Posted in Infants, Products, tagged Britax, carseats, Graco on March 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Another day, another milestone in my house! Saturday, after returning home from our new Sign & Sing class, I removed our trusty Graco SnugRide carseat bases from the minivan. I had been leaving the seats themselves in the car for the last week or so. It has just become too heavy and cumbersome to [...]
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Posted in Products on March 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
…for the twice-yearly event known as the Twin Club Sale! I’ve been meaning to write up a whole post extolling the virtues of Twin Clubs and particularly, the consignment sales they’re famous for. I’m fairly involved with my twin club, so I always volunteer at the sale. This year, I ran one of the registers [...]
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Sharing our love for the great outdoors with our kids was something that B and I looked forward to since the day we found out I was pregnant. As Alaskans, we live in a winter wonderland from October to May and are then blasted with 20+ hours of daylight from May until August. It’s very easy to [...]
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My kids are now almost 12 months old. I waited to start solid foods until my babies were six months old. Partially, because that’s what the lactation consultant recommended. And, partially, because when they were four months old, I simply couldn’t face adding more work into my life. Between staying home with the babies full-time, [...]
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Posted in Mommy Issues, tagged perspective, poem on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(I was given this framed poem for my birthday, and thought I would share it.)
Her Little Shadows
I saw a young mother with eyes full of laughter
And two little shadows come following after
Wherever she moved, they were always right there-
Holding onto her skirts, hanging onto her chair,
Before her, behind her-an adhesive pair.
“Don’t you ever get weary [...]
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