Through the Picture Window

[...] Many moons ago, when I was transitioning to a plant-based diet, sometimes I would write about what I ate. I thought it would be fun to start doing that [...]

[...] a Facebook page to share ideas for healthy plant-based foods. If you are curious about a plant-based diet and want to see what we eat every day, you can comment and I'll give you the link. (Make [...]

[...] a fire, or will the power come on soon? My Facebook page showing what we eat on a plant-based diet with meal plans, ideas and recipes is growing slowly but surely. I will give you the [...]

[...] some good plants lately. I haven't been posting about our diet very much, but we love our plant-based diet. Only problem is the kids are in a really picky phase right now. Most kids go through that, [...]

[...] . Celia has some craft projects she got for her birthday, so we will probably do that during nap time and then hopefully the snow will slow down so we can play outside.  [...]

[...] . Whole Foods trips are rare. We all got home for lunch, and then Henry wouldn't go to sleep at nap time so we got him up and spent the afternoon outside. Henry did remarkably well, hardly getting [...]

[...] did that too. He really likes helping in the kitchen now. Going to get Celia from school after nap time, and then we will have more time to play outside! [...]

[...] in the wagon. They sit with their hands firmly on their legs and don't move an inch. During nap time, Celia and I made an apple pie. Pie making is not my favorite activity, but I do like pie... And [...]

[...] We've had an eventful weekend around here. Saturday morning, Celia and I went grocery shopping. I put everything away when we got home, made lunch, and [...]

[...] needed. I'd still love to get a few more good rain storms in the next couple weeks. On Saturday morning the humidity was gone, and it was gloriously sunny, cool and breezy. I went for an 8 mile [...]

[...] felt a little like the last one of summer. Celia's first day of school is this week. On Saturday morning there was an event for kindergarteners at Celia's school, so I took her to that. As we [...]

[...] great weekend. It was the most gorgeous spring weekend, and we spent most of it outside! On Saturday morning, Chris took the kids out for a while. I went to Whole Foods and just took my time looking [...]

[...] is quite a bit with the tricycle. It was a beautiful day. We stayed outside in the yard until lunch time. Then Celia and I went grocery shopping and to the library in the afternoon while Henry napped. [...]

[...] , dressing up, and playing and making a mess with his tomato soup for about half an hour at lunch time. Henry hasn't historically been very easy to take to the store, but I'd like to start grocery [...]

[...] and spent more than an hour at the playground. The kids would have stayed longer, but it was lunch time. They were playing really well together. Pita and I made cookies during Henry's nap, and we [...]

[...] power lines. We also have glow sticks that they get to play with when the power goes out. Today Celia is at school and Henry is home with me. Henry is a little under the weather, with a lot of [...]

[...] Today Celia is 5 years old. What a big birthday. It's the first year she has been really excited about her [...]

[...] rhythm while dancing. I saw the kids practice the tap number they're doing for their recital. Today Celia's at school and Henry and I are home together. We're outside as I type this. I'm sitting as he [...]

[...] We're nearing the end of our vacation week, and it was a good one. We didn't travel, but did a few day trips, and it was perfect for the [...]

[...] and smiling, but each picture has one kid looking... We're at the very end of a nice, long vacation week. We were pretty successful at keeping the kids busy, but also had some moments of insanity. We [...]

[...] , if this wasn't the perfect day for June first, I don't know what was... It was a warm and sunny weekend. We were outside as much as possible. The kids are thrilled to spend their days digging in [...]

[...] 1) We had a warm (50 degrees) and sunny weekend! The two inches of ice on the driveway melted enough to get chipped away, and the kids finally [...]

[...] , and I had forgotten how much easier it is to have just one child all day instead of two! Yesterday Celia started whining about not liking the morning bus, and that she didn't want to take it. She [...]

[...] Beautiful sunrise this morning. Yesterday Celia and I had a day at home together since she didn't have school. We spent almost the whole day [...]