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Month 5

Activity #134: Record baby laughing or babbling

December 15, 2008

Videotape or tape record baby laughing or babbling. These early sounds will delight you later and will also be thrilling for baby’s grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Ok, thrilling is an overstatement. Whitney went all high-tech to record this one of Scarlett “reading” the Boynton classics but you could use a simple recorder or a 10-second [...]

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Activity #131: Decorate baby clothes with fabric paint

September 9, 2008

This picture might look more glamorous than our lives really are, but these are actual bodysuits made for Holden at Heather’s baby shower, which I hosted. My college friend Meg, an advanced mom and author of The Rug Merchant (link provided for those who are looking to read quality fiction that is not about babies), [...]

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Activity #503: Start raising a treehugger

April 29, 2008

I’m not really so much of a treehugger myself. I’m all for the values associated with it, I just don’t like being cold or wet, so my hiking adventures are limited to sunny days. But not too sunny, because I don’t want us to get burned. Hiking is such a great thing to do as [...]

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Activity #351: Take an arty baby picture

February 29, 2008

Whitney and I had a great time the other week lugging our boys out to Marin County to visit the professional photographer for our free 8×10. Luckily, we turned the afternoon into a huge adventure and didn’t get too upset that the photos were not worth paying for. We learned what we already suspected: that [...]

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Activity #342: Make some easy kids pants

February 10, 2008

First, I’ll give credit where it’s due: The author of redcurrent.com gave a clear tutorial for how to make these toddler pants, and the author of tinyhappy displayed inspiring before and after pictures of her tshirts made into pants. Now, let’s celebrate my success, people. I took this long-sleeved t-shirt belonging to Ryan, and while [...]

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Activity #145: Pimp your ride

November 28, 2007

My car is the same one I’ve been driving for almost 11 years. It was always a mom car sedan and is only just living up to its potential now that I have a baby. Frankly, it has room for improvements: it still has a cassette tape hole for playing mix tapes; regular locks that [...]

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Activity #49: Record your tiny thoughts for later

November 4, 2007

I have a bad habit of wanting to talk whenever something pops into my head. Alec works all day and doesn’t always have the time to be interrupted with my every thought. We both agree that thoughts like: “the baby pooped 4 times today” “the front windshield is still chipped” “we really need an arrow [...]

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Use your baby as a bumper sticker

October 31, 2007

What better way to get folks attention with your beliefs than to plaster catchy slogans on your precious baby? Name your cause and I’ll bet we can find you some baby apparel. We’ll start with an easy one and move on from there. Find yourself in the list below: Breastfeeding. The Lactivist Store has many [...]

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Activity #132: Photograph your living room

October 22, 2007

Funny story: The phone rang today during one of Holden’s crying fits. Alec looked at the caller id and it was mystery area code 113 (does that even exist in the US?!). We both thought the same thing instantly: telemarketers! So, he picked up the phone and directed Holden’s wailing into the unsuspecting caller’s ear. [...]

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Activity #480: Spell it out

August 22, 2007

Did you already know you can use flickr to spell out your baby’s name in an interesting way? I didn’t. I just read this on Nested and I can’t wait to try it. Now what do I do with this awesomeness? I’m thinking t-shirt because it’s probably too low res for wall art. Anyone else [...]

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Activity #135: Host a webcast

July 27, 2007

Let me first tell you that we don’t do this nearly enough. Hosting a webcast is a great way to show your family what handling the baby is really like. He may be adorable and make faces, he may try to flip out of your arms, or he may cry his head off… so much [...]

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Activity #136: Row your boat

July 17, 2007

This is a quickie little game that I do probably once a day… it’s easy to do when Holden is already in my lap or on the glider and he likes it about as much as me playing with his little piggies. Easy steps to fake boat rowing: Sit on the floor with your legs [...]

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