Disclosure: Compensation and product for this post were provided by Quaker, via AOL Media. All opinions expressed here – as always – are completely my own, and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Quaker. You know the song “Me and My Shadow”? Well that is exactly the tune that comes to mind [...]

So my pals at Limetree (who I last wrote about here) invited me to participate in a friendly little contest – it’s a “micropost”, and the theme is “family”. What’s a micropost? It’s a post no longer than 140 characters (sound familiar?). Of course I said yes – I love a challenge, and my family is [...]

I know – heavy stuff for a Monday morning. When I decided to launch this new series last month, my goal was – and is – to not only introduce you to great bloggers, authors and “creatives”, but to impart some meaningful information that you would not otherwise find here at D D and D. [...]

Got 10 minutes? Then you can make this adorable (and functional!) craft caddy. Now that Noah is (a little) more into arts and crafts I realized that he’ll be more likely to partake if all of his “tools” are visible and easily accessible. But the neat freak in me doesn’t want a bunch of markers [...]

This was written last month from a hotel room in Chicago, where I spent two days with Chelsea and Conor to look at a prospective college. As I was packing for this trip I realized that it would be the first time I’d be traveling with just Chelsea and Conor in twelve years. Twelve years. [...]

I’m always impressed with the wealth of really stellar programming that Noah and I can enjoy at so many New York City museums. We’ve done“First Saturdays” at the New Museum (site of THIS memorable exhibit – remember the nude sensory tank?). And we recently participated in a special kids’ day at the Whitney, which coincided [...]

It is no secret that I LOVE my iPhone. One of the cooler things about parenting “now” vs. “then” is that my phone allows me to capture any moment at any time. How often when Chelsea and Conor were growing up did I curse not having my camera as some small-yet-amazing thing was happening RIGHT [...]

When we dropped Noah’s nap back in August, I didn’t quite notice the change to my day-to-day at first. He has school every afternoon, and even the weekends were easy enough to fill – as long as we’re outside Noah is a happy camper. But once the weather turned, things got a bit more…challenging. Especially weekends. [...]

This was one of my very favorite Valentine’s Day crafts when Chelsea and Conor were little. I mean, who doesn’t love conversation hearts? And this is one of those crafts that is simple enough for a very young child, yet appealing to older kids too. As for Noah? He was into squeezing the glue on [...]

This month has been an especially hectic and busy one – but filled with all good things, so I’m feeling most, most grateful. I’ve taken some time before and after my recent trip to enjoy these sweet and special breaks in the action, and trying hard to just pause and enjoy. Noah turned 4, and [...]