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target supports education: grants & programs that ROCK (+ giveaway!)
September 8, 2012 146 comments

target supports education: grants & programs that ROCK (+ giveaway!)

We all love Target. That’s nothing new, right? The sales rock. The clothes for kids–and adults!–rock. The Dollar Bins rock. The grocery items rock. Those cute brown boots I got last ...

5 easy ways to raise earth-friendly kids
April 20, 2012 20 comments

5 easy ways to raise earth-friendly kids

Really, nothing about raising kids is easy. I so know this to be true.   I think I’m pretty honest about my own on-the-job struggles, and most people I talk ...

honoring our friend susan, @whymommy
February 6, 2012 45 comments

honoring our friend susan, @whymommy

I remember so vividly beautiful you standing by the window in your blue dress, Susan. The one that Jess gave to you because it fit you so perfectly and you ...

@whymommy love fest, part 3
January 31, 2012 3 comments

@whymommy love fest, part 3

Huge, happy–gentle!–hugs to our dear friend, Susan, of Toddler Planet. Here is part three of THE most incredible digital card that has ever been made to show Susan just HOW ...

@whymommy love fest, part two
January 26, 2012 3 comments

@whymommy love fest, part two

Here’s our happy, full-o’-love, cyber-hug for our friend Susan, part two. It’s only a fraction of what we’ve received, which amazes all of us. Set to the amazing music of ...

@whymommy love fest
January 24, 2012 6 comments

@whymommy love fest

We have had an overwhelming response to the call for @whymommy love over the last 24 hours, and the love keeps on flowin’ in! With love, Susan, here is part ...

show your love for @whymommy -- join us!
January 23, 2012 24 comments

show your love for @whymommy — join us!

We are rallying to show support for our sweet friend Susan, @whymommy, and we’re calling out the big guns. Because Susan’s complete and utter awesomeness has reached sooo far across ...

quick trick: showing love
January 16, 2012 41 comments

quick trick: showing love

Lately, my tiny Cora has been a little, teeny, tiny bit on the tough side. We’re back on a regular diet for her, after our gluten-free spring and summer, thanks ...

happy new year and thank you
January 1, 2012 14 comments

happy new year and thank you

I never imagined, back in November of 2008, all of the amazing things that would come from this little bloggity blog of ours. But in three years’ time, what began ...

the gift of reading: finding the 'gifts' in any book
March 8, 2011 32 comments

the gift of reading: finding the ‘gifts’ in any book

So many times as busy, rushed parents, we zip through reading books with our kids without really taking a minute to stop and chat about the gifts that the author ...

our love tree
February 1, 2010 8 comments

our love tree

I saw these Love Trees back in January, over at super-talented Jenny’s Our Nifty Notebook, and I thought that Maddy, Owen, and Cora would love to do this. And they ...