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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 >