Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Siblings on Feb 19th, 2010
It’s been a recycling/reducing kind of week, so it’s only fitting that I am dedicating today’s Favorite Things Friday to cool products and companies that can help us reduce waste, improve recycling rates, and reduce the amount of plastic in our world. What do you think? Willing to give them a try?
Ecologic packaging. I [...]
Posted in Favorite Things Friday, Siblings, Sleep, Toxins on Feb 5th, 2010
It’s been a while since I’ve written a true cool things-focused Favorite Things Friday, so I figured I’d go back to my roots. For all my new readers — and there are a bunch of you these days — Favorite Things Friday is my opportunity to write about things I have seen and liked recently. [...]
Posted in Siblings on Jan 4th, 2010
I love Consumer Reports. It’s not a “liberal” magazine. It’s one of the most respected independent magazines out there, actually. So when it supports something I’ve been preaching about for ages…well…it’s pretty nice.
This weekend we got the January 2010 issue. One of the coverlines: How Safe is Chicken? Page 19. I flipped to the story [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Favorite Things Friday, Play, Siblings on Dec 18th, 2009
Here in New York we’re hearing rumors of a giant, paralyzing (yes, a newscaster actually used that word) snowstorm coming our way. Giant. I think I am in the minority when I say I am actually really excited about it, even though I haven’t done any Christmas shopping yet except for what I’ve bought for [...]
Posted in Food, Friendship, Siblings on Nov 23rd, 2009
I’ve got two siblings. A brother who is married but never had kids, and a sister who has an older teen and a little boy who is just about my big girl’s age. My brother lives the out east. My sister is somewhere in the middle. My mom’s house is in the middle, too. Until [...]
Posted in Siblings on Nov 6th, 2009
I have to admit I am feeling a little inferior. Seems like so many of my bloggy friends are doing Great Things with their blogs. Jennifer Haupt is using her blog — called My Faith Project — to track her spiritual journey. Another friend, Christina Frank, is using Living in Splitsville to chronicle her life [...]
Posted in Siblings on Oct 23rd, 2009
When Katelyn was born, I got a few Baby Einstein DVDs as gifts. I looked at them. They looked cute, and were supposed to be good for her, so I popped them into the DVD player. She was about six-months-old at the time. She was instantly mesmerized. Beautiful artwork (Baby Van Gogh), funky puppets (Baby [...]
Posted in Siblings on Sep 11th, 2009
My two girls are as different as two sisters could be. And it goes deeper than superficial characteristics such as looks – Katelyn is a redhead; Keira is blonde – and birthdates (Katelyn just started first grade, while Keira turned one in June).
Katelyn is a quiet, thoughtful child. By the time she was a year [...]