This is a note from my husband, who loves film and animation: This is Alma’s husband Mike, and I wanted to throw my 2 cents in here to an arena I feel comfortable offering my humble yet knowledgeable opinion. That being children’s entertainment. Even though Alma and I are not yet parents (but will be fairly soon), I have already stockpiled my favorite children’s entertainment. It’s taken me years to build up my collection. The entertainment I have chosen happens…
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Last week, my husband Mike surprised me with a brand new maternity outfit. What’s great about the outfit is that I can fit in it now even though I’m not showing, but it also has a lot of room to rapidly expand. And what’s even better is that it’s from Target, where I like to buy most of my clothing because I’m practical like that. Here’s the outfit that he bought me: The next day I went to Target myself…
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The second email my cousin sent me was full of product recommendations. The trouble is, of course, that she lives in Europe, so at least one of these products is only available over there, but I thought it was cool so I’d share. Here’s what she said about buying for baby: “The advice I found the most useful was about what items people really used. Even that is so individual, but everything about having a baby is, and even more…
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When my cousin who lives in France found out that I was pregnant, she sent me two very long emails full of advice. Everyone knows that with pregnancy comes a deluge of both unsolicited advice and horror stories. But I was grateful to receive her emails because all of the advice was written down. Usually advice comes during a conversation, and it’s pretty much forgotten as soon as it’s given. How can I be expected to remember the lists and…
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For Valentine’s Day this year, among the many gifts that my husband gave me (it was our first Valentine’s Day so he went all out to make it count) was Tea Tree minty shampoo and conditioner. At the time, I was waking up at 5:30 every morning to commute an hour and a half to work. The minty shampoo and conditioner would wake me up a little more and give me the extra little kick that I needed in the…
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Thanks again for having me over to play here at Petit Elefant; it’s been a treat for me. The always witty Cicada will be here next week, and please feel welcome at The Piggy anytime. Have a perfectly wonderful summer weekend. [photo via real simple]
I love these custom rubber stamps from Sweet Paperie. Each one unique and charming. I purchased one for my husband, to label his extensive personal library, and we were both thrilled with the results. Sweet Paperie’s Farrah is a delight to work with and is always introducing snappy new styles. Her objective: designs that are fresh, fun and high quality. She succeeds. So many darling things to choose from, I’m eying this for my book collection: You might like this for the…
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An on-line search to expand M’s beginner set of wooden building blocks, I came across these fantastic sets by Haba, of course. I can’t seem to settle on a favorite! For your budding architect or engineer: Roman Coliseum How cool are these? United States Capitol Also available: Japanese, Middle Eastern, Mayan and Medieval sets, to name a few. Very cool. Via Amazon.com and Oompa Toys var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));…
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Small towns like mine really do have a lot to offer. I recently discovered SimpliNature Soy Candles and I’m impressed! “Our candles have no added chemical dyes and we use cotton-coreless wicks. We hand-pour our soy candles into American made glass…When we started the company three years ago, we wanted the best clean-burning candles on the market. We developed our own soy wax recipe that burns straight across and down.” Get this–the wax can be rubbed into the skin like…
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