Eye Candy round-up: let’s all get our ogle on
It’s Eye Candy time! Wanna get in on the love? Drop a photo and a few sentences into our Flickr pool or send it to us.
School-friendly closed toe slip-on shoes for toddlers and kids
You already know it’s back-to-school time in many parts of the world, but what you may NOT realize is that many schools (at least those in the Northern Hemisphere) have a closed-toe shoe policy firmly in place. Rather than argue if this makes sense or not (I admit I don’t completely understand the reasons behind the policies — safety? Nail polish?), it’s way more fun to cruise the internet for sparkly and/or brightly-colored closed-toe slip-on shoes like these red wool shoes by the folks at TOMS ($29).
5 super adorable gender neutral dolls from Pure and Simple Baby
These Blabla boogaloo dolls from Pure and Simple Baby are the cutest things — and they’re ultra baby-friendly.
Daddy Skills: the sweet-ass dad-rap video that will make your morning
From Sam Deezy (the dude who brought you Whole Foods Parking Lot) comes this video about the realities of modern fatherhood…
Reframing destruction: how I kept my cool after my son destroyed the garden
I have planted a garden like I do every year, but this year is different. This year, I will be able to take care of my own garden whenever and however I want. Or I could.. until my four-year-old tore the garden apart.
How do you successfully share a bed with more than one kid?
I’m wondering how other families have successfully shared a bed with two children — it seems unfair to put our older daughter in a bed on her own so that the younger one can sleep with us. How did your family manage to co-sleep with two kids?
A day in the life: let’s follow this family of four and their dog around for a while
I love love love “day in the life” type family sessions (you guys might remember Ariel’s family photos by Jenny Jimenez last year — the same ones that featured those fab Care Bear suits). You get SO MUCH MORE from your family session when the photographer sticks around for more than an hour.
What are your favorite children’s books that talk about being a single parent household?
My husband is leaving me and our almost-two-year-old daughter. I’ve made sure not to badmouth him in front of her and try to keep all conversations about it to a minimum when she’s around, but I know that eventually, she’ll figure out that many of her friends have two-parent households and ours does not.