Angie

Angie (latte constantly in hand) raises her son, "Milo" (b. 2003), and her daughter, "Belle" (b. 2006), in Seattle with her lawyer husband. She is a writer, blogger and graphic designer who is egregiously tall and loves cookies with beer. She alternately struggles with existential angst and the fit of her jeans. Though she wearies easily of answering her son's constant questions and of negotiating with her daughter, she loves being present during their wonder years. One of her biggest parenting challenges is navigating Milo's severe food allergies. If she's not baking 50 cupcakes from scratch, she is reading ingredient labels and tutoring Milo, ad nauseum, to say, "No milk, eggs, tree nuts or peanuts please." Angie likes using large, complicated words while speaking with her children and hoping they'll learn vocabulary by immersion. She is bad at remembering to wash her kids' faces and making them clean their rooms, but is good at helping with homework and reading stories. She thinks motherhood is the most intense, amazing, aggravating, heart-warming and heart-breaking journey on which she's ever embarked. Angie can also be found at: www.halfassedkitchen.com