I’m breaking from March’s Fishful Thinking Resilience theme because I felt compelled to go on a Nature Sense Walk with AJ this week. We’re spending more time outside, the kids are stretching those Winter-tired muscles, and I am enjoying letting some fresh air into the house. Earlier this week, as AJ and I were walking…
Archives for March 2010
Mom’s Life-Line: Playdates and Babysitting Co-ops
I needed a life-line. I was sinking. When my third child was born in 2001, I went into a state of mommy shock. Suddenly, everything was harder. I never got sleep (compared to ALL the sleep I was getting as a mom of 2 under 3, of course). I had no social life because getting…
SOOC – Give Me Your Best Shot PSF
SOOC= Straight Out Of Camera This week, I caught a shot that I fell in love with immediately. And after wards I did something that I rarely ever do. I didn’t do ANYTHING. No editing. No cropping. No color or exposure adjustment. What you see is what you get. And I love it. Yes, I’m…
Pictures Worth a Thousand Words
AJ was sound asleep this afternoon when the kids came home from school. I wasn’t about to wake him from his nap just to spend some time outside. Just like kids seem to have radar-hearing in my house when a movie starts playing in the basement, AJ in his deep sleep must have heard the…
Handy Manny Big Race
Handy Manny is one of AJ’s favorite shows. We’ve got a few episodes on my iPod and he watches them over and over again when we’re waiting in line at a store or in the waiting room of the doctor’s office. I know how to keep my boy happy. The fact is, when AJ is…
A Child’s Letter to Mom
This afternoon, the kids and I worked our way to the park across the street after school was over. It was just too nice outside to do homework inside today. Reese looked so adorable doing her homework on the park table that I sat across from her snapping pictures for a while before sneaking a…
Exposure Compensation – A Bloggography Tutorial
For this week’s Bloggography photography tutorial, we are going to explore exposure compensation. This post was written by my co-host, Manic Mother. What is exposure compensation? Exposure compensation is a feature that dSLR cameras (and some point and shoots) have that allows you to manually adjust the exposure levels of your picture. When your camera…
Zippity Doos Children’s Hair Care Giveaway
* GIVEAWAY CLOSED * Winner is Jennifer (motherofall6 on twitter)! One of the fears I have always had as a mother sending my children to school was that they’d come home with lice. And there wouldn’t be anything I could do about it. Kids share coats and hats. They braid each other’s hair during recess…
Momz Share DC Metro Bloggers Girls Night Out
What is Momz Share? Momz Share is a series of events, held quarterly and hosted by a different, fabulous D.C. Metro Region blogger. It’s part Girls Night Out and part networking. But it’s ALL fun. Apparently, Maryland is overflowing with awesome bloggers. And pretty cool businesses willing to sponsor and support mom bloggers. I won…
How to Be a Happier Mom in 8 Easy Steps
This post was part of March Resilience Month in our house while I was acting as an ambassador for Pepperidge Farms’ Fishful Thinking program. These tips originally appeared in an article by Robert Barnett (from Parenting magazine—January 2007), but all commentary (and opinions) are my own. The tips were found, along with other articles…