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Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Who else likes BABIES?

May 7, 2010

Last month, I was very lucky to go to the BABIES documentary San Francisco premiere. I laughed; I smirked; I squirmed. And I think all parents and parents-to-be would have similar emotional reactions (but probably to different parts). You try to sit still as a naked baby is surrounded by a herd of cattle, I [...]

New sponsor: Little Uni

April 29, 2010

Little Uni makes personalized baby t-shirts that are simple, modern, and sweet. I am happy to introduce them to our readers. They sell one-pieces for babies and short + long-sleeved tees for babies and toddlers up to size 6. The designs are truly adorable. And who doesn’t love something with their child’s name on it? [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

iPad app for kids: SUPER WHY!

April 11, 2010

On the day before I knew that my husband was going to surprise our family with an iPad, I was invited to test out a new iPad app by the SUPER WHY folks from PBS. Because I (wrongfully) assumed it would also work on the iPhone, I agreed to take it for a spin. Lucky [...]

What I love and hate about Nurtureshock

January 27, 2010

I was sent an advance copy of Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children in the fall because once upon a time I wrote a tiny blog post about “praising the verb and not the noun” when talking to children. I let it sit on my shelf with the many other books I don’t have time for. [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Test driving a Lincoln MKT: From here to Disneyland

January 25, 2010

About two months ago, I accepted an offer from BlogHer to test drive a Lincoln MKT. The offer to test drive a car did not interest me at first, as I only drive a few miles each day, but when my husband pointed out that we might be able to time the car borrowing with [...]

Speesees has cute stuff on sale

December 19, 2009

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… [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Thomas Claire experience, a review

November 29, 2009

When I first saw Thomas Claire featured on Cool Mom Picks, it seemed the perfect combination of a mom-friendly crafty activity that you could do with (or without!) kids. But was it too good to be true? I inquired and the nice folks sent me a kit to test out. Classy all the way. The [...]

Plan Toys Activity Bus, a true story

November 19, 2009

Plan Toys are exactly the toys I want my kids to like. They are attractively designed, eco-friendly wooden toys without a licensed character in sight. I believe they allow for kid-powered creativity and open-ended preschooler inventiveness like pretending the little crazy-haired dude is a princess who wishes she were an owl. When we received the [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Talkin’ about Duplo® (and you can win!)

November 16, 2009

This is a compensated review from BlogHer and LEGO® DUPLO® My daughter is abusing the word “because”. She has become a master of the run-on sentence, linking together every thought that comes into her brain, often in a circular logic fashion, with the word “because”. She is two years old. Mommy, I was crying because [...]

iPhone apps to edutain your preschooler

November 2, 2009

Irony alert: I don’t let my kids play video games and I limit their TV screen time, but I’m usually willing to hand over my iPhone to pass the time. I realized that I was a huge hypocrite on a recent flight from San Francisco to Cleveland when we let Holden (now 4) watch the [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Getting to 50/50 book review

October 10, 2009

Getting to 50/50 is very well-researched and chock full of data. In fact, if you were committed to the SAHM-life before reading it, beware, this book might have you throwing out your diaper bag for a laptop bag. I originally posed the question, “are you already at 50/50?” a few weeks ago. Here’s my nitty [...]

Toy Story double feature is not for little kids, ok?

October 4, 2009

Let me start out by saying in no uncertain terms that I love the Toy Story movies!! Just so we’re clear. I enjoyed them in the theater back in the day. And I recently screened a DVD at home for my two- and four-year old boys with great success for family movie night. My big [...]

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