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Momma Chat: The Two Questions I’m Asked Most Often
There are a couple questions I’m frequently asked about mamahood and my lifestyle. The first one is about Cy’s bedtime routine, and given how I approach it, the question is: how do I have time for my...
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Scenes From My Week
My favorite tea shop Cy the Gnome Yep. Definitely a gnome. Selfie in a beanie – it was probably too hot to wear a beanie, but I really wanted to anyway. Breakfast with the fam And a Tigger too!
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Momma Chat – From Koh Samui
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Momma Chat to escape to a ridiculously scenic tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand. Even flying into the airport was landing right in the middle of a resort. We...
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Scenes From My Week
It’s been a nasty smoky season up here in Chiang Mai…so we escaped!! To a tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand, where we walked on the beach played in the pool and ate lots of good food. Best way...
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Momma Chat: On escapes and hitting reset
It took us a long time to decide to fly down to Samui, mostly due to inertia. More days than I care to admit, I feel like we’re just flinging ourselves into the routine of work, house work, and baby...
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Scenes From My Week
This weekend, friends of ours introduced us to a fantastic French bakery hidden away in the woods, amidst pond and palm fronds. It’s only open on Saturdays and the key to this place is to show up at 9...
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Momma Chat: On Grub and Hugs
Last night we decided to escape to the mall in a desperate attempt to get out of the house but still not be subject to quite so much of the smoke from smoky season. In our haste to leave after Toby...
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Scenes From My Week
We went shopping the other day and stumbled across a display of dishes that immediately begged to be taken home with me. I’m pretty sure they were actually calling my name. Of course, I obliged because...
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Momma Chat: On the First Three Pages of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle...
There’s a particularly vicious dog in our neighborhood, one who had gotten in a fight with Dot and left a hole in our dog, and who had come tearing after me and Cy one day, ready to attack, until I...
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Scenes From My Week
We decided to get out of the city for a bit, and headed to a restaurant tucked away in the mountains. Great food–even better scenery! Then I got a hankering to make almond chocolate pear muffins. Best...
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Scenes From My Week
We went to our favorite breakfast joint again, The Larder Cafe, and I scored fresh peaches on crostini with ricotta, mint, and a balsamic reduction. Heaven in my mouth! Peaches are so rare here in...
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Momma Chat: Good Idea, Bad Idea
At all moments in which Cy is moving about (also referred to as “being awake”), you’ll hear a steady refrain: No, don’t eat the power cord. No, sticking your fingers in the fan is a BAD idea. Wandering...
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Scenes From My Week 04.30.14
Someone has discovered stairs. There he goes. Up, up, and away! Keep in touch! I’m @jadekeller on Instagram. What did you discover this week? Join in at Communal Global!
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Momma Chat: Would you (do you) cut your baby’s hair?
There are some long, wispy bits of hair, like an uneven fringe at the top of Cy’s head that are just begging to be chopped off. I had planned not to cut his hair until he was a toddler or so, as I...
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Scenes From My Week 05.07.14
Enjoying a lunch out with my two favorite guys… Can’t say no to a lunch out when this one is my date! Happy Wednesday, everyone! What fun sights did you see this week? Share in the linky below or at...
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Little Things Thursday 05.08.14
I’ve been wanting to join in with Kim’s Little Things Thursday for months now, but with caring for a newborn and such, I was mostly overwhelmed with trying to adjust to becoming a mom. Some women seem...
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Kids, Tech & Gadgetry
It might be a bit early to start thinking about our house rules regarding technology for Cy, seeing as how the fancy gadget that’s really blowing his hair back right now is Dot’s clicker—a little...
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Scenes From My Week 05.14.14
This Mother’s Day I was treated to exactly what I wanted! A quiet hour (almost two, actually) to myself, in which to enjoy a cappuccino, a good book, and some writing. I wore my orange pants because it...
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Little Things Thursday 05.15.14
Every night, around 11p.m., I extricate myself from under little hands and plod down the white-tiled hallway to get ready for bed. I brush my teeth and then I prepare to wash my face. I pull out this...
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Momma Chat: On Picking Battles, not Balls
My son and I had our first fight. Well, I’m not sure if you can call it a fight when one party can’t verbalize more articulately than “Thee thaa! Pbbbllttffft!” (Then again, maybe that’s about as...
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