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Nothing pressing to do this weekend? Here are a few links to help you pass the time: I’ve been eying this adorable girls top and these colorful animal plates from The Pippa & Ike Show. Enjoy short bursts of laughter courtesy of theshortestblogintheworld. Like this post, for example. Have a daughter? Read this. Then, when [...]
Consider yourself warned: the Dark Chocolate Almonds from Trader Joes should not be purchased unless under extreme duress. As the dark Belgian chocolate tickles the tastebuds on the tip of your tongue you bite (with a perfect crunch) into an oven roasted almond. The sweetness of the chocolate is followed by a kick of salted [...]
What’s the likelihood that the issue of kids not eating, or wanting to eat, their vegetables is because of their name. I mean, really, which would you rather eat: Brussles sprouts or Fruity Pebbles? Lentils or Goldfish? The other day Eleanor came home from school and requested carrots dragon for a snack. I was confused, [...]
Music is often playing in our house; thanks in no part to me and entirely because I have a husband who has great taste in music. He keeps us rocking-out (to use a phrase he taught Eleanor). Daily. Eleanor does her fair share of keeping us singing as well. There are the usual (Itsy-Bitsy Spider, [...]
It’s official. Tim and his friend Ashley are doctors. No, not that kind. They can’t tell you if that rash is poison ivy or if you should have your thyroid levels checked or if it’s a clean break or just a terrible sprain, but they can tell you whether or not the Maasai are lending [...]
Do you have to be living under a rock to NOT know what this is, or is it just because I live where I do that I DO know what this is? Either way, there’s new hobby in our house (hooping) and watching Eleanor with her hula hoop – the way she holds her hands [...]
This past week our family – along with my mother-in-law (for babysitting back-up) – took a trip: three and a half hours up the road to Blacksburg, VA. Tim has been offered a position in the Department of Geography (yeah!) at VA Tech, but he hasn’t been able to accept the position – or even [...]
I have poop and pee on the brain these days. (If only I had a nickle for every time I said the word poop…) A few months ago, while getting ready for school (preschool, aka. daycare on steroids), Eleanor announced that she wanted to wear underwear. So I let her. Why the hell not? (I [...]
April 2010. The month that nearly killed me – or more accurately – nearly killed my desire to live in Africa. Eleanor had Giardia and for almost 2 weeks before we figured out what it was. Her illness was of the ‘still playing between bouts of vomiting and general lethargy and thus not really sick [...]
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