Month: March 2009

by Allison

recycling 101.


I think there’s an assumption out there that if you aren’t a hippie, or a total green-living fanatic, that you can’t recycle *some* of your household waste. Maybe it’s a misconception on my part, but I’ve felt a little bit separated from the whole green movement because I’m not able to live 100% green. My city is kind of in the dark ages when it comes to recycling. If I want to recycle it has to be completely on my own. But honestly it isn’t that hard, it just takes a little bit of organization.

I have a garage, {which I know not everyone does, but it still doesn’t exclude you!} where I stow all the recycling stuff. I have a bin for metal cans, a bin for plastics, and a bin for paper. These are bins I’ve purchased at garage sales, or on sale at Kmart, they are not expensive, I can promise you that.

So recycling paper is what I really want to emphasize. You cannot BELIEVE how much paper comes in and out of my household, and we are only a family of four! The kids’ papers from school, junk mail, and packaging. I can’t tell you … >> find out more…

Allison

I'm Allison, founder and editor of Petit Elefant. I run the gamut from granola to glamour and love everything in between. I think the beach is always a good idea, as is Diet Dr. Pepper; on ice. Sometimes I put out the fires and sometimes I start them. Sometimes I really do have it all together. Sometimes my children say otherwise. We just like to keep it real around here.

by Allison

dylbug farm 3-pack onesies giveaway!


Remember Mingo Design? Now it’s Dylbug. Different name = same great stuff + lower prices. Hooray! How about a giveaway of a pack of the cutest little farm onesies you’ve ever seen? Choose from the boy or girl bundle. Each bundle comes with 3 different sizes of short sleeve onesies: 3-6 mo., 6-9 mo., & 9-12 mo. Love the idea! Your little doesn’t have to grow out of their favorite onesies for a whole year. See giveaway details below.

Boy Farm Pack
$30.00
{via dylbug}
Girl Farm Pack


Giveaway Guidelines:

  1. To enter the Dylbug Farm Pack Giveaway leave me a comment on this post telling me what you love the absolute most from Dylbug. Is it the personalized onesies? The Farm Pack?
  2. If you blog about this, you get an extra entry. Email me to let me know you’ve posted about it with a link to the post.
  3. If you twitter about it, you will receive an additional entry. Again, email me. You can email me once for both, just send me two links in one email. This means you can get TWO extra entries for this giveaway!
  4. If you post my button on your blog,

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Allison

I'm Allison, founder and editor of Petit Elefant. I run the gamut from granola to glamour and love everything in between. I think the beach is always a good idea, as is Diet Dr. Pepper; on ice. Sometimes I put out the fires and sometimes I start them. Sometimes I really do have it all together. Sometimes my children say otherwise. We just like to keep it real around here.

by Allison

magnetic photo rope.

There are some pretty clever ways to hang your photos these days, but the magnetic photo rope from photojojo? the coolest by far.

The possibilities are endless. I’m thinking it would be a perfect way to feature rotating works of art from the kinders, lovely notes, and happy vacation photos. It’s the perfect solution to living in a rental abode as well, you only have to put a tiny pushpin in the wall to display several photos.

Magnetic Photo Rope
$12 each or 2/$20
{via photojojo}


A whole group of photo ropes together make for an high impact, artistic way to display photos don’t you think? I really love these. They’re cheap enough to get a few. I’m thinking I could decorate an entirely blank wall in my master bedroom with these, they’re so cool!

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Allison

I'm Allison, founder and editor of Petit Elefant. I run the gamut from granola to glamour and love everything in between. I think the beach is always a good idea, as is Diet Dr. Pepper; on ice. Sometimes I put out the fires and sometimes I start them. Sometimes I really do have it all together. Sometimes my children say otherwise. We just like to keep it real around here.

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by Michal

Why We Fight

UPDATE:  I got Tom Hanks and Saving Private Ryan all knotted up with Damian Lewis (Dick Winters).  Sorry about that; Mea Culpa.  Tom Hanks produced this series along with Steven Spielberg.   Next up, I’ll tell you all about my man-crush on 2008 Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm and his role as Don Draper in Mad Men.  I will then proceed to tie it in somehow to parenting and/or traveling.  -Viktor


If you have ever watched the HBO mini series Band of Brothers, episode number 9 in this series is entitled Why We Fight. Here Tom Hank’s character Captain Nixon leads Charlie Company into the Kaufering Concentration Camp.  Here it became very clear to all that had made this far as to why they fought and had made the sacrifices that they did; why so many lives of soldiers were sacrificed and lost.  That was sacrifice.  Staying home with your children while your wife goes away for a weekend is not.  Let’s keep things in perspective here.

Throughout our almost 11? years of marriage I have always been a big proponent of the both of us maintaining a certain level of autonomy.  I do not expect … >> find out more…

Michal

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by Allison

co-editor kimberly welcomes baby boy #2.


It’s raining babies around here. First Alma, and then just last Thursday, Kimberly gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He’s healthy, she’s happy, life is good.


Won’t you help me shower Kimberly with a very hearty congratulations? There are few things in life better than a newborn babe.


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Allison

I'm Allison, founder and editor of Petit Elefant. I run the gamut from granola to glamour and love everything in between. I think the beach is always a good idea, as is Diet Dr. Pepper; on ice. Sometimes I put out the fires and sometimes I start them. Sometimes I really do have it all together. Sometimes my children say otherwise. We just like to keep it real around here.

by Alma

Smart, Decorative Storage

Okay, so here’s another thing I’ve picked up on as a brand new mom. There’s some more stuff that I have to store now, and have handy. Like diapers and changing supplies. Before the baby came along, I just imagined that every time I would change his diaper, I’d be taking him into his nursery to that perfect changing station that I’d already set up.

As it turns out, that’s not so much a reality. Right now, little O sleeps in a bassinet beside my bed. Do you think that I’m going to actually get up in the middle of the night and go into a whole other room just to change his diaper? Fat chance. I’m going to do it right there in bed. I learned the hard way that sometimes babies pee or poo as you’re changing their diaper (not exactly the type of thing you want them to be doing in your bed). So I got a Boppy waterproof changing pad liner (the type that you can put to prevent having to wash your changing pad so often) and started using that, and what do you know, ever since I started using that, he hasn’t made one … >> find out more…

Alma