Just for the Record, I Also Do Not Paint His Toenails
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, Queen of Everything, I have a beauty question regarding baby hair. Your son and my son are only a few days apart in age so I figured that even though the Smackdown is usually geared towards those of us that are a little older than 1, you might have an answer to my [...]
Price Tag Cage Match Lite: Nail Polish
by Amalah
BUT FIRST! I have showered and brushed my teeth this morning. I am wearing hot jeans and an old white button-down shirt of Jason’s. The sun is shining and I’m meeting my best girlfriend for lunch with our boys, and in short, everything is returning to awesome. And I bet all your comments from Wednesday’s [...]
Welcome aboard HMS Princess Euphoria
For the next two weeks, Wonderland by Alice Bradley will hereby be known as Blunderland by Jenn Mattern. I’m not a pundit, but I borrowed a winged maxi pad from Alice once, which led to this temporary gig while Alice is on brief hiatus. Most of the time I can be found weeping copious word [...]
Discussing Safety with Children: Something I wish I wasn’t buzzing about.
We thought, in light of this week’s tragedy at Virginia Tech, it would be a good day to share some resources to help parents talk to children about school violence. It’s relatively easy for me to shield my kids from news reports and images about these tragedies. After 9/11, my daughter was not quite three [...]
True Beauty Confessions
by Amalah
So it’s 9 am on Wednesday morning and I’ve wiped my kid’s snotty nose three dozen times already. I’ve got balled-up tissues in my bathrobe pockets. I haven’t showered or brushed my teeth and I spent most of last night on the couch because my husband’s hacking cough was driving me crazy. And now I’m [...]
The Best Music Boxes: a Round Up
I get email asking me for gift ideas for newborns and birthday presents for three year olds and I have to be quite honest here. I am the worst at buying gifts. I will do a round up of some good baby presents at some point in the near(ish) future, but until then, consider this [...]
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