Weekly Archives:
Jun 22
From last week:
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on Parent Hacks:
Spray bottle makes cool (and water-saving) fun during the summer
Annmarie's hack uses far less water than the kiddie pool or the
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on Sweetney:
Mass media convergences (subtitle: I really, really need a nap (and probably one or several drinks))
Typing on a computer from the comfort and safety of your couch
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on Savvy Source:
Wise Words from Olivia and Her Maker
We can't let this month pass without special mention of Olivia, that
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on Suburban Bliss:
I mentioned the other day how Max was only in it for
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on MamaPop:
Six More Reasons to Get Amped About The Dark Knight
Ohhhhh emmmmm geeeeee, you guys. The premiere of The Dark Knight is
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on Laid-Off Dad:
Leaving a stinging, hairless scab in its wake
You know when you're walking down the street, minding your own business,
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on Cool Mom Picks:
Big Brands Doing Cool Things: Aurora's Eco-Plush Animals
Mostly we're fans of handmade plush around here, but we also understand
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on Dad Gone Mad:
When I was an undergrad at Fresno State in the early 90s,
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on Sweet Juniper:
Her mother reads in the paper today...
Her mother reads in the paper that they are wrapping the old
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Try Keeping Your Tongue in Your Mouth While Reading This Post
Have you ever caught someone watching a really sad scene in a
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on Dooce:
The eyebrows run in the family
That's my seventeen-year-old niece Mariah, my sister's oldest kid. She probably looks
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on Cool Mom Picks:
My daughter adores cartoon characters, as she is biologically programmed to, but
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on Dad Gone Mad:
Eight Weird Things That Happen When You’re Writing a Book
1. Sometimes you’ll be sitting with your family at the dinner table,
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on Parent Hacks:
Sprinkler hose may be a better solution for toddler lawn water play
Here's how Tracy tweaks backyard sprinkler play: The comment about the
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on Savvy Source:
Savvy Speaks with The Happiness Project's Gretchen Rubin
We at The Savvy Source are devotees of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness
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on Suburban Bliss:
I told him everything doesn't have to be white.
I have a few places to share with you today... I closed
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on Finslippy:
The Wii Fit is my passive-aggressive friend who has cool games but
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
My Eleven-Year-Old Daughter: A Vignette
All things considered, she’s turning out okay. Oh, I know, I know—considering
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on Dooce:
Jon opened up his own etsy shop a few weeks ago to
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on MamaPop:
Britney Gets Overnights With the Boys
Britney Spears has learned that actually showing up for court can be
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on Cool Mom Picks:
A Dandy Alternative To Backpacks For Kids
My three year-old has entered that phase I'm lovingly describing as Her
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on Savvy Source:
Keeping a Journal with Young Kids
As we've been musing about all month, young children have a tremendous
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on Suburban Bliss:
There are worse things to be in it for.
Max is attending day camp this week. This is a camp that
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on MamaPop:
Heidi Montag Presents: Songs From The Hellmouth!
I'm just going to apologize right up front here: yesterday, I caused
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on Laid-Off Dad:
I have an interesting conundrum regarding my imminent matrimonicide: I don't know
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on Dad Gone Mad:
I burned the turkey burgers. “You have to watch them, Danny!” “I
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on Sweet Juniper:
On the way to Cedar Point amusement park...
On the way to Cedar Point amusement park for my eighth-grade class
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on Sweetney:
I won't have what she's having
I'd like to take a moment and talk about Meg Ryan.
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on Parent Hacks:
Road trip car games to pass the time on long drives
Car games! A long-standing road trip tradition. If you've already exhausted your
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on Dooce:
For breakfast most mornings I have a bowl of Bob's Red Mill
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on MamaPop:
Poor Dannielynn Doesn't Even Stand a Slim Chance of Growing Up to be Normal
Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern Birkhead Jingleheimer Smith (you know, Anna Nicole Smith's
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on Amalah:
Dear Jason, I Bring You the Gift of HYSTERICAL PREGNANT NESTING. You're Welcome.
