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January  2009

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Fighting Those Winter Blues: By Swimming?

by Cecily Kellogg

January 15, 2009

Yes! You can find yourself enjoying a dip in the pool even when it's frigid outside. There are plenty of great indoor pools around, some of which require a very low fee to enjoy all winter long. We take our daughter swimming at least once a week (sometimes more) usually in the afternoon after her nap. Nothing makes her happier (she's a complete fish, jumping into the pool on her own and even Read more...

Keeping Memories Intact

by Cecily Kellogg

January 14, 2009

You get one at your first baby shower: a baby book. But what do you do with it? What do you put in it? And what if it's completely hideous and you never want to look at it again? (This happened to me. Do not tell anyone.) Luckily, there are plenty of beautiful hand made baby books out there these days. You can always hit us the shops on Etsy if you don't want to leave the house, but if you are Read more...

Favorite Toys

by Cecily Kellogg

January 12, 2009

When I started thinking about this post, I couldn't help but internally cringe when I think about HOW MANY toys my daughter has. Right now my living room looks very much like a two-year-old tornado has struck and destroyed a whole universe of toys. My husband and I are both work-at-home parents but we've both been overwhelmed with projects and have been too tired at the end of the day to pick up Read more...

Surviving Parenthood

by Cecily Kellogg

January 08, 2009

Lately I've found parenting to be a mite, shall we say, challenging . In other words, some days are all sunshine and giggles, and other days I end the day when my daughter goes to bed feeling as if I've been pummeled with a large, very hard board for hours on end. Toddlers are always a challenge, and my daughter is smack in the middle of her terrible twos and BOY is she pushing my buttons on a Read more...

The Things That Really Matter

by Cecily Kellogg

January 06, 2009

Right now, my daughter has become a fighter. She rebels against EVERYTHING. She argues about EVERYTHING. She freaks out and has temper tantrums about (you guessed it) EVERYTHING. My favorite example in the last few days has been the twenty minute tantrum she had about the fact that I took my dirty bowl (note: MY bowl) from the table next to the couch and put it in the sink. She cried about that Read more...

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