May 21, 2013

Friday Free-For-All

Save the (play)Date Red or Meet Me at Storytime Pink?

Happiness is when you discover the website Good Guide and find ratings on all of your regular products. Disappointment is when you discover that your favorite cleanser, the one that is a bargain at the drugstore and never destroys your face, is rated as a health hazard. Anna now refuses to wear both jeans and [...]

The Best Hotel Amenities Programs Are Going To The Babies

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  This is awesome. Seriously, the best thing to come across my newsfeed in a long time. If you’ve ever been called to another city for a work duty, or been cajoled into traveling on a vacation by your less-burdened other half, while breastfeeding then you totally get why the Hard Rock Chicago gets all [...]

Get Ready To Fantasize – Designer Maternity Sketches for Kate Middleton

courtesy of WWD / Andrew Gn

These are fantastic; a selection of designers created sketches of what they think the Duchess of Cambridge should wear, should she ever trade non-maternity shifts for a more traditional elastic option. Or, in princess terms, more belly room than a shift, but not so far as actual elastic. How much would you love having thirteen [...]

Layering Tantrums

Bauble Bar Ombre Chain

I fully expected to argue with Anna over clothes ten years from now, when she is experimenting and in the tween borrowing phase. I did not expect to get into an argument with a two year old this morning who broke the necklace that I let her wear. Let me tell you, it was a [...]

Friday Link Love

4-26-13

Food I have been indulging freely in liquid cheesecake this week. It’s my birthday week, cut me some slack. I made a batch using the recipe from the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook (also found here), and it has been winking at me every time I open the fridge. I first spread it on brownie batter [...]

My Birthday. Otherwise Known As Thursday.

4-18-13

I fully realize that Anna’s outfit doesn’t quite go together here, but honestly, it took a little work to girl up the blue polo and it needed the full effect of hot pink shoes and a casual cool ponytail to pull it together. Then the ponytail was pulled out promptly after exiting the house. And [...]

Ridiculous Baby Products: The Potty Watch

courtesy of Super Undies

Geez. The copywriter on this potty watch ad needs to evaluate her control issues. “Help the daycare professionals help you buy furnishing them with a potty training “potty watch.” Now you can make sure they are being reminded to ask your toddler to use the bathroom, even if your not there!” Umm, yeah, I’m pretty [...]

Friday Free For All

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Do you feel like you are more or less motivated on Friday mornings? I usually get the ‘OMG, the week is almost over and I’ve accomplished nothing‘ adrenaline rush which nudges me to put my head down and bust out some work.  Unfortunately, I also get a little anxious to start the weekend and my [...]

Shopping At The Mall With Toddlers? No Thank You.

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I am amazed at the number of mothers still walking the mall with their kids. Why would you regularly subject your self to this? I can only assume that they are not actively trying to find anything for themselves or anything specific that they need for an impending date. Or they are just wandering around [...]

New Diaper Design Day!

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I hereby name today New Diaper Day! It seems like everyone is letting the warm weather better their moods and the reward is some new diaper designs to choose from at our old favorite brands. gDiapers just revealed their Spring gStyles, a very romantic lavender floral design for girls called gfleur, and a blue and [...]