Yazan: CanCan | 31 December 2008 | 6 Comments
Categories: Air travel, Deaky Deke, Jojo, Laos, Links, Travel with children, Traveling baby
I thought for a long time about what kind of post I should write to bring closure to 2008.
Luckily, my entire life is pretty much pain stakingly detailed already in the pleathora of posts I wrote this year.
The best thing to do is to give the best posts a few more seconds of fame before [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 23 November 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: Green, Links, Toys
This is a “gift guide” that I hope you will find to be different from many others. My gift guide is a wish list of things that I would love to give to my family and friends.
My gift guide isn’t influenced by PR or free samples. These artisans and companies do not even know they [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 20 November 2008 | 10 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Links, Reviews
I love books. I once told a friend that I was a bibliophile (someone who collects books). She gave me a horrified look and asked, “What exactly is it you DO to books?!?”
So, while I am not so eager to use that term anymore, my love for books has endured. My preschooler likes to be [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 16 November 2008 | 28 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Links
Baby wearing is something I have always known I wanted to do.
A lot of parents feel very passionate about baby wearing.
Besides the closeness and bonding that results from baby wearing, there are also many benefits of not being tied down to an unwieldy stroller.
We have carried our children all over the US and Asia without [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 14 November 2008 | 23 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Laos, Links, Pictures
Today, for Photo Friday (hosted at Delicious Baby), I thought I would share a picture from the time we decided to do family portraits at the local wat. It was fun, but hot. We got lots of neat pictures that day.
Which monk is the cutest?
Yazan: CanCan | 31 October 2008 | 5 Comments
Categories: Giveaways, Links, Mom stuff
Maybe you have seen my mysterious Tea Party button and wondered what secrets it holds:
The Tea Party was an idea that was born one day as I pondered with Fractured Toy about why elves sometimes have crotches shaped like rainbows. At least, that is how I remember it.
Actually, lest you think ill of her, the [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 31 October 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Coupon codes, Educational products, Giveaways, Links
Several weeks ago I was the lucky winner in a giveaway at Momma Findings blog for a set of Glitterful Felt Stories.
These are felt flannel board sets crafted by a former preschool teacher and mother of three. She has a big variety of reasonably priced felt sets that are based on popular children’s books and [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 05 October 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: Links
The Pheakkley blog is having a contest for children aged 12 and under to share their art work and poems.
I submited a drawing by Jojo (age 3).
I know you might be pretty intimidated by Jojo’s skills, but don’t let it keep you from submitting your own child’s artwork into the contest! Even if you don’t [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 14 September 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: Links
I love blogging, and it just keeps getting more exciting every day!
Are you ready for this?
Now you can LISTEN TO MY BLOG POSTS through a website called PimpMyNews:
I just heard about this great site yesterday from Katja Presnal, so it is so new to me. Right now I am listening to my own blog posts [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 07 September 2008 | 9 Comments
Categories: Links
I decided to try to make every Sunday my “missing link” day, so that I can share my fun web-surfing finds for the week:Arts and/or Crafts:
A fiber artist’s blog from UK: Littleclouds & so on…
Woolies - one of my favorite blogs who has lots of sweet Etsy giveaways!
Jojo drew some pretty good pictures today! Not [...]