a few dozen so this is not all of them, but a good place to start. Your library…
READ MOREIt’s not really feeling like autumn here yet. It’s like 90 degrees outside. BUT as autumn is my favorite season in Minnesota, I’m just going to keep sipping warm cocoa & chai and sewing cotton flannel backed blankets in my air-conditioned studio. And if you missed it, I am running THREE giveaways this week. The band Scythian’s new album, a Blessed is She planner, and on instagram, one of my autumn blankets! Just in case you’re looking for a little gift for that babe in your life, I posted a bunch of autumn blankets perfect for swaddling, playmat, crib, car seat, snuggling, in my etsy shop, Whole Parenting Goods. Hop over and use the code “shippingfree” if you so desire! The most special part about…
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