Note: This post was written in October 2015. At that time, American Girl did not offer any 18-inch boy dolls. In February 2017 they introduced one to their product line. While I'm happy to see that, I'd like to give credit to the courageous startups...
My kids' school is a plastic-free zone. Students bring their lunches in glass or metal containers, and they try to avoid excess packaging and waste. I love the eco-friendly policy, but sometimes miss the convenience of grabbing a Ziplock baggie. For sandwiches, I decided to make...
About twice a week someone asks me a variation of the same question: "How do you find the discipline to write?" Sometimes it's more like, "Oh, I've always wanted to be a writer! How do you do it?" The short answer is that this is my career. How...
If you've followed this blog for a while, you know something always breaks in our house on Labor Day (see here, here and here). This year, sure enough, we received an urgent recall notice regarding our dishwasher. The manufacturer claimed that several units like ours have...
B has been asking for more people to live in her dollhouse, and recently I noticed that our local craft store had all its wooden figures listed 50 percent off. So I decided to try making some little peg people with acrylic paints and scrap...
I hated dressing up as a kid. Jeans have been my wardrobe staple for as long as I can remember. B, on the other hand, has probably only worn jeans a handful of times in her life. She is actually the one who's helped me...
I'm getting a bit more confident in my sewing skills, so I decided to take the plunge and follow a PATTERN and make a DRESS. (I know, I know.) I turned to my pals over at Prudent Baby, because they have so many wonderful beginner...
How do you survive a 14-hour, 2-day road trip with two toddlers and only one parent? Here are a few tricks that worked for us...
. Our little doll stroller has seen better days.It was an impulse buy. $10 at Target last summer. Sometimes I wonder if companies intend for their toys to be disposable?The cloth liner ripped off the first time Miles tried to sit in it. So I...