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Our big news is – we just bought an electric car. I haven’t even driven it around yet besides the test drive, but I’m excited because I’ve been practicing all the rules of the road with the biking and the car has some awesome auto-driving features that will help me feel much more relaxed. It mainly […]

I grew up with a mom who stayed at home with us, was awesome at it, and a big promoter of it. She stood up for it gently and constantly, because she had to. It’s often not something people are very supportive of, and so I grew up watching my mom be her own advocate […]

When it works, taking my kids with me to one of the coffee shops nearby is so great and feels so freeing. I think in the winter especially it will be so good because it gets pretty cold here and outings (especially nearby outings) will have to become more regular. I have gone through the wringer […]

I think the author of this article about not buying plastic toys was feeling how I feel most of the time, especially around birthdays and other occasions. I am a bit of a downer when it comes to special occasions because of my frustration with the ubiquity of plastic for kids. For the first two years of […]

As the wife of a playground designer, making playgrounds a bit more dangerous is a topic that comes up a lot around our place. It’s a tough one because creating an industry around something draws attention to the ways it lacks. And kids come to expect a certain level of safety from playgrounds that they don’t […]

I finally have a name for what has been going on with me. I could have figured it out long ago, but I was trying so hard that I didn’t allow myself to. I have situational depression. I also have never been depressed before so it didn’t occur to me. It’s actually really helpful to […]

To borrow an acronym I first saw on reddit…. TLDR: I Concur. The article title is Having a Library or Café Down the Block Could Change Your Life and it’s exactly what I have felt this season. For us, it’s a cafe. I could definitely see a library filling that role too since the ones I’ve […]