I know this is a dumb post, but I couldn’t help but share my new favorite things: food covers. 

I am really, really trying not to buy things on Amazon, but I have been wanting these for more than a year. I saw them at a birthday party at the park, and they make so much sense in Texas! I regretted not having them all throughout last year whenever we hosted a party on our deck. I ended up trying to cover the food with dishtowels, which makes it very difficult to see what is available to eat!

I’m excited to try these out at Henry’s birthday party! 

I recently read or heard a reminder that we only have 18 summers with our children. (Hopefully this isn’t entirely true, since I still vacation with family in the summer. But it resonated with me nonetheless.) 

While that was percolating in my mind, Matt read something about a father who spent a month traveling with his children every summer, and we both agreed that that sounds so lovely! 

So I think we will try to go on a 3-week vacation every summer as a family. We will aim for 2019 so we have time to save up for another big international excursion. I have two weeks of vacation in the

This post is for BabyD! 

From the comments, it sounds like BabyD is stressing about vacation planning. 

I made a vacation-planning template for my leadership coach, so I thought I would share it here, in case it’s helpful for others:

Vacation Planner

I love going on vacations with my family. I’m always so excited to see new things and go to new places. It makes me feel really present with my boys. 

Here are some of our recaps: