Kate Sigafoos

Don’t you love it when you come home from a hard day of work to find your loving Italian grandmother hovering over the stove stirring a huge pot of spaghetti sauce that she has been working on all day? Boy, I do. Except that it never happens to me. First of all, I’m German. Second, …

I recently hosted a baby shower for two friends, both of whom are having their second child. Both moms wanted something low key because it was their second child, but I couldn’t have a baby shower without a little bit of a theme. A teenie weenie little smidge of a theme was necessary to elevate …

Sometimes kids need to earn their keep.  I mean, if we spend years wiping their bums the least they can do is step up to the plate and help out every now and again. But getting kids to work can be challenging if they aren’t into it. Just like some people hide veggies in comfort …

I am a stereotype. I live in the Pacific Northwest, I use natural deodorant, I wear Birkenstock sandals (cute ones, I swear) all summer, and I compost my food waste. When people look at me, maybe they think I live this way because I am incredibly eco-conscious. I’m sure that is part of it, but …

At dinner every night, everyone in my family shares one thing they are thankful for from the day. This started in November as we were discussing Thanksgiving and it just stuck. I adore this new tradition. After a rough day of whining and snot and poop on the ceiling (yes, this happened last week) it …

Dying eggs is one of the few craft activities you can do with really young children.  As long as they can put an egg in a bowl, they can help out. Those first two sentences were taken from my brain before I had ever dyed eggs with a young child. In reality, if they can …