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Hi, friends! Happy Friday! I feel like I haven’t written a  What I’m Loving Lately post in ages . WHERE does the time go? Ha! Well, since it’s been a few weeks now, I have quite the round-up for you. SO MANY FAVORITES. Seriously, these are things that I am really crazy about right now! Feel free to check ’em out or let me know if you have questions about any of them. Enjoy! Chocolate Chip Whey 2 Be Cookie   – My gosh, this cookie is amazing… well, ok, it’s amazing for a  protein cookie. I’ve tried other brands, and they usually taste pretty artificial, but the Chocolate Chip one from Whey 2 Be is the bomb. It really was like eating dessert! The Ultimate Book of Vehicles – Qman is LOVING this book lately! It’s actually really cool. Even Mal and I had a fun time playing with it! It’s basically the ultimate flap-book with all sorts of pop-ups, pull-tabs, rotating wheels, and more! Check out all of the moving pieces! And all of the cool stuff...

I wasn’t planning on publishing a second post today, but I had time + photos from my morning so in the spirit of this morning’s post , why not!? Thank you all for your comments and kind words. It’s crazy how many of you have been reading for so many years! As seen above, I had a pancake, egg, and mango for breakfast. I used the Great Harvest pancake mix, and I guess I made one-too-many chocolate chip pancakes for Mazen because that silly boy found me while I was getting dressed and said (in his cutest grown-up delivery): “Mommy, you forgot someping in my breakfast. The chocolate chips. So I got them for you and put them back already.” He had gotten them out of the pantry, unscrewed the lid, poured a handful on his pancake and returned the jar to its spot. I wasn’t sure whether to be super proud of this independence or remind him that I am the chocolate gatekeeper! I recently bought this bulletin board at Target (with these marble and rose gold push pins !!) and hung it in the ...

Today’s guest post is offered up by a good friend of Mark’s Daily Apple—Genevieve Howland, aka Mama Natural . Very few people embrace pain. Sure, we’ve all said “no pain no gain” at the gym. But, as humans, we have a primal, hardwired instinct to seek pleasure and avoid pain. And that’s what makes childbirth such a loaded experience. Because, yes, there is usually pain (some like to say discomfort ) involved in childbirth. And, unfortunately, the process of childbirth seems to be getting harder… or at least longer. Based on 140,000 childbirths, research shows that today’s moms labor an average of 2-3 hours longer than the mothers of 50 years ago. Births in the late 1950s and 60s were compared to births from 2002 to 2008. The study points out that moms are now heavier, older, and are more likely to use epidural anesthesia. Why does childbirth last longer these days? Two potential culprits: Sedentary lifestyles . Our bodies weren’t ma...

One of the few  truly  seasonal foods, rhubarb is available now through the summer. Long red and green stalks of rhubarb are often used as a fruit – think pie, jam, and sweet-tart sauces – but it is actually a vegetable. Rhubarb facts Perennial rhubarb plants must be subjected to a hard freeze in order to grow and flourish in the spring. Hearty Midwestern and Northern gardeners are rewarded for making it through the winter when rhubarb is one of the first plants – along with asparagus – to emerge from their gardens. Rhubarb color varies by growing method and variety. At the supermarket in early spring, you may see thin stalks of bright, ruby-red rhubarb, which was probably grown in a hot house and often has a milder flavor. In late spring and summer, when many farmer’s markets open, don’t pass up the fat stalks of dull olive-green with streaks of pink. This heirloom variety rhubarb was probably grown in a garden patch and subjected to outdoor elements, thus giving it ...

This is a big year for KERF – the big 10 year anniversary – and I think it’s ironic that what I want most for this site is to go back to basics, back to my roots, and keep it real. I’ve always had two goals for my blog: Blog about what feels most natural to blog about. This could mean blogging about my meals, my life, nutrition topics, round-ups, recipes, motherhood, personal life, home organization, and more. Some of you have commented that what you like most about KERF is the variety, and I’m glad to hear it because I share your sentiments! Share the how  behind living a healthy life. From the beginning, I have said that people usually know the What and Why  when it comes to making healthy lifestyle choices, but it is the How that is hard to put into action. When I go back to my very first blog posts, along with the topics mentioned above, my mission is to share things that are working for me and things that aren’t. I want to be relata...