With all kinds of food being widely available in grocery stories at all times of the year, eating what's in season is less necessary now than it has ever been in the history of the world.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Eating the Seasons
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Simple Pleasures
A cloudy, refreshingly-cooler-than-it-has-been-recently Sunday brought a fun walk around the block with my youngest (and halfway around the block, my oldest caught up to us and joined the fun!)...
Friday, August 14, 2020
No More Candyland?
On July 26, a Sunday evening, I had some free time and asked my two youngest children if they would like to play a game--"maybe Candyland?", I suggested.
In the past, this would have been met with enthusiasm, and the ancient Candyland game (the one I had played when I was a very young child) would have been carried up cheerfully from the game closet downstairs. But on this particular evening, Moriah and Benjamin said, "We don't want to play Candyland. Could we play Skip Bo instead?"
Well, yes. We could, and we did. I enjoy a good game of Skip Bo, to be sure! But my heart seized up a little.
When did my littlest guy get big enough to actually play a game like Skip Bo? Have we outgrown our Candyland years?