• Uncategorized

    Baby Food Party

    These days, I’m trying to find as many ways possible to leverage the power of community to save money. Our babysitting co-op has been great for that. I’m able to get free babysitting for Henry by babysitting my friends’ babies.

    I recently had the idea that I could save time and money (and have fun!) by coordinating a baby food making party. I sent out a message to the gals from my prenatal yoga class and six of them expressed interest.

    We’re going to get together on a Saturday afternoon (sans babies) and make a whole bunch of homemade, organic baby food. Since baby food can be frozen for up

    Read More
  • Uncategorized

    Halloweeeeeeen!

    Super-Ego

    Rainbow Brite

    A Picnic

    Scrabble

    A kindred spirit joined the Feeding the Soil community and started talking about her plans for a homemade Christmas. I loved the post very much (and was inspired by her ideas), but it made me realize, “Eek! I need to get the planning ball rolling for Halloween and Thanksgiving before I can start thinking about Christmas.”

    Last year, I was pregnant at this time and actively trying to keep my stress at bay. I started thinking about Halloween in August and Christmas in October, as a way to spread out my planning and work, since Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas come so close together.

    Read More
  • Uncategorized

    Nursing Bra Recommendation

    This is not a picture of me, obviously

    I was going to title this post “Best Nursing Bra Ever,” to go along with my posts about the best chocolate chip cookies ever and the best spaghetti ever, but I figured you all would start to get annoyed with me.

    And rightfully so.

    But the Bravado! Body Silk Seamless Nursing Soft Cup Bra is amazing.

    Don’t get me wrong; I didn’t want to go the route of expensive nursing bras when I first started out. In fact, I headed straight to Target. Even though people warned me that Target nursing bras would not hold their weight (literally and figuratively), I opted

    Read More