Tag: summer with kids

  • Summer at My Childhood Home: Surviving Three Kids Alone

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    I thought we would manage. We did, technically. But surviving three kids alone in a summer cottage with no running water and a toddler who climbed into a fireplace is a story I need to tell honestly. The place and the plan Every summer I spend time at my childhood home. It is an uninsulated…

  • Three Months Old: Cake, Chaos and a Summer to Remember

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    B is three months old today. The plan was to bake a cake first thing this morning. The plan, as usual, did not survive contact with three children. A birthday morning that went its own way My three months old baby update starts like most of our mornings – with the best of intentions and…