Austin 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
Dinner 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
Parenting Stop This Busy Season From Becoming Our Busy Life Proper Texan Bluebonnet Frolicking 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
Austin Need a perfect Valentine gift of love? Give Presence, Not Presents What is Valentine’s Day supposed to look like for us old married folk? I love my husband, but I resent spending a fortune on a “romantic” dinner on one of the worst nights of the year to eat out. My husband wouldn’t
Parenting 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
Dinner Family Dinner: Forget Perfect And Just Sit Down Sweet Mess 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
Cooking Grandma Has Left The Kitchen Thanks to Dinner Elf, I think about home cooking a lot. My mind is always going with new ideas of what our Elves can cook, how we can cook it in your kitchen or the kitchen of a gluten-free, paleo-enthusiast I just met at
Austin Why Is There An Elf In My Kitchen? “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” — Walt Disney That quote kind of sums up my current stage of life. Maybe yours, too, if you’re a parent
