Author: Lanette Hansen

Super Cool Place Alert | 98.1 FM Real Music Variety Madison, WI One weekend not long ago my husband, Marc, took our four year-old, Everett, to the UW Geology Museum. Yes . . . the Geology Museum! Yes…here in Madison! Who knew? It’s by Camp Randall and it’s free!  The morning started out with Everett wanting to see a […]

It was Tuesday night. I had just gotten my little guy, Roman, to sleep, rocking him in the glider in his room, when the sirens started. It was 8:05.  I remember this because we usually don’t hear many sirens around our neighborhood and this one was loud, and it kept going, so I took a […]

I had no idea! My hat is off to you if you have successfully registered your kid or kids for school. At this point I think I have to go to two different places to hand stuff in. And I’m not even 100% sure what I should turn in at each place, so I’m just […]

If your household is like mine…we try to make dinner close to every night. Between the cost of eating out, the unhealthy food choices you can make when dinner isn’t prepared, and the fact that you’ve got leftovers for lunch the next day…it just makes sense. But we’re a two-working-parent household. It’s either got to be prepared the night before, […]

Yeah, so the holidays. I was just looking at the binder I use at work to keep everything organized…it’s still on October. These last two months have been a blur. Between Holiday Wish, a 4th birthday party, Christmas to do lists and unwelcomed visits from the stomach flu and croup…it’s been a case of just putting […]

So it came and went and . . . I’m OK.  I knew I would be, but the date just sort of lingered out there, dangling in front of my face, and I had no desire to grab it.  The day I was supposed to bring our third baby home, and we’d start our lives […]

If you’ve never used Etsy.com for just about anything your heart desires – you’re missing out.  I’ve used it for almost every invitation for anything I’ve ever hosted.  So it was no different when I began to plan my son Everett’s 4th birthday.  He asked for Minions, so Minions he will have!  I worked with an outstanding artist from […]

Holidays with kids is a much different experience than when childless.  Now of course, your entire life is when you’ve got a kid.  I think one of the first things you think of when you’re told you’re going to be a mom is the holidays.  You romanticize about the costumes for Halloween and how much fun […]

It may be sunny and 70 degrees today … but technically, it’s fall.  Which means comfy food meals.  I have found a couple new favorites that I wanted to share with you.  First – White Chicken Chili.  It’s outstanding.   Two things about this recipe: it calls for four (yes four!) cans of white northern beans. […]

My husband Marc has been traveling for work.  As you well know, doing bedtime alone with multiple kiddos is comparable to juggling seven balls, three bowling pins and a chainsaw.  It’s been fun to say the least.  But last night, Marc didn’t have a work dinner so he was able to Facetime with Everett from his hotel.  That […]