Archive for November 20254 posts

Thanksgiving With Two Toddlers: Lowered Expectations

November 26, 2025/By Allison/4 min read

We're hosting Thanksgiving with 19-month-old twins this year. Here's the plan, the menu I cut in half, and the bar I set very low on purpose.

Filed under: My Life

November 20, 2025/By Allison/4 min read

Our twin baby registry, looked at 19 months later: the 32 things we used constantly and the 11 we could have skipped.

November 12, 2025/By Allison/3 min read

Dan's employer plans versus Covered California: how we compared premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for our family of four.

Filed under: Family Money

November 5, 2025/By Allison/4 min read

It did not look like sadness. It looked like counting breaths at 3 a.m. and checking the stove five times. My story, and why I finally spoke up.

Filed under: Motherhood