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New On The Menu: Go Back To School Like A Boss

Our new menu helps you ace back to school However you are coming Back To School, Dinner Elf has your back. Maybe you: are just totally over packing lunches every night.are balancing work with rotating camp schedules, and need a break of your own.really don’t like to

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When Stopping By Isn't A Help

How Dinner Elf Helped One Adoptive Family In 2010, we adopted a beautiful baby boy from Ethiopia. As a second-time parent, I felt prepared to add another little person to our family but I also knew it would be different with a baby that we didn’t bring home as

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The Priceless Gift of Time

Carolyn is an Austin-based attorney, who already had a busy life as a working mother when she found out she was expecting another baby. She knew navigating the newborn phase with her job and all of the activities of her older kids would mean delegating some of the normal things

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New On The Menu: Our New Moms Menu

Dinner Elf adds meals designed for new moms Do you have a new or expectant mom in your life who could use a little help with dinner? Tell them about our specialty menu of dinners designed to support adequate and nutritious milk supply for baby’s growth and comfort. Our

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Home-cooked Love For Baby Harper

Meet Harper, a tiny warrior and one of Dinner Elf’s most favorite customers. She, and her twin brother, were born last March. At two months old, Harper was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Over the past year, Harper’s been through multiple six week stints at Dell Children’s

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Resolve To Take A Little Stress Off The Table

New Years resolutions can be so cliche. They are the reason so many Christmas cookies will get tossed into the trash. They are the reason my pilates class will be crowded for the next two weeks. Though many will not be kept, let’s celebrate the sweet humanity that is

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Summer Hacks For Busy Families: Make A Fuss About The 4th

This is my one concentrated day to attempt the whole “Pinterest mom” thing. Note that I am a decided mess at actually executing anything Pinterest-worthy, but I can have a lot of fun running a theme into the ground. The above picture is a card my then-seven-year-old daughter made and

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For All Who Mother Mine

I am not my children’s only mother. These “other mothers” are some of the biggest blessings of my life. In the spirit of Mother’s Day, I wanted to raise up a few of them in gratitude for how they’ve helped my children. THE BETTER MOTHER Do you

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Messy Hospitality: Letting People In Matters More Than Your Mess

I have a best-dear-girlfriend who is a natural born hostess. I will admit she intimidated the hell out of me for the first year that we knew each other. She effortlessly hosts get togethers of all kinds, at all times — from lavish dinner parties to last minute pool-side play dates.

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Two Truths & A Lie: Tall Tales That Rescued Our Family Dinner

Family dinner is when we come together to share the ups and downs of all of our days. When we had toddlers at the table, getting them to talk during our family dinner was never a problem. Getting a word in edgewise or a vegetable in their mouth? Those were

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Stop This Busy Season From Becoming Our Busy Life

I start our family out every September with such verve. Fresh backpacks, new outfits, a variety of healthy lunches mapped out for every day of the week. It’s a Type A personality dream sequence. I promise myself we will not over-schedule. I will limit the kids to one after-school

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Can You Be A Scientist & A Mom?

This is what early 2004 looked like for me... I was all rubber boots and marsh mud, coming home smelling like the sea, feeling like my work was making a difference in the world. For all those who don’t know me, in my past life I worked in the

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Touching Turkey Hearts, And Hopefully Little Hearts

Thanksgiving, and all its last minute hosting logistics, is nearly upon us. The preparation can be so big that it is easy to forget that it ends in the uncommon blessing of an extended family dinner. My fondest Thanksgiving memory is all about touching a turkey heart. Yes, touching a

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Family Dinner: Forget Perfect And Just Sit Down

Today I am going to have my dinner without a side of mom guilt. Yes, it’d be ideal if my husband was home to eat with us. Yes, it’d be social media-worthy if my daughter picked a bouquet of garden herbs for our centerpiece. Yes, it’d be