I feel like all my conversations end awkwardly. Not just with my close friends, but all of them, even when the pharmacy calls. I feel like all my phone conversations end with me either scolding, chasing, or otherwise being interrupted by kids (my husband counts as a kid in this instance.) Sometimes I wonder if…
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Crock pot heaven
Ok so my best friend (you all know her, it’s H) gave me an awesome gift for Christmas this year. This book: Best part was she added these tabs: As well as notes about which recipes were good, bad, needed extra of something and post it’s with her own recipes. Today I made this curry:…
Beyond the Fourth Birthday- A practical Gift Guide for 4 Year Old Girls
This month my “baby” turns four. My little girl is growing up. It makes me feel so old, but not as old as when my oldest turned eight. But I digress… that is a separate post all together. I would like to let parents, and aunts and uncles know about some helpful gifts for a…
Grammy, Danpa, and Pre-Easter Fun
Since my son is only 2, last year all we did for Easter was have brunch. There was an Easter bunny, but he was probably the scariest one I’ve ever seen. That made this our first year with actual kid-participation. Yes, I know, Easter is next Sunday. My parents were in town last weekend, though, and…
Non-Toxic Cleaning and the Toxic Substances Control Act
I have been on a quest since my son was born to remove all the toxic chemicals from our home. It only seems logical that if I can do the same job with something that’s not poisonous when ingested, that I should. I started with the BabyGanics and Seventh Generation items, both of which I…
Imagination is Wonderful
I am always amazed at how my child’s brain appears to have come pre-programmed to create a world of make-believe from ordinary surroundings. My two-year-old’s vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds as is his enunciation. With that I gain a glimpse of how incredibly powerful his imagination is and also how many things I never knew a…
Russia and a smattering of other legitimate news
Yes, Russia and the crisis in Ukraine still dominates most of the news the last few weeks and for good reason. Here’s the snapshot of that situation and a few other headlines you may have missed. Russia – Since we last wrote just after Ukraine deposed their president fears surrounding Russia’s influence in Crimea have…
Review of New Kids Book, ‘Find the Cutes’ by Vincent Noot and OUR FIRST CONTEST!
I don’t know about you but some of my little man’s favorite books (and how he learned a lot of his words) are the ‘I-Spy’ series. Although I like these books, I found that when I went searching for more most of the images are used in multiple books. I remember loving ‘Where’s Waldo’ when…
Dinner Surprise!
Like most of my female friends and acquaintances I have fallen into the dinner rut. You know the one. We have spaghetti once a week because all I really have to do is brown some ground pork sausage and onions then boil water, throw in sauce and “ta-da”, dinner is served. We have the same…
Ducks in a row, or not…
After a satisfyingly productive week at work I treated myself to a sumptuous and peaceful dinner out solo Friday before heading home. Sounded like such a great idea. The next morning on Pinterest I saw this cartoon and just couldn’t help but laugh because it sums up what happened afterwards so perfectly. Warning; this may be…