For Jason's birthday, I made him finally replace that godawful Eyeball Nipple
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on Cool Mom Picks:
Happy Camper Week on Cool Mom Picks: Great Outdoors Cookies from Eleni's
We've been getting so many requests for camp picks now that some
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Perky vs. Droopy: A Study in Canine Musculature
Suzie, my sweet old Jack Russell traitor, who abandoned me a couple
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But Enough About Me
As much as it's endlessly interesting to gaze at one's own navel (especially when that navel is an adorable preschooler's navel), well, after a while, enough is enough! So as this month draws to a close, with summer in full force, we think that even our preschoolers might agree that it’s time to move on, and look upward and outward at this big wide world of ours for a change...
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June 27, 2008
Wise Words from Olivia and Her Maker
We can't let this month pass without special mention of Olivia, that small pig with the outsize ego who has captured the hearts and minds of so many preschoolers and parents...
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June 25, 2008
Savvy Speaks with The Happiness Project's Gretchen Rubin
We at The Savvy Source are devotees of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project. Gretchen manages to weave comments on parenting seamlessly into the rest of her musings on how to be happy, and she somehow pulls off being smart, down-to-earth, inspiring, self-aware and approachable -- all at the same time! She's, in a word, savvy...
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June 24, 2008
Keeping a Journal with Young Kids
As we've been musing about all month, young children have a tremendous desire to learn about themselves, and an almost limitless capacity for introspection. They are just enthralled with their own small selves -- and, developmentally, they are supposed to be...
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June 13, 2008
Wise Words from a Poet of Childhood
This week's Friday quotation is taken from Caroline Kennedy's beautiful anthology, A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children. We've mentioned this book before, and the more we read it with our little ones, the more we treasure it. The poems within touch on small children's dearest passions: animals, silliness, seasons, the seashore, adventure, bedtime, and yes, me -- all about me...
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June 11, 2008
We love old-fashioned measures of a child's growth (pencil ticks on a door frame, naturally). We swoon over the rather newer-fashioned eeBoo growth charts that hang in many little rooms we see. But we really adore the other measures out there. The ones that only a mom or dad knows. The ones you can remember even when the details of inches and feet escape your suddenly sieve-like mind. The ones that are qualitative, descriptive, event-triggered. No statistics here; just a window on a little life, in upward motion...
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June 06, 2008
Wise (and Serenade-able) Words from Billy Joel
What's more fun than crooning 70's love songs to your preschooler? Oh, that's right -- teaching your little one to sing along with you! Dooby doos and air piano, both optional. Delighting in your own little person's own-little-person-ness required...
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June 05, 2008
Being Savvy Here, There, and Everywhere!
Hold onto your hats, dear readers. Tell your kids to hold onto their tiaras and firefighter helmets and sun hats. Because we have some amazing news for all of you. Starting today, Being Savvy will be bringing you local blogs in 18 cities (that's right 18!) around the country...
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June 04, 2008
What's in a Name? Only Everything!
So what is in a name, exactly? If a rose can do it, then your little one by any other name would surely also smell as sweet. But no other name could possibly suit him, could it? Whether you knew instantly or agonized for months, you picked a name and now just these few years in, it is inextricably part of your darling's being, herself, her way...
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June 02, 2008
Every Preschooler's Favorite Topic, or The Developmental Benefits of a Little Navel-Gazing
Remember back to the time when your scrumptious baby discovered her own belly-button? Her tummy was so round in those days that it was actually a feat for her to bend all the way over so as to take a good look. At every opportunity (whenever the onsie was off), she would jab her middle with that poky little index finger, exclaiming "buh!" and then look up at you with an expression of sheer pride, self-love, and delight...
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May 29, 2008
As the days grow longer and the weather warmer, outside is where we all want to be. Especially the little artistic types among us. Because there's no more inspiring place to make art than under the big blue sky. Here are a few ideas for bringing your child's creativity out into the open air...
