Lanette Hansen
April 5, 2016
I’m an auntie again! Five times I’ve been able to look at the gorgeous, brand-new face of my niece or nephew and I am so humbled by even the thought of it. This time around, Ms. Maya Evelyn, all 8 lbs., 6 oz. and 21 inches of her, has made her grand entrance into this […]
March 24, 2016
So hippity hoppity . . . here comes Easter. It was one of my favorite holidays growing up because . . . well . . . CANDY! My parents hid jelly beans all over the house. On the ledge of the wainscoting, on top of the TV, and inside the microwave. It was awesome. They […]
February 25, 2016
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 […]
February 9, 2016
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 […]
January 25, 2016
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 […]
January 8, 2016
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, […]
December 23, 2015
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 […]
November 25, 2015
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 […]
November 13, 2015
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 […]
November 2, 2015
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 […]