clown noses may save the world
Posted on May 4, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 2 Comments
Few conflicts in life will fail to be improved by a judicious application of these:
I’m totally serious! See?
Can’t you see how serious I am?
Honestly, a bag of a dozen clown noses will brighten any day immeasurably! I discovered this to be true because the bag of noses I ordered on a lark came in the [...]
unexpected benefit of living in a round house #27
Posted on April 26, 2009 - Filed Under mayalife | Leave a Comment
Paul and I were having a fight one day, I don’t remember what about, something stupid probably—aren’t most of these fights about something stupid? It’s too bad you only realize that after the fact. Anyway, the fight reached a head and we both stomped off dramatically, as one is wont to do in those moments. [...]
Read More..>>cool felt picture fun for kiddos
Posted on February 19, 2009 - Filed Under making things | 1 Comment
Kids dig crafts. Want to hear that engrossed silence of kids making stuff? Here’s a quick and dirty project:
Get a stack of felt squares from a craft store and a bunch of scissors. Designate a few of the felts ‘backgrounds.’ You might be able to get a few stiff pieces for this. Set the kids [...]
stokke chair review
Posted on February 6, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, reviews | 1 Comment
A friend of mine with a new baby was asking me what I thought about high chairs and I told her I would write a review on my blog. So here is my definitive opinion on high chairs:
They suck!
High chairs are incredibly ugly, plastic, huge, expensive, hard to clean, and you only use them for [...]
late night gratitude & some pee
Posted on November 20, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment
Our hot water heater has been broken since last Tuesday. UGH! Paul tried one thing, then the other, but no luck, and no hot water. Finally the company agreed to send a new one—hooray! still under warrantee!—but then came the weekend and the new heater sat in a Charlotte Fed Ex warehouse for two days. [...]
Read More..>>a good weekend was had by all
Posted on July 14, 2008 - Filed Under alternative building, honeymilk farm, kiddo life | 1 Comment
Here is a shot that Sophie got of me going about my Honeymilk Farm chores this morning. I look really sleepy. She said I should put it on the blog, though, so I am. I love how her photos are from such a different perspective (three feet off the ground). Often when she takes pictures [...]
Read More..>>i have the most amazing family
Posted on May 24, 2008 - Filed Under geeklife | 1 Comment
I went to a family birthday party today, a lovely time in my aunt’s rose garden, eating fabulous, homemade food and hanging out under the sun watching the kids catch frogs. But at some point my mother, sister and brother-in-law started kind-of…giggling.
“Come on, Maya, we want to show you something (hee hee hee!).”
“What?” say [...]
