Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

If you're anything like me, you struggle to fully explain the significance of Easter to your kids. I tend to either over-simplify things, or give far too many details, which does little more than conf...

Absolutely nothing about parenting is one-size-fits all. Baby sleep schedules. Discipline strategies. Schooling choices. Family size. The same is true of nutrition and eating plans. Each of our bodies...

I'm pretty good at planning dinner. I'm not so great at planning the other two meals of the day. Let's face it. I have limited time and energy. My husband and I both work full-time and my kids have bu...

We moved into our home nearly four years ago, and we bought a suite of new appliances. When we were at the store I fell in love with the gorgeous French door refrigerators, so that's what I got. But t...

I was looking for a fun and funky light fixture to put above the corner of our couch, and I kept coming back to this one photo of a gorgeous blue capiz shell chandelier. But, as luck would have it, it...

Friends, I know...humility and all that...but honestly, I make a mean guac. It's my signature dish, and by "my" I mean "mostly ripped off from Ina Garten." But seriously. If you want to make an impres...

Snow is here! I can't wait to hunker down with my family, go sledding with the kids, snowshoe around the neighborhood, do puzzles until my eyes are crossed, help my kids make their Valentines cards an...

Ladies, our nutritional needs are complicated. The older I get, the more I'm in awe of the complexities of how our bodies work and how beautifully intricate our systems are. The flip side, of course, ...

Have you ever noticed how your parenting priorities change over time? When I was a new mom I was so focused on my babies' nutrition and sleep. I knew that both were critical for healthy development, a...

One of our family's annual Christmas traditions is making a gingerbread house - but not just any gingerbread house. We have fun dreaming up new designs every year, and spend about a week each holiday ...