We are almost ready to share our next gift guide — our favorite personalized gifts — and to kick it off we are thrilled to introduce you to custom jewelry designer K Kay Designs and her beautiful work! Kirstin makes hand-stamped, hand-forged metal jewelry with a funky, modern flair. Her silhouettes are fresh and new, […]
Our guide to cozy gifts
December 5, 2012 by
This is the first in series of four holiday gift guide posts. Most of our favorite holiday gifts fall in four categories — cozy, practical, edible, and personalized — so we decided to do a holiday gift guide around each theme. Here is the first one — cozy gifts! Minnetonka Moccasins makes the best […]
Cozy Bunting Bag, and insider nurse advice
October 30, 2012 by
It took me little longer to wrap up our Polarn O. Pyret review than I thought, but here’s the scoop on the Cozy Bunting Bag. What I like best about this piece is how soft it is (it’s that high quality, super soft fleece), how easy it is to put on (three snaps up the front), […]
Parents Need to Eat Too, by Debbie Koenig
October 26, 2012 by
When I was preparing for our first baby, I froze a couple of meals, stocked up the pantry, and crossed that item off the list. There — I was ready, right? I had no idea what I was in for — the meals prepared and eaten one-handed, the desire for the fastest, easiest meal possible, […]
Cloth diapers for toddlers: an update
October 23, 2012 by
Cloth diapers for a newborn are one thing, but what about using cloth diapers for toddlers? Are we still happy or is it starting to stink? Here’s a follow-up to my original how-to post on cloth diapers. Back when cloth diapers were all there were – “Baby Show” c. 1938. How are the diapers holding […]
Warming up for winter with Minneapolis’s hottest new kids store — Polarn O. Pyret
October 16, 2012 by
Jen and I have both confessed how satisfying we find it to have our kids properly outfitted for the cold. When I was pregnant and then when Bee was little I felt like something was wrong with me because I wasn’t really into buying clothes for her. Then her first winter came and I found […]
Gear Guide: Baby Gear
September 3, 2012 by
I’m a baby gear guide junkie. I love reading the wide variety of recommendations, and seeing how one mom’s “must have” item is someone else’s “don’t bother.” I dithered quite a bit in putting my list together because so much baby stuff is really un-essential and just up to you (or your baby). But baby […]
Little farm in the city
August 1, 2012 by
How many times did you read the Little House on the Prairie series? Ten, twenty? I don’t remember my total times through the nine books, but so many scenes are perfectly vivid in my head: Ma making cheese, Jack turning around three times in his bed and then dying, finding baby pickles and saltines in […]