I have a 3 year old son who seems to have some amazing clarity and insight into life. It never fails to surprise me when he says something that stops me in my tracks and makes me reconsider everything. Maybe it’s because the mind of a 3 year old is uncluttered and unfettered by the [...]

I love the Olympics.  Summer, winter…it makes no difference.  And this year, both of our kids are old enough to actually enjoy the spectacle.  In fact, they’re obsessed with Shaun White, snowboarding, skeleton, and the bobsled (our 3-year old says he wants to be a “bobsled pilot” when he grows up!).  It’s been great snuggling [...]

Every once in a while, I think back to my college years and can’t help but laugh about what I did then and what I do now.  The life of a Rooster, I guess. Those days included lots of yoga, eating healthy (including one strange diet of only fruits, vegetables and nuts), and listening to [...]

Here at the Healthy Hen House, we have two chicks, a boy and girl. We don’t focus too much on “traditional” gender roles – we just let our kids be kids and see how their interests shake out. Before having kids, I thought children fell into gender roles based more on “nurture” than “nature,” particularly [...]