Lina on November 30th, 2008

I’ve read a lot of blogs lately that are loving the book “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day” and since we are always looking for good, easy bread so we had to check it out.  This is the bread I made for dinner tonight and there is dough for 3 more loaves in my [...]

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Lina on August 29th, 2008

Someone on my mom-listserv recommended this site and I wanted to pass it along – Weelicious is a mom-foodblog devoted to easy, organic baby and toddler food.  Great looking recipes that are straightforward to make.  The author’s son is still under 2 so the recipes are focused in that age-range but my kids (and my [...]

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Lina on July 29th, 2008

We moved to using cloth napkins about a year ago and even the kids love it. Its an easy way to cut down on the amount of garbage we make and I’ve enjoyed adding new napkins into the collection. I decided from the beginning not to worry if they matched, so I usually [...]

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My friend Jenny loves to take her kids to pick-your-own farms and today, I finally took my kids to Larriland Farms in Howard County Maryland.  The kiddos loved it – we picked blueberries, raspberries and tart cherries and we had a great time.  The farm is not organic but they practice Integrated Pest Management, which [...]

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We’ve been trying to reduce plastic and trying to reduce the amount of weird things (BPA etc) that our kids are exposed to, but it’s really hard to give up the ’sippy’ cup – that great object that allows kids to drink without spilling excessively all over themselves, their clothes and the couch.  Sigg, [...]

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