20 kid-lit books off the beaten path
Not all kids books are created equal. Kids aren’t stupid – they’re just, well, young. They need good literature too!
Nontraditional school portraits from Stomping Ground Photo
First, let me say this: I think “reinventing the school picture” is a bit of an understatement, because this Brooklyn-based photography team is basically kicking the traditional school picture’s ass fifteen thousand times over.
A Star Wars-themed bunk bed? I’m not sure life gets any better.
OH. MY. GOD. I’m not sure why the universe is sending us so many Star Wars and baby related rooms and announcements , but wow. THANK YOU, universe. Lindsey sent me a link to this ATAT bed last night, most likely because she is well aware of the ridiculous degree to which Sean and I […]
A day at the snircus!
I taught preschool for 5 years, and this activity is a real winner with all kids. It’s easy to do and couldn’t get any cheaper. And there are all kinds of cool nature questions and physics questions that pop up for teaching opportunities. So what is it? It’s called a SNIRCUS. Yeah, Snails + Circus= […]
My growing boy and the flowered pants
Last month while on clothing expedition, he selected from a shelf a pair of bold, pink flower-covered cotton pants and asked me to buy them for him. I heard a disembodied voice that could only be mine reply stiffly, “Let’s take a look at these pants. Do these look like boy pants, or girl pants?”
Cedar in springtime
I love child photography that feels like it capture both the spirit of the kiddo, as well as their environment. In this case, it’s springtime in Seattle, and local photographer Naomi Sheikin captured these shots of Cedar — the son of Julia, who wrote about her tattoo stretching during pregnancy. Yay for springtime… Thanks to […]
The thing about kids
A friend and I were out with our kids at a local – and purportedly kid friendly -attraction, where we were glared at, told in no uncertain terms to keep our kids quiet, and instructed not to let them run by attraction staff. (Each of these things more ridiculous than the last, especially when you […]
Darth Aesop’s party on the Death Star
My son Aesop decided, a year ago, that for his fifth birthday he would have a Star wars party.