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Flippin’ Sweet (For Girls)

Activity #494: Green your toy box with eco-friendly toys

November 28, 2009

Less toys is green – sure, that’s true. But I think my two kids are the most fun people on my list to shop for, so as many times as I tell myself that they have everything they need and more, I still end up picking a few new things for them. Here are 5 [...]

6 cute umbrellas for preschoolers

November 7, 2009

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 [...]

The many many bikes before a real bike

October 29, 2009

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. Do you know the Justin [...]

Two crafty mama birthday parties

October 16, 2009

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 two swoon-worthy [...]

Sweet shoes

February 4, 2009

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 [...]

My snack pain has been eased

September 24, 2008

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 [...]

Desperately seeking: replacement lovey

September 3, 2008

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 [...]

Back to preschool: shopping and saving

August 14, 2008

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 [...]

Plain white undies rock.

August 13, 2008

When I first faced the task of buying underwear for my son, I was reluctant to go the Thomas route, although I had heard from parents since before I was even a parent myself that Thomas undies are a critical bribe on the road to potty training. So I bought them. But frankly they offend [...]

Scarlett’s Room – come on in

July 21, 2008

I posted pictures on Flickr of Scarlett’s bedroom. Go there to see them larger, and here are the small ones. I painted these stripes and made this banner from fabric. The dragonfly and other decorations are blik stickers. This mobile is “vintage” as it was on my sister’s crib and she is 26.