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a homemade card game for preschoolers 12 Aug 2013 | 09:09 am
It's nearly impossible for me to believe that one of George's best friends just turned four, but turned four he has, and soon another bestie does, and then my very own eldest child will be firmly in p...
real summer 29 Jul 2013 | 12:10 pm
There are times, usually in the depths of the long, dark, damp winter, when I truly regret that we can't can't hop a bus to a real museum. There are summer evenings when the ten o'clock light inspi...
DIY aromatherapy calm down jar 19 Jul 2013 | 10:11 am
Three and a half has brought with it some interesting changes in George's moods, behavior and communication. He's more in tune with his feelings than ever before, and when he has messed up (being hurt...
the one with the bright skin 9 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm
Welcome to the July 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Learning About Diversity This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Ma...
ay papi(s) 17 Jun 2013 | 08:46 am
I belong to a few discussion circles and online groups that are either parenthood-focused or in which the conversation often turns to parenting and family life. Every once in awhile, the topic of labo...
(don't) smile: not your holla back kid 13 Jun 2013 | 11:02 am
I used to walk, ride my bike, or take the bus almost everywhere. Hey, give me a smile! That was before I had kids -- before I traded in urban life for a garden, a library with a nice children’s sect...
An education 7 May 2013 | 02:40 am
Taking a childbirth educator training is not something I would have done of my own volition anytime soon (and perhaps this is my mothers' day post, since we both know I won't get around to writing aga...
like rain on your (neighbors') wedding day 23 Apr 2013 | 10:38 am
Spring around here is a funny thing. It rains; it pours; your carport floods. And then, for one day, it is 62 degrees, bright and warm from the time the sun shows his unfamiliar face until he lays it ...
PBS and the preschool body politic 16 Apr 2013 | 01:39 am
Today, while I stood in the kitchen making lunch with a baby at my feet rummaging through the drawer of breast pump parts and old sippy cups, George was -- I thought -- watching Daniel Tiger's Neighbo...
on language 11 Apr 2013 | 10:08 pm
On Language -- the title of both a Julie Ruin song and a Noam Chomsky book -- was my email address for many years, beginning in, like, 1997, when my family had AOL and I was a teenager trying to figur...
