I have had a week of finishing lots of little things, so these really are my Small Successes. 1. Kansas Dad and I had a pre-baby date. Gra...

Childhood Lost: How American Culture Is Failing Our Kids edited by Sharna Olfman I had marked a number of passages and planned a long post ...

What we're reading now: Don't worry. We'll be working to avoid one of those pesky pandemics .

We had a flat tire yesterday. Kansas Dad had to change it before he could come home from work. He took it in today and it's too mangled ...

Based on recently reported research that waiting doesn't matter so much for food allergies, and because we eat peanut butter and peanut ...

Today we had a blizzard. According to the paper, it was the worst winter storm (not counting ice storms, I think) we've had here in at l...

Always buckle your kids into safety seats, no matter how slowly or how far you intend to go. My mom, sister-in-law, and all my nieces and ne...