I didn’t really have time this year to hunt down a cute AND affordable Halloween costume for Mr. Boy, so I decided to make one myself. I had actually thought of making him a play bagpiper outfit over the summer when he became fascinated with the bagpipers he saw in various parades. He would march [...]

My local library has a reading circle for preschoolers every Monday morning at 10:00, and yesterday I took my son for the first time. I figured there would be a storyteller reading a book or two and maybe some music involved, but there was so much more! In just an hour’s time the storyteller packed in [...]

While my husband and I were unpacking Christmas decorations this year, I realized that I had misplaced my baby’s Christmas stocking.  Or perhaps I had just skipped doing a stocking for him last year, since he was only five months old.  I can’t remember.  In any case, I needed one for him this year since [...]

Being an architectural designer by trade, my baby’s nursery was one of the most important (and fun) projects that I undertook during my pregnancy. The overall theme came to me fairly easily. I wanted a gender-neutral scheme that would be classic, timeless and fun. I have always been fascinated by Beatrix Potter’s delicate watercolor illustrations. [...]