You Write the Thank You Cards. Not the Baby.
I realize that unless someone actually sent me a gift after my babies arrived, then technically speaking, the thank-you should come from the baby - hence all the cutesy thank you cards.But I figure that since I'm the one writing out the darn cards, I'm...
The Alterna-pack
With my daughter starting school for the first time this month (we do things early in the south), she's super excited about every little thing -- plain old #2 pencils, generic brand crayons, and her regular backpack. I can only imagine what's to come in a few years...
You can put a price on style. 52,50 Euros for a tee, to be exact.
Not all parents are fortunate enough to have style-obsessed children like I do. Already they shun those mainstream clothing outlets in favor of browsing boutiques with me, while pooh-poohing classmates we encounter in lesser, less expensive preschool duds. You know...
Ni hao, Kai-lan. Ni hao, nice long shower for mommy.
Kai-lan just told my daughter to stand up and do the dragon dance and she happily obeys, particularly since the cute tiger ("My favorite one!") is doing it too. Oh to be three again.If your own preschooler hasn't discovered the happy, accessible bicultural world of...
Don’t Let Hannah Montana’s Singing Hurt Your Kids. More.
I used to worry that my daughter was damaging her fragile ear drums with a volume set to "too loud." Thankfully, we now have LoudEnough Volume-Limiting Earphones so when I yell DO YOU HEAR ME? I know that if I don't get an answer it's only because she's ignoring me....
We get to give away a $5000 tech makeover. Whoo!
Are you reading this post right now on the other side of a Comodore 64? Reluctant to give up that original Walkman? Wondering why you just can't find any good Betamax tapes these days? Well have we got news for you.One of the cooler promotions we're excited to be a...
NieNie Day: Bidding on Cool Stuff to Help a Cool Mom
If you click over to Design Mom today, you'll see the most outstanding collection of items ever put together for a blogger silent auction, all to help the family of blogger, mom of four, and indie artisan supporter Stephanie Nielson of NieNie who was seriously injured...
Babywearing twins. Yes indeedy.
My hat's off to all moms of twins--double the gear, double the diapers, double the feedings. And not being able to wear both babies at once? That seems the most daunting prospect of all to me, since babywearing has saved my sanity with all three kids. So when I saw...
I love you, you’re perfect, now finish your carrots
Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom, replete with her trademark curly-haired happy face sign-off. That's...
Baby videos actually entertaining for mamas too.
Now that I've got three children, I've given up trying to protect the youngest from his older sisters' tastes in TV shows. Is it cliché to mention that I saw Road Runner get clobbered at least a thousand times as a kid, and I'm still an upstanding member of...