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Princesses and Warrior Princesses

We have a wonderful group of princesses. I think there are 8 or so princesses in a pack. They are scattered about the house now, but when they were new Lou had a lot of fun playing with them. Then the other day I was cleaning up some old stuff and came across some dolls [...]

Dailyish Roundup – Haunted, whales

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… Science makes a haunted house – This is pretty cool, EMF waves and noise you can’t hear can spook you out. Parents would rather talk to their kids about sex and drugs than math and [...]

Child’s Flatware or Silverware

Here are some children’s flatware options we have in our house. First our favorite: Lovely. Check out the fork: Nice points. One could really pick up some food with that. It’s by Oneida from Montessori Services. Then there’s these from Ikea: Not bad, but what’s up with that sad little fork? One would be lucky [...]

Dailyish Roundup – Rodent, Dieting

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… With weight loss the TV to Exercise equipment ratio matters. Birds use light, not magnetic field to navigate. Rodent may help human life – “But the mole rat has taken its anticancer defenses even further: it seems not [...]

Sculpting in Ceramic Clay – the Slab

Most people don’t have a kiln in their house. This makes ceramics at home hard, but not impossible. We looked in our area for a ceramics shop that does those pre-fired “paint your own” classes. We were lucky enough to find one that does actual ceramics too. Our shop lets us rent a shelf and [...]

Dailyish Roundup – Distance, British Gov

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… In Britain, local governments can put surveillance on their citizens for no reason. Children with Autism have lower levels of mercury. Cell phone users blind to unicycling clown. Julie Green

When a Playdate Comes With Craft – Witchcookies

What a treat. Literally! Natalie and her girls brought over a fun cookie craft for halloween. Natalie first did a demonstration: And then the girls made theirs: In honor of messed up little kid-art witch mouths and their beauty, here’s an artist that incorporates kid-art into amazing and inspiring collages: Bertrand Sallé

Dailyish Roundup – Starting School, Shouting

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… When should kindergarten start? – There was a massive study in Britain that says a year later (6 years old) so kids can be… kids. Very interesting read. Parents dealing with shouting – They call it the [...]

Baby Sleep Arrangements – Montessori, Co-sleep

Most families start out with a bassenette, sidecar or moses basket. We got the co-sleeper sidecar. It was used for maybe a week and then we c0-slept. Here’s the recommended setup for co-sleepers: We did all of this, except we kept a pad on the bed since my hips felt like they were falling apart. [...]

We Have a Cat

Her name is Cargo. We didn’t name her, we got her from one of Pete’s friends who had to move without a cat. She is an extremely sweet lap cat. She’s also a bit large, with a tiny head.

Artist Sites to Buy Stuff – October 2009

Here are a bunch of sites I would buy art from if I had unending walls and a bottomless wallet: Mountain Town – Beautiful little landscape Ork Posters – Love these silkscreens, check out the Heart too Missed Connections – Prints about the Craig’s List “Missed Connections” section Nonsensical Infographics – Just beautiful! Lincoln Print [...]

Dailyish Roundup – Pygmies, Fat

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… Second analasis of the AIDS vaccine trial shows it’s weaker than first reported: Another look at data from the Thai AIDS vaccine trial shows results are not statistically significant and could have come about merely [...]