Yeah, I claim to be the simple mama. Non-materialistic and all that jazz. Tell my mother-in-law that as she watches in awe as I trek out the door in the mornings with 5 bags, 2 children, a Moby wrap, stainless steel water bottles and 8 assorted cats and dogs. The cats and dogs are an [...]
Entries Tagged as 'parenting'
Keeping it Simple: Volunteerism
October 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
A few weeks ago, our West Michigan Bloggers group decided to use half of our monthly meeting time to do some service work for kids in our community. Instead of talking about SEO or WordPress plug-ins, we made a few thousand sandwiches. Like my son did for his birthday, we volunteered at Kids Food Basket, [...]
Beautiful Beginnings: A Guest Post from Amy at Raising Arrows
January 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen
I’m telling you, online life is a strange place. You can “talk” to people you know nothing about on Twitter, eavesdrop on their conversations with other people (and that’s actually accepted and even expected), and perhaps finally you’ll visit their site, the place they actually share themselves with the world, and find someone you didn’t [...]
Tags: Guest Posts·parenting
Unpack the Lunch: The Child’s Responsibility
September 2nd, 2009 · 14 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Kids in the Kitchen
I just can’t stop talking about school lunches! Please check out my exhaustive list of healthy options for packing a lunch, and if you’re concerned about your environment, find some options for reducing lunchtime waste. Finally, today I’ve got a fabulous after-school organizational system for kids and parents to achieve the following goals: reduce the [...]
Tags: back-to-school·discipline·organization·parenting·works for me Wednesday
