Kelli
How I Learned to Love Winter
Like any native midwesterner, I hated winter. I hated the bleak grayness of the daylight and the black slosh leftover on the wet roadways. I hated that midnight and 6:00 PM looked nearly the...
Adulting: Verb. See Also: ‘How Did I Get Here?’
Sitting in the preschool drop off line I realize this is real....I am a legit adult. I look in my rearview mirror, at my hastily combed hair plastered with dry shampoo and an attempt...
No More Frumpy Mama: How Zumba Helped Me Get My Groove Back
The New Year’s excitement had come and gone and I was still in a slump. It was like pulling teeth to get myself to stop eating the comfort foods of winter. A spinach salad...
Don’t Feel Like Cooking Tonight? Check Out My Family’s Favorite Restaurants
I have to say it, I love to go to restaurants but going to restaurants with kids, now that’s a different story. One of my recurring nightmares is being in a quiet restaurant and one...
A Letter to My Dogs: I’m Sorry for the Little Tyrants
A letter to my dogs:
I'm writing this letter as we sit and hide in the playroom tent as the vicious pirates pillage the room around us (aka Captain Threeager and his First Mate Terrible...
*NSYNC and Beanie Babies: Memories of My Former Self
Amongst the pile of Easter and Christmas decorations I find them -three navy blue tubs filled to the brim. The tubs were tagged with a hastily scribbled label: Kelli’s Memorabilia. Up until this point,...
Move Over Dinner and Drinks: Fun Get-Togethers to Explore Columbus with your Bestie
So it’s that time of year again! The gym becomes overcrowded (or so I hear) and every magazine cover in the grocery store checkout line exclaims "New Year, New You!" While I have made...
He Doesn’t Speak Very Well But You Can Play With Him: The Heartache Of...
We are the only other ones at the park and I see you look at my son. I know what you want and I'm dreading it. You skip over to him and ask, "Would...
Everything I Learned About Parenting I Learned on the Playground
Everything I learned about parenting I learned on the playground.
Ok, I shouldn’t say everything, it’s not like I first learned to change a diaper on a teeter-totter but the majority of my discipline and...