Family Adventures

Here come the holidays: Passover and Easter. We have a blended family. I struggle with how to make Passover as positive an experience as Easter. There are no cute animals, no baskets, no chocolate, not even bread.  I recently learned from a new friend about her plans for celebrating Passover… desert style. Now we’re talking! I asked her to write down the details, as this isn’t her first...

My 5-year old refuses to like vegetables. I believe he has made his mind up to hold fast to this position. I try not to make a power struggle out of it and instead load him up on fruits and berries, and sneak hidden pureed veggies into meals where I can. Out of nowhere last week he announces that he wants to turn our house into a farm and begins collecting the seeds of every fruit he gets. Couple this with...

Since we don’t see snow where I live unless you drive there, I’ve been looking forward to taking the kids on a this-is-what-winter-is-supposed-to-look-like weekend trip. For us, that means a two hour (on a good day) drive to Lake Tahoe. Last year my little one (then 2 yrs) wouldn’t set foot on snow. He was happy to stay on solid ground, i.e. the parking lot, or have us carry him around while...

If you are going to dream, dream big. While researching a topic I will talk more about later, I learned of a vacation spot that encompasses everything that I personally would love in a vacation: A) A beautiful spot in a corner of the world I have never visited (nor likely would have thought of), B) learning a skill I could take home, practice, and share, C) integration of a foreign culture into the daily routine,...

Maybe I have been cooped up in the house too long, but lately I have been dreaming of wide open spaces. In a conversation with my father recently, he recounted that in his youth during the summer he and his sister used to ride their horses out to the local pool for swimming lessons. This was in the same neighborhood where I grew up, one that has been filled with streets and homes for as long as I can remember....