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Simple, Montessori Toys
We received another item off our baby registry, which was the infant bell from Nienhuis Montessori. Its simplicity and beauty are striking. I’m a little embarrassed by how much time I could spend holding and looking at it!… Read MoreI am so in love with the Montessori idea of using natural materials and paring down an object’s stimulation factor to just the proper dose. The trapped bell is highly likely to provide the perfect amount of stimulation for a little baby. The object doesn’t also have to be rainbow-colored, blinking, and playing a lullaby.
I think it’s hard to remember that what stimulates a baby is different from what stimulates
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Freshly-Squeezed Orange Juice
There are plenty of ways in which I prioritize convenience over homemade quality. Whenever we make pizza, for example, we buy ready-made dough from the Whole Foods pizza section. Or if I need to make cookies and I’m short on time, I grab one of those tubes (or, if I’m really in a hurry, I get the kind that is already divided into squares).… Read MoreHowever, whenever we have friends over for breakfast, I try my very best to always make freshly-squeezed orange juice. Nothing compares to it! I simply buy a big bag of cheap oranges from the store and break out the $5 juicer I found on Craigslist.
Freshly-squeezed
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Family Mission Statement
Image courtesy Volume Twenty FiveMatt and I finished writing our Family Mission Statement together. We need to figure out where to put it, so we revisit it quite frequently. If we don’t return to it often, it’s likely to become a “dead document.”… Read MoreHmm…maybe I could use this DIY Ketubah kit from the lovely Tsilli to make a really pretty document that we frame?
Or perhaps I could hire someone on Etsy to design a cool poster for us?
Or maybe I could buy a print that Matt and I already agree is cool and somehow incorporate the text into it (like the print featured above)?
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