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staying green and creative on a budget with young twins

Thursday, July 8, 2010

How to make your own balance bike - take the pedals off!

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These days training wheels equipped bikes are being cast off for the new balance bike philosophy. So while balance bikes are hard to find o...
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Lead in kids snacks

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I'm back! Been focusing on my podcast for young 'uns - Podaroo - in my spare time. You can dowload it from iTunes here . But I...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Interesting post about separating twins for Kindergarten

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Silicon Valley Mom's Blog has a piece about one twin mom's experience separating her twins in school . I found it illuminating. A...
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Friday, February 5, 2010

A fun green gadget competition

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These are some forward thinking green energy products. You can vote or just browse. For kids... check out Rocco !
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Nice and simple: Families with Purpose

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Just a plug for an interesting site I found over on the Brighter Planet blog : it's called Families with Purpose and they have some goo...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Great cookie gift bag

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Happy New Year! If your resolutions formal or informal for 2010 involve more reuse or all the stuff around us... here's a great idea f...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Plastics by the number

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Here's an article on the plastics debate. At the end there's a simple way to remember which plastics to avoid because of possible ...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Very lovely twins story

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Someone posted this Newsweek story on our local twins forum the other day. It's the tale of fraternal twin girls from China who were a...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Unique, reasonable, sustainable gift idea...

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...and it supports an amazing artist. Here's the new San Francisco Bay Area produce calendar by our friend who does letterpress out of...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Cozy breakfast for the cold weather

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The changing seasons have reminded me how our favorite morning comfort food tastes even better in the cool weather. Thes are great because ...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Halloween time

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I was just pointed to a blog post that dealt with frugal/repurposed Halloween costumes (thanks for the tip @rachellechong ). We're pret...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Reduce your carbon contest

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Dorky, snide remarks about "carbon-free" sugar aside, I'm all for greening the kitchen. Here 's a great opportunity to o...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I'm all for going green...

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...but carbon free sugar?!? I don't think this new packaging was the brainchild of chemists: (Chemistry refresher... sugar's basic ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Big plug for etsy's alchemy!

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I can't be the only one with a growing pile of craft projects I'll get to ... when? And yet I keep feeding it, assuming that the da...
Monday, September 7, 2009

On the budget front: Gilt Groupe invitation link

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Gilt Groupe is an online sample sale for very high end clothes. The best part is they have a children's category, which often has real...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

In an emergency, think about text and twitter

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My husband and I were talking about emergency preparedness this weekend. One of the subjects we covered was how to be in touch. We both w...
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Monday, August 31, 2009

Cheap, easy way to display/frame kids' art projects

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The girls are starting to really draw and paint. I know one of the important rules for parents looking to encourage their kids is to displa...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Did the digital television switch make your reception worse?

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It did for us... But fortunately it was a pretty quick fix. It turns out that some of the stations actually changed channels as part of the...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Making foaming hand soap refills for toddlers

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I'm a big fan of using foamy soap for teaching my girls to wash on their own. Because the product is basically diluted soap, it wastes...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

DIY Summer Camp

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This is less on the green side and more on the cost cutting side... A friend just forward this AP article about DIY Summer Camps that paren...
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I'm a first time mama twice over. My girls' personalities have been different from the start -- one is eyes wide open and go go go, the other is always smiling and laid back. This is a chronicle of our adventures. I'm interested in PRACTICAL ways to keep green habits with young kids. Especially ways to avoid the modern parent trap: all that pressure to buy, buy, buy. Also, how to stay healthy, mentally and physically -- which to me means keeping creative and engaged in the wide wide world.
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