Kids Cook Real Food…On Vacation?

I am usually full of ideas and every once in awhile, I decide to act on one of them without fully thinking it through.  Such was the case, when we decided to take our kids to Chicago for a long weekend earlier this month.  After we got them all excited, then...

Beyond Chore Training

Chores posts are always popular in this space …. and as a busy mom of many, I do not struggle at all to understand why! My first line of chore defense is always to teach them properly and consistently from the very beginning.  I wrote that out in eleven...

Kids in the Kitchen: Tots to Tweens

In almost 14 years of parenting, I have done a ton of cooking with my kids and now they do a lot of cooking on their own.  Some of it has been very formal and intentional in its Montessori application and other parts have been more free-form. Keep reading for a...