I turn 35 today, which feels like the first semi-significant birthday since I turned 30. All of those in between years seem a little like fillers getting you ready for the big ones. For some …
Ever since Jordan Ferney started posting about her outdoor dinners, I've dreamed of hosting a dinner party in the wild. Not the wild of my yard (although after six months of neglect it is pretty …
I've had a blast putting together some fun birthday-themed posts for this week, and want to finish it off in a traditional manner, with party favors! Party favors are such a fantastic detail to include at …
When my older sister turned thirty, she wanted me to go to Paris with her to celebrate. Although that sounded like a dream, it just wasn’t in my student budget, so I came up with …
On my birthday earlier this month, Dave and I took the boys on a spontaneous dessert crawl in the hip DC neighborhood of Georgetown. We first stopped at Dolcezza Gelato, then grabbed a cupcake at …
I absolutely love birthdays. Unlike all of the other holidays, your birthday is a celebration just for you. YOU are the reason for the season! Dave and I both agree that we want to teach …
For Eliot's first birthday, we celebrated with friends at the local pool. It's about two blocks down the street from our apartment and we have been anxiously awaiting the summer we were out of school and …
One year ago baby Eliot decided to finally join our family (after a little prodding because he was taking his time...) Because my pregnancy was so hard, I imagined that he would be trouble, and …
As a fun finale to our week of birthday celebrations last week, we had a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta for Milo and his good buddy Christian (maybe you remember him from Milo's first birthday party?). …
Yep, this is a birthday week at our house! I brought Milo home from the hospital on Dave's birthday, and he still thinks it was the best birthday present ever. (Although the awesome bicycle shorts …
While I'm making lists, I thought I'd share another fun one: 29 things I would want for my birthday if I didn't already own them (aka 29 of my favorite things). In no particular order: my kitchen wipes dispenser …
Today I am 29. It's sort of a funny age, would you agree? It sounds oldish "Twenty-nine. Hello, I'm twenty-nine." Probably because of the "nine" which I think makes everything sound a little like "ninety-nine" …