Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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When I walked into the studio for speesees organic baby clothing last month, I was instantly enchanted by the color combos of the apparel on display. The proprietress, Rachel, was wearing a striking palette herself – a hot red sweater paired with a cool turquoise shirt. Over the next few weeks, I found this [...]
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Whitney first introduced me to speesees organic baby clothes around the time our second babies were born. She showed me a pair of matching bright pink tee-shirts with a starburst in the middle for toddler Julian and baby-to-be Scarlett.
Once Julian outgrew it, Milo was lucky to inherit it. Soft, well-made, organic, and bright pink… what’s [...]
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We wish you a very happy holiday season whether you’re winding down from Hanukkah or gearing up for Christmas, or doing some shade of both like our families.
We’ve created the best no-stuff shopping guides we can think of with the guiding principal to focus on experiences over things. And we’re trying to take our own [...]
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Clutter-free Gifts for Babies
A session of a class to do together, such as Music Together, which starts as young as newborn. My-gym – parent participation classes start at 6 weeks old
A new tradition. Now that you’re the parent, you can establish how your baby celebrates the holidays. Applesauce and pankcakes for breakfast? Jammies all day? [...]
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An umbrella is a terrific gift for a preschooler. My toddler loves to hold her own kid-sized umbrella, and it gives us something to do on a rainy day – go outside and stand there with an umbrella over our heads.
I saw this rainbow umbrella for kids in a Museum catalog and thought it [...]
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This month, Holden rode a two-wheeler for the first time. He was amazing. With his dad’s encouragement, he rode down half a block, then a block, then around the park. Before our 40 minute riding session was over, he had figured out how to start by himself. Next lesson: stopping.
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My son’s birthday is next week, so I have parties on my mind. Since we are just having his BFF’s family over for pizza and pumpkin carving, I figure I can bite off something a little more time consuming in terms of favors, given that the guest list is so tiny.
I saw [...]
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I adore these costume kits from Etsy shop, DIY Costumes. The creator of the kits, Cassie Divine, has provided us with a way to produce a handmade Halloween costume — no sewing skills required!
The kits contain everything you need to transform a plain sweatsuit into [...]
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My kick is over. I didn’t shop for ANYTHING for one month. I didn’t even blog about any products because I was all anti-materialism. I even made a dress for Scarlett out of a discarded sweater of Ryan’s. I’m so green, it hurts, right?
Did I change my life? No. (I realized this morning that January [...]
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As a marketer (that’s my real job, when I do find time to take on freelance gigs) I always read taglines for products and services. This is typically where a brand attempts to present their key benefit or address a consumer’s “pain point”.
Recently when Scarlett tossed her favorite snack all over my car simply by [...]
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I just got back from a two week vacation Out East with Alec and the boys. We flew five hours from SFO to Cleveland (where I’m from) and the next day drove about ten hours to Upstate New York to enjoy a friend’s wedding celebration and the other amazing lake/mountain activities.
Unfortunately Milo’s most treasured lovey, [...]
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I just reread my post from last August about the 13 things that confused me about preschool, and I’m happy to report that after one year, things are much much easier.
Just like those first few weeks months with a new baby take a lot of adjustment (and the first few days weeks back at work), [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
