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Category: kids

exercise / fitness / health / kids / lockdown

Sending the Kids Back to an Active Lifestyle is More Important than Sending Them Back to School

Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash Get them moving. Now.  Lockdown, isolation, social distancing…whatever you practiced between March and September, I’m willing to bet your kids aren’t as fit as …

adventure / Christmas / kids / xmas

Simply Having a Wonderful Houghmastime

The moon is right, the spirits up As Christmas 2019 starts to fade into the rearview mirror, we want to capture some of the more memorable moments. Vaughn’s submission to …

Ailsa / Birthday / cake / family / kids / party

Ailsa somehow turned nine

So, Ailsa turned nine two weeks ago.  We celebrated, but– Vaughn turned ten in January, and it’s not on the blog.  Oh, and Tamsin turned six in November. I have …

family / holiday / kids / road trip / survival / vacation

Family Road Trip Survival Guide

DammitKaren: Family Road Trip Survival Guide. DON’T MAKE ME COME BACK THERE(Photo by Anthony Ginsbrook on Unsplash) DammitKaren: Family Road Trip Survival Guide We move on from the Easter Break Survival Guide to …

blog / Easter / family / kids / school break

Easter Break Survival Tips

DammitKaren: Easter Break Survival Tips. It’s Easter break, and the kids are home. A week or two (or in this case, 17 freaking days) off school can be relaxing for …

candy / chocolate / cooking / Easter / family / food / kids

Easter: A Huffstory of Deceit

DammitKaren: Easter, A Huffstory of Deceit Warning:  Completely disillusioning and probably blasphemous. Following on the Easter Candy post, I thought I’d break down our annual Easter festivities for those that …

adulting / amwriting / boot camp / kids / New Year's Resolutions / writing

Adulting

DammitKaren: Adulting v. to adult; the act of acting smugly responsible Today was another long day, in which I accomplished attempted so much.  Chris is away this week, so I’m …

Birthday / cake / family / kids / party / Vaughn

Time makes you bolder, children get older…

TEN YEARS????  What happened?   (Stevie Nicks, I’m talking to you!  (Readers, play this clip in the background.) First born son reaches milestone of ten years It’s been ten years since we …

Birthday / cake / family / kids / party / Tamsin

And now she is six

Tamsin is SIX!!!   My smallest, chubbiest, pinkest little baby is now a six-year-old.  She is tall for her age, with gangly long legs and arms, silky orange hair (“It’s not …

adventure / Denmark / family / kids / travel

Huffling Adventures in Scandinavia!

Let us immediately lower our expectations.  By “Scandinavia”, I mean “just Denmark”.  By “Denmark”, I mean “just Billund”.  And by “Billund”, I mean, literally, “just Legoland”. Hufflings on safari spot …

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