Recent Posts

• How to Have an Allergy Safe Birthday Party

  

  Make these yummy treats for your birthday party and no one will know they're allergy safe.

  by lynnturtlehead - April 12, 2012

• Resources for the Allergic Kid

  

  I really don’t want this blog to be all gluten-free talk, all the time, but I did want to mention a few resources that have been really helpful to us these past few weeks. I don’t know how we would have survived without the internet, which always mana

  by lynnturtlehead - January 20, 2012

• Just Call Me Lynn Horton

  

  On New Year’s Day, I made gluten-free, milk-free, egg-free, nut-free donuts. DONUTS. I felt like a culinary genius.

  by lynnturtlehead - January 17, 2012

• Lifeguards and Heroes

  I sometimes am worried about Gal Smiley being a tomboy, just because anything that makes your kid a bit different opens them up to feeling a bit different and who knows if a kid is going to dig their uniqueness or mope around feeling like an outsider....

  by lynnturtlehead - December 29, 2011

• Halloween And A Recipe

  On Halloween, I stayed home to hand out treats while Sir Monkeypants took the kids out for trick-or-treating. (Aside: Every year Sir Monkeypants tries to convince me that I will have more fun if I just leave a bowl of candy on the front porch and come...

  by lynnturtlehead - November 27, 2011

• Food Allergy PSA

  I am having a communication issue with the kids’ school right now, and it is very frustrating. My problem is that my older two kids have food allergies, and last year I expressed some concerns I had to the school about their food allergy procedures....

  by lynnturtlehead - November 27, 2011

• Food Allergy PSA

  I am having a communication issue with the kids’ school right now, and it is very frustrating. My problem is that my older two kids have food allergies, and last year I expressed some concerns I had to the school about their food allergy procedures....

  by lynnturtlehead - November 27, 2011

• The Photograph That Is Never Going To Happen

  Every year I make a calendar for my mom and Sir Monkeypants’ mom for Christmas. They like it because it’s something disposable, at a time when they are both trying not to accumulate any more stuff. It features photos of all of their grandchildren,...

  by lynnturtlehead - November 27, 2011

• Shooting Star

  A couple of weeks ago, the Captain had a bad cough. He woke up in the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. He called for us and I stumbled sleepily to his room, eyes blurry, still not really awake. He asked me if I would take him outside, to breathe...

  by lynnturtlehead - November 27, 2011

• Absent

  Sir Monkeypants has been down in Southern Ontario for a couple of days, helping his sister move. I can count on one hand the number of nights I’ve had all three kids without Sir Monkeypants being here. Those of you with spouses who travel regularly...

  by lynnturtlehead - November 27, 2011