When kids take over the kitchen | Chopped cooking challenge
I had had enough. I’d had enough of carefully preparing healthy, delicious meals only to see my children reject them. I was DONE. So I made them cook. Yep. I told my six year old and eight year old they…
The reality of Fantasy Football.
We think this video sums it up… check it out, then read more. OK, AGAIN, FOOTBALL IS HERE! Odds are you either smile ear-to-ear, or you cringe at that exclamation. In our family, it’s one of each. Especially the NFL…
Ode to teachers: Thank you for not selling my children online
Last week we got one of “those” calls from PC’s teachers. In her sweet voice, she told me how he had a rough day. “It’s like he’s been shot out of a canon while on double espresso shots,” she claimed.…
Real Food Tacos: A Taco Night makeover!
Post by Kim: When I was in the eighth grade, I was eating a Mr. Goodbar as an after school snack before ballet class. A friend walked up to be and gasped, “Do you know how many grams of FAT…
Muck, slush, and cheese. An update on our real food adventure.
It’s happening! And it only took three days. I vowed to give up processed food for Lent. That means nothing store-bought with more than 5 ingredients (that I can pronounce), no crazy refined oils and sugars — just REAL FOOD.…
All about that basTE: a true story
From Penn: This has been such an amazing year for me. After nearly two decades of working in TV news, and not getting home until the kids’ bedtime, I discovered something I honestly haven’t ever been a part of…. The…
Baby Got Class! A back-to-school parody
If there was one of those Facebook relationship status options for my children, at this point in August, I would choose “needs to see other people.” On both sides — we literally need to see other people. It’s been an…
The Perfect Father’s Day?
Coming up on the celebration of my 8th one of these, I ask this question – what is the perfect Father’s Day? We all have our different answers, and our answers have probably changed over time. For me, five years…
Can a FROZEN song get my kid to eat veggies?
We try. Really hard. And we are failing. Hard. We’ve read books, watched documentaries, asked all of our friends, even befriended someone called the Food Babe, in our quest to eat healthy. We’ve learned we live in a world where…
