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Like many kids, Charlie and Olive love being read to, but now that they’re getting older I hope to cultivate an independent love for reading in them. The first two children’s novels I read to Charlie were Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlotte’s Web when he was 5. Now he’s old enough (7) to […]

This week, my relationship becomes a teenager. If parenting a teenager is the hardest thing since, well, the fourth trimester, nourishing a partnership that began thirteen years ago has to be just as fraught with the same highest highs and lowest lows. No one angers me more – and no one can make me laugh harder. […]

It is safe to say that I fell in love with Mr. Starfish all over again when he became a father over the past year. He is an amazing dad and I adore watching him interact with the girls. I always thought that he would be a great dad and it touches my heart to […]

I’ve had the opportunity to experience both a third trimester in the heat of summer and a third trimester in the dead of winter. There are definitely pros and cons to having a huge bump in both seasons, but since the end of pregnancy is not very pleasant in general, spoiler alert: I found there was no […]

Mr. Dolphin and I love traveling and want to pass on this love to our children by taking them abroad, even when they won’t remember the trip. At some point, we want to take a long trip and live in a new region or travel extensively for a period of six months or longer. While […]

I’ve always been a big kid at heart. I knew even as a little girl that loved Lisa Frank, Sanrio, and whose bedroom was filled with stuffed animals and cute things, that this would probably never change even as I grew up. Before having kids I would spend a lot of time looking at adorable […]

Parenting Triumph of the Week – The kids started attending a class with 3 other expat kids (Swedish, Canadian, French) for 3 hours every Monday and Wednesday morning and they adore it. Then they all go to school together! Parenting Challenge of the Week – Olive has always struggled with constipation and has been having […]