Here’s how mornings this week are going. V wakes up before 6 but stays in her room until her clock turns green at 6:20 to come wake me up.  She doesn’t jump on me or anything, but somehow the fact that it’s so early feels on par with the physical assault of a cannon ball to the face. Kyle’s out of town so I don’t have anyone to manage the kids while I exercise…so my window for working out is pretty narrow.  I still get it done, but it’s tight considering how slowwwwwwly they go to… Read more >

I made a big batch of coconut milk chia pudding that will last a few days for breakfast when combined with nut butter and fresh fruit. It’s almost time to pick our nectarines! They aren’t quite ready but the birds are starting to want to get at them.  Lay off my fruit!! Next time you see this bowl it will have stone fruit in it.  Or berries.  Or both. 🙂 My lunch salad had kale, cabbage, carrots, mandarin oranges, cashews and chicken with a sesame tamari miso dressing. I had made a huge one to… Read more >

July is off to a great start!  The kids and I have ben having a blast together. They made these sea creatures and then we painted an old Costco box to be the ocean. FYI, you can save egg cartons for painting by putting water in the middle and the different colors in the egg holes. It’s a jellyfish and a lobster!  Naturally. I thought this would be a one and done kind of activity, but we ended up milking it for several days and it’s still in the backyard so that was a pleasant… Read more >

While on a freezer deep dive for breakfast I found this batch of carrot cake muffins in the WAY WAY back.  Hooray!  I was in the mood for a muffin with nut butter. I got cashew butter all up in there.  See the lovely chunks of carrot and walnuts inside?  The best combo was when the cashew butter united with a plump sweet raisin.  Mmmmmm…I am proud of myself for stopping at two. For lunch I had leftover salmon with kale massaged in balsamic vinaigrette, plus candied walnuts and roasted Brussels sprouts. All tossed together! … Read more >