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Random kid update, K at 5 years
There’s a reason you’re only seeing blurry pictures or the back of this kid. She never.sits.still. She bounces, she twirls, she hums and clucks and sings and never stops noise or movement. She loves to pretend that she’s a princess. Especially one who fights evil, or does magic. Or fights evil by doing magic. She … [Read more…]
Melissa & Doug Terrific 25 List and Giveaway
*disclosure What gifts are you buying for your kids this Christmas? Is it one small thing or a lot of little things? As some of you know, most of our shopping and wrapping is done (due to a baby coming any day/week now!) One of our favorite retailers/toy manufacturers is Melissa and Doug and … [Read more…]
World Prematurity Day
Today marks World Prematurity Day, and you may have recently gotten information in the mail from March of Dimes regarding making a donation. That is up to you, I’ve had years where I donated ($x per week my first child was premature), and others where I haven’t given anything, instead supporting local charities at this … [Read more…]
NABLOPOMO PROMPT: Pirate island food ration
Prompt: You’ve being exiled to a private island, and your captors will only supply you with five foods. What do you pick? This is an interesting prompt because it doesn’t say it’s a deserted island, nor that it’s bare of any sustainable life and whatnot, so we can make our own assumptions. My assumption is … [Read more…]
Fetus Friday: Baby 2013 Week 36 Update
A peek at the week….inside my womb: Fruit/Veggie Comparison: 36 weeks: Your baby is about the size of a head of romaine lettuce–Your not-so-little lettuce now measures more than 18 1/2 inches from head to heel and weighs almost 6 pounds (and is still packing it on at a rate of about an ounce a … [Read more…]
I L<3ve my (baby's) Cloth Diapers!
Hi, I’m Jill…and I love cloth diapers. You know what I miss right now? Having a baby in cloth diapers. Okay I don’t miss the laundry so much as the laundry LIST of things that I truly love about choosing cloth for my babies. Cloth diapers are economical, fun, and easy, and I feel like … [Read more…]
12 Days of Crunchy (Giveaway- ends 11/25/13)
*Disclosure On the first Day of Crunchy, Spray Pal and The Inquisitive Mom Gave Away… Prize 1 1 Rock-a-Bums 2.0 Diaper and 1 Pair Daisy and June Fluff Bum Friendly Jeans and Prizes 2 and 3 Daisy and June Fluff Bum Friendly Jeans (Twitter Party Prizes) I’ve hinted the last week or so that I was in on … [Read more…]
Random kid update- B at 2 years
In a few weeks, she won’t be our baby anymore. She’s potty trained with very few accidents when you ask her often if she has to go, she has her own room, loves her stuffed pig and is nearly always smiling. She tries on new emotions, speaks in FULL sentences, paragraphs, really. Long ago she … [Read more…]