My very good friend, Crystal, lives in Chicago as a writer with her two sons, Harry and Max. She wrote about starting a Ladies Poker Club when Harry was an infant. Harry is a mere one day younger than ... [Read More]
Start a ladies poker club
Share a smoothie with your toddler
There are a couple things about milkshakes that Julian really liked when he was a toddler. Drinking with a straw is one of them. Watching me make it is the other part. What I liked about the smoothies ... [Read More]
Oooh, Ubooly!
My kids are dying for a pet, but we are not historically animal people. I think that's why they are so obsessed with stuffed animals. When I recieved an Ubooly from the Kickstarter-funded company ... [Read More]
Boys club: Roxanna from Frog & Snail Society
Roxanna Sarmiento is the mom of three beautiful boys and the founder of the The Frog & Snail Society, a lifestyle blog for everyone who has a boy in their life. She has been blogging since 2005 at ... [Read More]
Use baby as a prop in your Halloween costume
Now that you have your very own baby, your Halloween costume options have really expanded. If your baby is pretty new, she can be carted around with you, with no regard to bedtime. Enjoy it while it ... [Read More]
Not all treats are made of chocolate
A couple years ago, we had a friend's preschool-age son over for dinner. The other child asked, "Do you have any treats?" and Milo responded, "Having you here is a treat for us." Poor kid just wanted ... [Read More]
