Gear

We appar­ently missed hula hoop sea­son and can­not be the only ones. The same thing hap­pened to us with back­yard tod­dler pools a few years back, and I knew I wasn’t alone because of all the freecy­cle wanted posts. According to the calls I made tonight the fol­low­ing stores have or may have hula hoops: Go […]

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We had lots of fun mak­ing kick-the-can ice cream at the Rust Nature Sanctuary’s spring Eco Fair a few months ago, and finally drank enough mediocre cof­fee for a repeat per­for­mance at Playschool. I found recipes and instruc­tions at Kaboose.com and dairyspot.com and then co-mingled and finessed them to work with the con­tents of my […]

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Recycling Babies?!

May 30, 2008

There are so many work-at-home moms out there doing cool things! One mom based right here in Leesburg, VA finds used clothes and turns them into some­thing new for babies, hence her name — Recycling Babies.

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Fun Finds for Mom

April 15, 2008

Fun Finds for Mom is another mom crafted blog. This one is full of unique prod­ucts. The author, Elena, got my atten­tion by review­ing my favorite kid’s sun­hat before I got around to it…

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… there’s exceptionalcaresolutions.com It turns out I wasn’t wast­ing time while surf­ing the web this evening. I came across this site which sells a potty watch and a pair of Drymids box­ers that might work for my potty-challenged four year-old.

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My Favorite Potty

January 4, 2008

If some­one told me five years ago that the phrase my favorite potty would come out of my mouth today I would laughed at you, but I do have a favorite potty. It is the Baby Bjorn Little potty and we love it because: it is cheap ($10), so you can buy lots if you […]

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Robeez Slippers and Booties

November 8, 2007

robeez.com Either every­one in the uni­verse now knows about Robeez and this post is old news, or my uni­verse has changed com­pletely in the last four years. I am guess­ing that a com­bi­na­tion of the two is true. But it is also true that not every­one has dis­cov­ered their booties. In my opin­ion the booties […]

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naartjie.homestead.com Ever since my kids were born my mom has insisted on show­er­ing them with gifts. We have come to a won­der­ful under­stand­ing… I will appre­ci­ate the gifts she lov­ingly gives and she will accept a lit­tle guid­ance on what we need, value, and have room to store. Part of that under­stand­ing is that she […]

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Kiddopotamus TinyDiner Placemat

September 22, 2007

This is one of our many favorite kid prod­ucts. The Kiddopotamus place­mat suc­tion cups onto the table, and has a “catcher” that hangs over the edge. We first saw it at the home of a child I was tak­ing care of when my son was two, and he loved it. It helped to define his […]

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