I'm Ruth, a travel lover, reader, project-doer, casual runner, aspiring yogi, wife, and mom to a curious little girl and energetic little boy. Around here we look for adventure in the everyday mundane tasks and in the once in a lifetime events.
I originally wrote this in mid-April, when the snow had been coming down for 36 hours and counting, 6 inches? a foot?
I've been happily and greedily reading international parenting books for some time now. It started with Bringing Up Bebe and French Kids Eat Everything when I was pregnant. It was love and inspiration and culture and travel dreams all wrapped up together; I was hooked.
For February my focus was exclusively on food and the way it nourishes our bodies (or doesn't).
My toddler loves bread, don't they all?
Most days start with a piece of bread topped with peanut butter, jelly (no toaster please) and a portion of fruit.
In our family, I am the reader and my husband is decidedly not. There's no criticism in that, it's simply each of our preference. However, he decided to include reading in his 2018 goals and committed to reading one book each quarter.
I've never given much thought to New Year's resolutions - they weren't a big deal in my family growing up, and I never found myself in a circle of people who jumped into them in my early adult life either. I read Gretchen Rubin's Better than Before a few years back…
Welcome to my corner of the internet! I'm a travel lover, reader, project-starter, casual runner, aspiring yogi, wife, and mom to a sweet little girl, living in the upper midwest.
