Unexpected Gifts: How offering gave in return

Nothing makes my heart happier than having a full house, sharing good food and fun. When I set out to offer a few select summer camps at our home, I wanted to create something fun my daughter and I could share in together, and share with some of our friends. I never could have imagined…

School’s Out for Summer! 3 Easy & Efficient Teacher Gift Ideas

If you’re like me, this means you’re totally freaking out, not only about how you’re going to get anything done all summer, but also putting together something special (but not bank-breaking) for teachers to thank them for taking care your most precious cargo all year. At our preschool, my daughter has 5 different teachers that…

The Toddler Independence Streak

All I can do is laugh looking back on last Mother’s Day. As my then two-year-old Hazel and I arrived for our Mommy & Me shoot with Lauren Fisher Photography, I went to get her out of her car seat and realized she had taken off her underwear in our hurried rush (as usual) to…

7 Mother’s Day Picnic Picks

Mother’s Day is perfect for a picnic. Here’s a round up of 7 local places to pack up and visit to be surrounded by beauty, just as mothers deserve on this special day. The clouds and rain should roll out of Central PA by Saturday, just in time for a weekend spent soaking up sun…

Pack the Perfect Picnic for Mother’s Day

Photo by Donovan Roberts Witmer, The Premise Studio This week’s rain is moving out by Saturday, just in time for Mother’s Day this Sunday, and we can’t wait to get outside to enjoy the outdoors again after a week of being cooped up. Mother’s Day picnics are one of my favorite ways to spend this…

Sometimes you’re eating fancy fiddleheads & sometimes it’s Ramen

  Life is full of ups and downs. One day you’re at the beach dining out on garlic scape gnocchi with fiddlehead ferns, ramps, pickled mustard seeds and ricotta (adoration for Off the Hook in Bethany Beach and a memorable meal I know is going to inspire something on the menu at #TheHeanyHouseKitchen). The next…