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The Dinner Table

January 17, 2014 – 6:28 pm

It’s nothing new to say that dinners with toddlers can be frustrating. See this post and this post and this post and this post and this post. But sometimes (dare I say, lately, often) it can be lovely. I grew up eating as a family around the table, and since our children have been in […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged candles, candlestick, estate sale, family, glass, meal, napkins, parenting, plates, supper, together, vegetables | Comments (1)

We Can’t Have Green Beans Every Night

January 6, 2014 – 7:02 pm

I made Ina Garten’s roasted Brussels sprouts to go with dinner tonight. “The reviews said they’re like candy!” I said. Four (four!) thumbs down. I rather liked them. “We kids feared many things in those days—werewolves, dentists, North Koreans, Sunday School—but they all paled in comparison with Brussels sprouts.” —Dave Barry

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New Year’s Resolutions

January 3, 2014 – 12:10 am

I make wishy-washy New Year’s resolutions. To write them down would simply be overwhelming. There’s so much I want do do but mostly, I just want to do better. But if I were to write them down, “do better with my blog” would top the list. Gosh I was terrible last year. I love to […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged beginning, Garfield and Friends, lunch, new, New Year's, parenting, potty training, resolutions, Romantics Anonymous, snow, snowman, tea, Team Umizoomi | Comments (1)

Tonight.

July 31, 2013 – 11:46 pm

This picture was taken at 5:22pm. Sophie woke them up at 6pm. They immediately started crying. We whispered softly to them. Scratched their backs. Dinner was already on the table, on their plates, parmesan cheese sprinkled on top, their favorite drinks in their favorite cups. They started screaming. And then kept screaming until 6:55pm. Whenever […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged dessert, discipline, James, Owen, parenthood, parenting, rule | Comments (0)

Dinner. Exhausting, Frustrating, Hilarious, Every Night (It Gets Better, Right?) Dinner.

February 17, 2013 – 10:59 pm

Dinner was late tonight. Andy was at Target with the kids, I was at Trader Joe’s (thankful to be solo on my trip, given the whining I heard in the background when I talked with him on the phone). While at Trader Joe’s, I picked up sushi for dinner on a whim. I don’t know […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged easier, exhausting, James, manners, Owen, parenthood, Sophie, table, worry | Comments (2)

2-1/2

January 24, 2013 – 11:20 pm

Tonight Sophie and I went to get haircuts. At 6:42pm I received an e-mail on my phone with the subject line: “Dinner is going well.” I opened it and saw this: And at 6:48pm I received another e-mail with the subject line: “Even better now.” And then there was this: We’re having a rough week. […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged andy, cry, haircut, James, Owen, parenthood, temper tantrum, whine | Comments (3)

Owen’s Into Knock Knock Jokes These Days

September 7, 2012 – 10:56 pm

At dinner. Owen: “Knock knock.” Me: “Who’s there?” Owen: “Joke.” Sophie: “Did Owen just say, ‘Knock knock who’s there joke?’” Me: “Yes.” Sophie, laughing: “That’s funny.” “Family jokes, through rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.” —Stella Benson

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged family, joke, Owen, Sophie | Comments (2)

Summer Happiness

August 24, 2012 – 11:30 pm

dinner alfresco Sophie solo kite flying for the first time apple picking throwing bad apples in the cornfield teaching the art of swinging a baseball bat James to Pop Pop: “Hat, please.” He wore it for the entire game. “Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” —George R.R. Martin

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged apples, baseball, family, kite, Nini, Pop Pop, summer | Comments (0)

Simple

January 24, 2012 – 1:08 am

It had been a trying day. It was one of those days in which the tiniest bump or the smallest “no” or the wrong song prompted tears. Every diaper was a “seriously? again?” diaper. No one ate well. No one napped well. A toy no one was playing with became the toy everyone wanted to […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged andy, flowers, marriage, parenthood | Comments (12)

A Handmade Table Runner

October 12, 2010 – 10:21 pm

While ripping off Sophie’s latest easel painting in order to pull down some fresh paper, my mom suggested using it as a table runner. It’s perfect. The table is a cheap Ikea pine number with deep scratches on it (Tucker). The painting covers much of the surface nicely and serves as a fun conversation piece. […]

By kara | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged art, Sophie | Comments (1)
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