STILL CONFUSED? JOIN THE CLUB, by Emily Hill Before Allison left on her family vacation adventure she asked me to write a couple posts this week for Petit Elefant. To be perfectly honest I invited myself and my posts over to “play” and Allison was nice enough to humor me. (And to think I tell my girls all the time it’s rude to invite yourself anywhere!) But I digress… Though I totally plan on writing something super nifty and original…
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CONFESSION TIME, by Alma Loveland I am not on vacation. My house is a little (a lot) disorderly right now. I’ve had traces of baby poo in my bathroom sink for about three weeks and still haven’t gotten around to cleaning it out completely. My meals have been thrown together hastily or we’ve resorted to takeout. Also? We’ve been eating chicken nuggets. (Do parents of children who aren’t on solids even do that??) The laundry has piled up again… and…
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Surely you’ve seen the commercials on Nick Jr. No? The Disney channel? My kids have seen Bendaroos commercials aplenty and they’ve been begging me for months to buy some, repeating the commercials to me verbatim. Bendaroos are actually pretty cool. They’re like strings dipped in wax that can be reshaped endlessly to create all sorts of entertainment. I’ve been finding little artistic assortments all over my house lately. First there was this: {a little bouquet for my desk} Then this…
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[photo by ashley] 10: the number of times we’ve made use of a babysitter (a grandparent or trusted teenager) in the 32 months we’ve been parents. Also the number of times my honey and I have been out alone on some kind of date. Some of those I probably shouldn’t even count since they were professional obligations for my hubby. We really should get out more. But with our nearest relatives 2 hours away, well, goodness it gets expensive to…
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As the mother of a little girl I really struggle with trying to keep P modest in all her physical activities. In fact she usually wears sweats to gymnastics, because she really hates people looking at her bum. I don’t blame her. I really could have used Francie Pants in high school when I wore a uniform. I wore boxers to school every day underneath my kilt so if there was a nasty wind, I wasn’t in trouble. Francie’s are…
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So there’s this crazy cool gadget called the ActiTrainer to help you get, and stay, fit. It helps people like me, who like to sneak sweets in when no one is looking, stay accountable. You can’t cheat with this thing because it monitors: Calories burned Heart rate Pace/distance traveled Step count And, if that weren’t enough to keep me out of the cupcake shop, it also measures “sleep efficiency” and “nighttime awakenings”. Which honestly would be…
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May’s theme for the month is…………..Vegetables Sprouts are such a super vegetable and so easy to grow! There are many benefits of sprouting and many ways to add them to your day. (information compiled from lifesprouts.com) 1. SPROUTS contain enzymes which aid in digestion and convert starches into sugars, protein into amino acids, and fats into fatty acids. We need live enzymes everyday in our foods. 2. SPROUTS provide the highest quality proteins, which are easy for the body to…
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Hello again, Victor here. So with this trip we decided to leave the trusty Subaru at home and hit the HWY in the biggest thing that there is; a Toyota Land Cruiser. Because you never know what curbs might need crossing. It’s not the FJ40 that I used to have a few years back, you know, the kind with no doors, no roof, no floor, and a folding wind screen; but it’s the kind with four doors, AC, and a…
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Thanks to everyone for submitting for this giveaway. Unfortunately, we can only choose one winner. Congratulations to Kalli Ko. Kalli Ko said… my little guy would do these proper justice! Yes Please!
