is valentine's day the new halloween? (holiday candy management)
All of my kids had parties at school for Valentine's Day, and all of them came home with some serious bags of candy. Apparently it is no longer acceptable to just send a small note of affection? I thought I was over-achieving by sending a lollipop, but about half of the bounty collected by the preschoolers involved bags with multiple snacks and assorted trinkets. This happened at Halloween, too. Gift bags . . . really? Is this a new thing or just an Orange County Montesseri tiger-mom thing? This . . .
family friendly gluten-free and diary-free meal planning: breakfast
After I shared about Jafta and I giving up gluten and dairy I had a lot of requests to share what GFDF foods we eat. It’s funny, because since we’ve been eating this way for about six months, it seems really easy and basic now . . . but I remember it being really overwhelming in the beginning. I thought I would break it down by our meals, and start with some ideas for breakfast foods. Most mornings we are running out the door, so we do a lot of what we call “cookie-style” . . .
what I want you to know: getting involved in cybersex as a teen
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. (In case you noticed – this series has been switched to Tuesdays). If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. There are things I wish I never had to know. I want you to know that I'm not a bad person. I'm actually a . . .
operation “get rid of half of our belongings” underway
For the last couple months, I’ve been in a bit of a funk about our house. It seems like my level of contentment about our house ebbs and flows, and every so often I find myself feeling very claustrophobic and ready to move to a prairie in Idaho or something. As the kids are getting bigger, the house is feeling smaller . . . and it wasn’t exactly big to begin with. Our mid-century house is just over 1300 square feet, and I apologize in advance if that seems huge to anyone . . .
India reviews The Secret World of Arrietty
I mentioned last week that we got to attend an advance screening of The Secret World of Arrietty, but we had to hold of on our reviews of the movie. Well – I can finally talk about it, and I am here to report that it was a really, really good movie. The movie was originally released by Studio Ghibli in Japan, the studio behind Ponyo and Spirited Away. If you’ve seen those movies, you know how beautiful and thoughtful their films are. The Secret World of Arrietty had . . .
that’s what SHE said: white people telling minority stories, asking God WTF, the new motto for OC, the inner critic, post-partum bellies, and more . . .
Free Pass | The Extraordinary Ordinary He loves me despite how I can’t keep it together at all and how my insides don’t match the outside and how I can’t hide my pain so much of the time. He is a little God reflection. He doesn’t wait to love me until I’m doing it all right. Kids don’t expect the impossible in their mothers. He just wants me. Giving the baby back | Adventures in Paradise On the other hand, when parents are completely disconnected from the child, when they act as though . . .
how to do simple edits and easy youtube uploads using windows movie maker
I’ve mentioned before I’m a part of the Windows Champions team, which means from time to time I get to share tutorials on some of the features that come (free) on Windows computers. I wanted to share a little bit about Windows Live Movie Maker. I’ve always felt daunted at the process of getting my videos uploaded to YouTube, but Movie Maker allows you to do quick and easy edits and then save to YouTube without leaving the program. It’s made it much easier for me to add easy . . .
I think I just figured out what to get Mark for Valentine’s Day . . .
Free printable Breaking Bad paper dolls from Kyle Hilton. Or should I stick with a classic and go Arrested Development? You can see the whole line (including It’s Always Sunny, Parks and Rec, and The Office) at Kyle Hilton’s website. . . .
it okay to ask if someone’s kids are adopted?
I recently had someone ask me the following on facebook, and I thought it was a good question that I would share here as well: Is it ok to ask if someone adopted, if it appears to be the case? ( example: redhead, fair skinned mom with a black little boy at the dentist the other day.) If so, is it ok to ask questions like where they are from? I am a total question asker by nature.. I love to ask questions. AND I'm interested in adoption personally. So there are times that I'd like to . . .
how we successfully treated Jafta’s sensory processing disorder (SPD)
I haven’t talked much publicly about it, but my oldest child has Sensory Processing Disorder (also known as Sensory Integration Disorder). I blogged about our road to diagnosis in this post, and shared the full story in this book. SPD is a neurological condition that effects how children process sensory input. For some kids, it means that are extremely averse to sensory input . . . they have difficulty tolerating touch, noise, sounds, and new tastes. For other children, it . . .
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