Awareness of lowering impact of holidays has been growing. There are several years of eco Halloween tips available online, so I’ve gathered some of the best I’ve seen. Treats I’m not that impressed by the idea of organic candy. The problem isn’t so much the organic or the fair trade (good issues, but not the … Read more
Creative babywearers incorporate their babies into excellent Halloween costumes. After seeing so many great costumes, I wish I had a baby to wear this year. I passed up several great baby costumes (the jack-in-the-box) in favor of great thing-on-thing themed costumes. 8. Baby Dorothy being worn by a big rainbow.Wear in any carry as long as … Read more
Has the costume parade started in your neighborhood yet? My kids have been trying on costumes for at least a month, and each has settled on a final masterpiece. They settled weeks ago. Truthfully, they’ve probably been planning for a year, but I have “Don’t talk to me about Halloween until September” policy that is … Read more
A year ago my children carved pumpkins on our sidewalk. They didn’t really clean up very well. Can you see where this story is going? We were surprised in the spring to have little pumpkin plants pop up in our flower garden (you can see our poor flowers struggling to reach the sun between the … Read more
As I’ve been thinking about healthy lunches and what’s for lunch at schools recently, I keep coming back to the problem of soda and children. Specifically, I wonder what is the state of soda in schools. To answer my question, I’ve set out on an investigation. The situation is actually better than I expected, but better isn’t … Read more