by Whitney
Has being a mom become your only hobby? Spend today thinking about what other hobby you would like bring back to your life or start, and make a plan to get into it.
I like to make stuff and read about making stuff on craft blogs. It took me a while to get back into it after Julian was born, but it really felt good. Lots of people say that exercise is the hobby they’ve been missing. Um, not me.
This picture of Heather was taken by me in June of 2002. We decided to stay up all night and run around the city. We went for a run at 10.30 PM, ate tapas, went to an Oxygen bar, saw a Tom Cruise movie at 1.45 am, and then watched the World Cup on a big screen projecter image at a friend’s house. We took lots of cabs and finished our adventure at 6.20 in the morning.
Little did we know that we would be staying up all night taking care of babies a couple years later. Ironically we made shirts to commemorate this evening that said “Not a girl, not yet a soccer mom”, a play on the Britney Spears song. Apparently we did know what was coming.
That pretty much sums up other stuff I like to do: run around doing weird stuff with Heather, taking pictures of weird stuff we do together, make t-shirts about the weird stuff we’ve done.
If you like to rock climb, quilt, or go to poetry slams, you should keep doing it. If you’ve already done it, brag to us here.
by Administrator
Does RookieMoms.com look a little fresher? A little younger? Maybe a little bit happier?
We did a little nip and tuck and we hope it helps people find content that inspires them.
We have a super deluxe prize bag to give away in celebration of our new design, so add a comment here to be entered to win. Comment on what you like best about RookieMoms.com: a favorite post, an aspect of the design, or the way the site is organized. Or give us constructive feedback suggestions (like the time Heather’s mom gave her a scale during her first week post-partum!). What would you’d like to see changed?
On October 12 — our three-year blogiversary — we’ll pick one winner to receive the Rookie Moms Redesign prize bag, worth over $200 :
- A copy of The Rookie Mom’s Handbook
- Baby Bjorn Synergy carrier with bib accessory
- Scout Organic onesie
- Miracle Blanket swaddler
- Cooking with Trader Joe’s cookbook
- Ratzerfratzer burp cloth
[photo credit: r. currier
location: berkeley, ca]
by Heather
Meg at Backpack to Buggy really nailed it with her suggestions for easy toddler dining. I read it and smacked my head (in the “why didn’t I think of it” fashion) and then wanted to save all her suggested locations for my future adventure travels to Bali, Nova Scotia, and Hong Kong as well as my (much more likely) forays into San Francisco.
Just last week I was driving the New York Turnpike cursing the choice of bad pizza after bad pizza options at the rest areas. So, when she mentioned Sbarro by name (and that was my GOOD choice), I knew she was speaking directly to me.
And that, my friends, is why I must share it with you.
In addition to her favorite local fast eateries, Meg offers important tips to finding your own off-the-beaten-path the toddler-friendly food court:
- newer and renovated US malls (check out the hand washing station in the new SF mall — it’s a dream come true!)
- pedestrian-friendly and sightseer friendly places are often combined
She says, “This won’t solve how to get a toddler to sit down and eat, but at least parents can restore much needed energy and sample some local cuisine.” Amen to that.
Read Meg’s suggestions for how to eat out with a toddler.
Here are my tips for taking your toddler to an upscale place (way harder, I now realize!)
[photo credit: Meg at backpack to buggy]
