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Game Recommendations
Anyone out there like to play board games and card games?I have two new recommendations to add to my list: Quiddler and SET.… Read MoreQuiddler is a fun word game that has some elements of Rummy in it. To start, each player is dealt three cards with letters on them. The goal is to make a word. On your turn, you can either draw a letter from the discard pile or pick a new card. Once a player “goes down,” then the other players have one more turn before they, too, must put down their words. Points are awarded based on the letters you used. In the next round, the
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Matt and I Are Having a Baby!
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I am honestly in a happy state of shock. I was on Day 39 of my cycle.* I came home from an all-day photography class and decided to finally take a pregnancy test (I was so resisting turning into a crazy-obsessive tester). Matt went into the backyard to check on the chickens, and I peed on the stick. Right away, I could see that both lines were starting to darken, so I left it there and went out to fetch Matt. I wanted us to experience it together.
On my way to the backyard, I found myself wondering why I didn’t wait just one more day to take the test,
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Purposeful Nurseries
Finn’s room showcased by his mom, Meg of Sew Liberated fameI’m definitely not going to be one of those people who focuses more on the “stuff” of having a baby as opposed to the deeper emotional implications and psychological changes that come from having a baby. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the consumer side of life changes (hello, Wedding Industrial Complex!).… Read MoreBut at the same time, there is an intersection between one’s parenting philosophy and the way one chooses to set up a baby nursery. In the Montessori philosophy, for example, the physical environment is an absolutely crucial component. The “prepared environment” embodies all the important
