I am driving from Yosemite back to my house in Berkeley, suffering a little case of family-gatherings-mostly-take-place-indoors-especially-when-you've-rented-a-cabin-in-the-winter, so I bring you a ... [Read More]
6 sanity savers for cold days
Pitch a tent
My friend Jeanine once told me there's lots of fun time to be had with a baby at an outdoor store like REI: you just set up a sweet pad in the display tent with several of the Thermarest ... [Read More]
Santa Claus, how do you do it?
I loved Santa Claus as a child. Loved. In fact, I made sure to stick little gifts in my mom's stocking to make sure that she still believed in Santa (just in case she was really SC, I didn't want her ... [Read More]
Stuff your own stocking: 10 gifts you can only buy yourself
The things you can only buy yourself One thing that my husband and I do this time of year is give the gift of permission. What? No, I'm not throwing back to the days of OBEY in the marriage vows. ... [Read More]
5 fun classes to try with your baby
One way to make sure you get out of the house with your baby is to make a commitment to be somewhere on a certain day, at a particular time. Taking a class can do that to you for you. Maybe this ... [Read More]
Sabine’s birth story: Just outside the hospital door
My friend Nila contributed her story to our birth story series and encouraged me to title it, "You can do it standing up!" Read on to get the full story in her words. I feel the need to preface ... [Read More]
