One thing many food allergies families can empathize with each other about is the anxiety or mental burden of leaving our homes.  They are our safe zones, a place where we can finally set our "allergy radar" to low and spend time together without worry.  
  We know that our toys have not just been handled by a toddler friend with peanut-buttery hands, that we have our child's safe food options stocked in the kitchen, and ​the medicine we need is ready in the 

There are so many things we want to teach our kids.  Riding their bike.  Reading.  Hell, just manners.  But there are some key lessons that I think if kids can learn early, will give them (and you, because c'mon, we are drowning in this parenting gig sometimes) a more joyful life as they go through childhood, the teenage years, and onto adulthood.  And one of my favorite things I attempt to pass on to my kids is the art of joyful living.

I apologize in advance as this is NOT a recipe yet...just a sweet Christmas memory for me with my boys.

Phew!  Christmas was a whirlwind and I'm just....wiped out.  HOW DO WE DO WE SURVIVE THE GIFT WRAPPING, THE FOOD PREPARING, BAKING ALL THE DESSERTS, THE CLEANING?!  Well, as usual, I barely did.  But, it was the first year we finally had our act together enough to explore sugar cookies.