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What a new mom actually needs

February 25, 2011

We participated in a twitter party last night with Healthy Child Healthy World to talk about what a parent really needs to have on hand for a new baby. There were a few excellent panelists and a gajillion other participants. The panelists included: Meagan Francis (@meaganfrancis), The Happiest Mom Jennifer & Jeremiah McNichols (@zrecs_safety and [...]

Baby names inspired by J.Crew

February 4, 2011

My daughter, Scarlett, is one of two Scarletts in her 3-year old ballet class. While the color scarlet is spelled differently, her name does evoke a deep red image for me, and I hope that as she grows older, she develops an affinity for red as her signature color. As I’ve met an increasing number [...]

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Activity #204: Give the gift of “experience”

December 8, 2010

Three easy steps to a super cheap (FREE + GREEN) thoughtful gift: THINK about your friend. Really think about them. What does she need? More time away from the kids? Time to run a great trail? An excuse to try the newest brunch place? Write out some fun ideas. Use your markers or different fonts [...]

Kale chips for kids, by Auntie Karen

October 26, 2010

Our friend (and everybody’s favorite auntie) has another recipe to share. This time it’s a side dish guaranteed to give you super powers: kale chips! Holden, age 5, and I can eat a whole batch ourselves. Too bad 3-year old Milo won’t touch ‘em. In my numerous forays into learning about good nutrition, there is [...]

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Activity #40: Park yourself somewhere for PARK(ing) day

September 17, 2010

Today is national PARK(ing) Day, an art-slash-activism event that encourages folks to occupy a public parking space with a DIY park. There are 700 temporary parks across the globe this year. This one was produced by the people who work at method in downtown San Francisco. The idea is that you simply feed the meter [...]

Bec and Ben’s Very Rookie Summer

August 27, 2010

Allow me to share the ninth installment of our Very Rookie Summer series. Bec is just beyond the official definition of being a “true rookie” mom to her son Ben. Ben is a whopping 13 months old. She is sharing the story of their rookie camping trip together on Vancouver Island at Rathtrevor Provincial Park. [...]

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Nicole and Reagan’s Very Rookie Summer

August 6, 2010

Presenting the sixth installment of our Very Rookie Summer series. Nicole sent us a photo essay of her walk on the wild side, a hike with baby Reagan in a Florida Nature Preserve. My husband and I took our nine-month old baby girl, Reagan, to The Enchanted Forest (A local nature preserve in Florida) to [...]

Carnival: gardens and the great outdoors

July 20, 2010

As part of the Healthy Child Blog Carnival, on the theme of Splendor in the Grass, we submitted my post about urban chicken farming. This carnival is part of an ongoing effort by Healthy Child Healthy World to help inspire a movement to protect children from harmful chemicals. The theme of backyards drew a wide [...]

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On a mission for healthier children

July 5, 2010

Have you heard about Healthy Child Healthy World? A non-profit on mission to inspire parents to protect young children from harmful chemicals, it is an excellent source of answers for questions you may have during your parenting journey. We first became aware of Healthy Child a couple of years ago when our real-life friend Sunny [...]

Reader did-do: Make a newborn hat from a t-shirt

June 9, 2010

Julia, a rookie mom from Brussels, Belgium, sent us this photo of her newborn, David, in the hat she made following our easy newborn hat pattern. How cute is that?!

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The most expensive egg we’ll ever eat

May 31, 2010

In a few more weeks, we’ll get our pay off. We’ll get our reward for the labor, shite shoveling, and money. We’ll get the golden egg. Yes, our first egg will be worth about $700 by my rough calculations. Earlier this month, we bought chickens and became “urban chicken farmers” in Berkeley (another step upon [...]

5 Super green baby activities

April 22, 2010

You know how everyone wants you to buy green stuff in order to do your part for the Earth? Well, being green is more than just buying more crap we don’t need, it’s also getting our hands dirty planting a garden, annoying your family by turning out the lights when they’re still in the room, [...]

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