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Soccer with my man.  Soaking up the time with my guy because he is going back to school and then our one-on-one time will be pretty minimal, especially with V in her cast.  Also, Kyle’s mom is leaving.  And Kyle’s out of town for something like 20 days in September…oof.  But hopefully she will be out of her cast then and it won’t be as complicated as it is right now.  Trying not to think about it!!! Going back to Thursday night, we ate dinner altogether in Davis before I hit the road with P…. Read more >

Everyone had such insightful, honest, interesting comments on the last post.  I want to respond to them but as you probably noticed, I’ve been away from the computer a bit and that’s because my little girl broke her leg. I should probably write everything down soon so I don’t forget it (I do daily write ups for both kids with quotes and memorable events and print them out every month because I don’t have time to do anything more elaborate), but here’s me and my niña in the ED just as her meds kicked in…. Read more >

Another Wednesday of stroller strides followed by park play.  I forgot my almond milk chai tea so I had to wait until nearly noon to drink it.  C’est la vie.  The kids have so much fun playing at the park with my workout buddies’ kids that I am willing to stay as long as they want so their positive attitude about stroller strides remains. How to fit all the kids on the swings at once…? Good times 🙂 Since I had so little that morning, I ate a massive lunch.  This is meant to be… Read more >

This is a riff on plantain maduros. I have had a plantain in the fruit basket for so long that it was super ripe and I needed to do something with it stat.  Since I already had the oven on for something else (I think I was roasting sweet potatoes) I decided to mash it up and bake it.  I added 3 tbsp coconut oil and a pinch of salt and smooshed it up with a fork until it was mostly pureed but still lumpy.  Then I spread it on a parchment paper lined baking… Read more >