My toddler and I have two things going on right now that seem to be frustrating us both. He is a little over three years old now and two new developments are throwing us for a loop...speech therapy and potty learning. My other two kids were both fully potty trained before age 3 so I am in new territory with Parker but I knew I would be since he also never really started talking either. It was because he could not communicate with me about eliminations and because I could not tell if he even … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2009
Earth Movie from Disney Nature
I am super excited about a new movie being released on Earth Day. The kids and I have been seeing in-theatre trailers for months and we plan on spending a portion of Earth Day in theatres this year. This movie is the first release from the new Disneynature label. Earth is narrated by James Earl Jones, and tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we all share. Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, the acclaimed creative team … [Read more...]
When I Look at Her I See My Mom
Some of you already know this about me...but I am NOT a girly girl. I don't wear dresses and skirts, I don't wear makeup, and I my hair is cropped so short I don't even have to brush it...ever. Even as a child I was the tom boy. I spent all day outside and I don't even think I had any play makeup. My mom though was/is very much that girly girl. She dressed to the nines, she wore makeup whenever she went out, she like to put makeup on me, even though I insisted I looked like a clown. She … [Read more...]
Improving Indoor Air with Plants
I recently stumbled across an amazing video from TED. I love that site! The video (below) discusses how to increase the quality of your indoor air by choosing 3 particular house plants and having enough of them per person in the home. It gives all the reasons why these particular plants do what they do and the speaker also mentions studies they have done on this that span 15 years. By following this advice you may very well be creating measurably cleaner indoor air for your family and the third … [Read more...]
Family Cloth – Beyond Toilet Paper
Remember our discussion about toilet paper awhile back? The fluffy white stuff is generally very bad for the planet. Recycled TP is better and is what we buy as a family. Although in the back of my mind I knew that even recycled TP was not the BEST option for a green family... but the alternative known as "family cloth" really kind of grossed me out. And no it wasn't really rational because I have no issue with cloth baby wipes and cloth diapers. When some of my lovely readers commented that … [Read more...]
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