Rage Against The Minivan

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Fresh & Easy.™ I'm a huge fan of Fresh & Easy. There is one near my house and it's my go-to for meal prep shopping. They have so many convenient yet healthy options that let me make a healthy meal with less prep work. I'm especially a fan of their fresh veggie aisle where you can buy pre-chopped items from onions to asparagus. It's like having a sous chef who does all the hard work in advance.  I'm also a . . .

It seems like something that we shouldn’t even need to talk about, but every year it seems that racism rears it’s ugly head around Halloween. And it may not look like bullying or name-calling . . . it’s a more covert form of racism involving appropriation and stereotypes in costume choices. Since these kinds of mistakes are usually made by an offender who claims ignorance at their faux-pas, I thought I would try to give some guidelines on avoiding racist costumes this Halloween. 1. Race . . .

On Thursdays, I'm posting a favorite from the archives. This was from May, 2012. I’m a little bit Amish when it comes to soda and the kids. As a general rule, we don’t drink it.  A couple weeks ago, we did an Eli’s Lid shoot and these adorable little vintage Coca Cola bottles were one of the props.  After the shoot, we let the kids drink them.  Somehow, it slipped my attention that the kids thought what they were drinking was beer.  I guess they assumed so because . . .

One of the challenges of a new school year is figuring out how to negotiate class treats and parties with a kid with food sensitivies. In the past, it's created a lot of stress for me, because staying on top of every possible treat served, and having an acceptible alternate food at-the-ready, is not always easy. A couple years ago, I sent a box of shelf-stable gluten-free cookie packs to the teacher at the beginning of the year, and asked her to distribute them to my son any time a cupcake or . . .