Tattoo Valentine’s Card: Next Best to the Real Thing

Tattoo Valentine’s Card: Next Best to the Real Thing

If the sigOth skipped the flowers this year and came home with a permanent heart on his arm with my name in it, well I’d just be tickled. But since the bicep is already claimed by the outdated tribal armband (yeah, he regrets it) I’d be satisfied enough...
Canine Love

Canine Love

I swear, we don’t have a house filled with junk food (so back off, Sanctimommies). Yet for some reason, my toddler already equates each holiday with what crap she will get to eat that day, and candy hearts are on the horizon. Maybe I need to temper...
Oh Boy, a Boy!

Oh Boy, a Boy!

If you’re wondering why things are moving a bit slower around there these past couple of days, it’s because our right hand woman and senior editor Julie Marsh had baby #3, a boy, yesterday afternoon — 12:46pm to be exact. We’re soooo pleased to...
Art That Sparks Imagination

Art That Sparks Imagination

When you’re looking for figurative art for a nursery, the selection is often limited to happy kids playing with happy animals under a happy sun. But I’m intrigued with taking a more Waldorf approach to the art, in which the kids’ expressions leave...
Make-Your-Own Valentine

Make-Your-Own Valentine

Upon scoping out the selection of Valentine’s Day cards at our local card shop, I was nearly eaten alive by the sea of licensed characters professing their love. Eek! I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but I think my daughter and I might just...