July 2010

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Four Fun Ways to Practice Playful Parenting

by Megan

Written by kids columnist Megan Tietz of Sorta Crunchy. It is summertime, and the livin’ is easy . . . until you and your children hit that summer wall. You’ve exhausted your list of “fun stuff to fill the time,” the much-anticipated excursions are now just sweet memories, and the lack of rhythm and routine [...]

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12 Ideas for Frugal Artwork

by Tsh

Having moved countless times in the past decade, I’ve grown to appreciate a minimalist look to the decor in my home. The stuff we’ve chosen to keep and hang on our walls is stuff we truly love. There are so many great choices for art, there’s no need to default to cookie cutter motel room-style [...]

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Weekend Links

by Tsh

101 Things to Do This Summer :: Love and Be Loved 25 Healthy Meals in 20 Minutes or Less :: Raise Healthy Eaters Printable Alphabet Bunting :: Ruffled (via How About Orange) The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids :: New York Magazine Dos and Don’ts with Babies :: Cool Stuff (hilarious!) “Like a [...]

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How to have a completely peaceful car ride with three small kids

by Tsh

My husband has this little joke whenever the three-foot-and-under crowd in our family gets insanely loud en route somewhere. He pretends to press an invisible button near the A/C of our car, which magically scrolls up a sound-proof window between us in the front seat and those in the back. You know, like in a [...]

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Back to basics: Create a home that will last generations

by Emily

Written by home columnist Emily Walker of Remodeling This Life. New or old, every home has a story.  Every story begins somewhere, and some go back farther than others.  One of the benefits to our recent economy is this: more people are buckling down, staying still, finding contentment with where they are and learning to [...]

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I’m back, in more ways than one.

by Tsh

Hi. I’m back from my maternity leave. I hope you enjoyed those 23 guest posts while I was away from this little place (twenty-three!). I loved everyone’s perspective shared on all kinds of topics, from potty training infants, to why dirt is good for you, to why adopting is such a beautiful thing. I was [...]

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Weekend Links

by Tsh

Breastfeeding often eliminates the use of one hand while sitting down for a few minutes (or longer…), so that means I’ve been consuming more than producing out in the blog world the past month. Kinda exhausting to type one-handed after awhile. So it’s been fun to get back into actually reading blogs, something I haven’t [...]

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