Road construction. Most adults associate those words with frustration and travel delays. For little kids like my son, though, seeing the big construction vehicles and workers outfitted in neon makes any road trip more exciting! Mr. Boy has been interested in “workers” for the past year, and proudly declared that he is going to be [...]

Chances are you have seen macarons all over the internet, since they have essentially replaced cupcakes as the latest dessert craze. I have yet to attempt making real macarons and can’t buy them around here. However, they inspired a little idea that popped into my mind recently as I was sampling one of the meringue-like yogurt snacks that [...]

I recently read (and very much enjoyed) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, so I was delighted when Mr. Boy requested a dinosaur theme for his third birthday. He’s like a pint-sized paleontologist, spitting out terminology like “plates” and “crests” to describe the features of his favorite beasts, which he has picked up from the show Dinosaur Train [...]