On June 18th, along with 20+ other green bloggers I am kicking off a Go Green, Get Fit Challenge. The idea behind it is to join together and support each other in making a commitment to fitness and since we also happen to care about sustainability issues we will be considering the impact of this process too. We moms spend so much take taking care of our families and our household responsibilities that sometimes self care gets lost in the mix. As I have discovered over the past year or so though, … [Read more...]
Natural Sleep Aids That Aren’t So Natural
Don't you just love the photo above? I imagine this is what me, my husband, and my six year old look like each night. Well, except I would never, ever have white sheets on our bed, and the six year old is likely to be laying sideways kicking one of us in he face. It is nice to imagine we look that peaceful though. ;) I have actually suffered from insomnia for a few years now and it has gotten better after I started exercising 4-5 days a week (about a year ago) and went paleo (about 4 months … [Read more...]
Not So Great Eco Book for Kids
I made a rookie mom mistake today. I started reading a book to my two youngest kids and didn't read through it myself first. I assumed since it is was an eco themed kids book that I would like it. I didn't like it an regret reading the first 5-6 pages to my 3 and 4 year old kids. I don't like to do negative reviews when it comes to small business or mom products so I won't name the book. But the experience showed me that not all books in the eco kids niche are created equal. I want to talk … [Read more...]
Finding Your Child’s Strengths
A few days back I wrote an article about how I see the public schooling system failing us. It had much to do with the fact that in general public schools require all students to meet the same cookie cutter standards. Because everyone has to fit a certain mold and be proficient in the exact same things at the exact same levels or beyond they make a HUGE mistake. They are focusing on weaknesses. Your child may be excellent at reading and writing. Perhaps they can write beautiful poems or … [Read more...]
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