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- 31: Into The Woods…Literally (2)
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- 29: The Zebra and the Train: A Tale of Two Costumes (10)
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- 31: Beauty All Around Me (13)
- 30: Lions and Toddlers and Bears! (5)
- 26: More on the Wonders of Quitting (3)
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- 11: The Rosa Parks Story, as told by my kid (6)
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- 27: My Week in Writing: the links (1)
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- 24: US Airways: the Final Chapter (23)
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- 08: How to Change Your Life (6)
- 06: A Picture of a Monster (1)
- 05: The Power of Small Change (10)
- 02: And the Cat came back (11)
- January 2010 (20)
- 31: Will this hurt? (4)
- 31: Words, words, words (3)
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- 30: (Slightly More Than) Weekly Link Round-up (7)
- 28: All Warm and Cozy (3)
- 27: Choosing a Greener Life Together (11)
- 26: Well, hello there English Language! (6)
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- 20: Shame on you, Massachusetts! (4)
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- 13: BlogHer/Sprint Giveaway: $200 Gift Card to Help You Connect (0)
- 13: For the last time… (5)
- 12: Naked Sex With Barbies (35)
- 10: Weigh in on Babble’s Top Mommy Blogger List (6)
- 07: Playing Princesses (9)
- 04: Do You Believe In God, Mama? (8)
- 01: Well, hello there 2010 (0)
- December 2009 (23)
- 30: Let there be light! (0)
- 29: Serena vs. Nori (4)
- 28: Christmas Chocolates (6)
- 24: Natural Consequences (7)
- 23: Cookies for Santa (6)
- 22: Going to visit Santa (0)
- 21: The Glass Mouse (3)
- 18: Princess Smackdown (6)
- 16: Dentist: Do Not Mess With This Kid (0)
- 15: Cheer Me Up! (10)
- 14: Weekly Link Round-Up (0)
- 13: All I Want For Christmas is January (6)
- 12: All She Wants For Christmas Is Her First Grown-up Tooth (0)
- 10: Being an Elf is Hard (13)
- 10: Explaining Bank Fees To A Little Kid (3)
- 09: Help a New Mom Sleep! (7)
- 08: Letters to Santa (5)
- 07: Elephant! (3)
- 07: Blog Business: guest posts, contact info and some ad changes (12)
- 05: Weekly Writing Round-Up (0)
- 03: Groceries For Me! (9)
- 02: Wainwright Bank Stole My Lunch Money (25)
- 01: Flu Shots (3)
- November 2009 (20)
- 29: SAD Girl is Sad (8)
- 28: Weekly Link Round-Up (4)
- 27: Charitable Holiday Gift Guide (11)
- 26: Giving Thanks (3)
- 25: How to Get Hot Boys (4)
- 24: My Big Question: Is Free Trade a Good Thing? (14)
- 24: Secret Zombie Girl (5)
- 23: Bare Naked Daddy (2)
- 22: Sesame Street iPhone App: Not for Sharing (9)
- 21: Weekly Link Round-Up (7)
- 20: Sometimes you just have to jump in the leaves (7)
- 17: Birthday Rum Spiced with 21 Hot Peppers (3)
- 12: Creative doll repair or Pocket Bondage Princess? (8)
- 11: Strollerderby, Hospital rejects birth plans (3)
- 11: You ate the bride’s bouquet?! (18)
- 10: Brigid, healthy happy and growing (0)
- 09: Not quite “Non-Consumption” (8)
- 06: This is the litter in my neighborhood (9)
- 02: Learning her letters (10)
- 02: Adding Disqus comments (15)
- October 2009 (20)
- 30: Security theater at the airport (6)
- 29: Coloring on the walls (7)
- 27: Caving in on car-free living (12)
- 27: The dangers of bulk buying, and joining the Wise Bread staff (0)
- 24: Honey? (4)
- 24: Some assembly required (2)
- 23: Making carbon footprint part of a product’s packaging (6)
- 23: Baby, its cold outside (0)
- 21: Rio’s Fried Apples For Friends (4)
- 20: This too shall pass (2)
- 20: Pattern blocks (2)
- 17: Chicago! (2)
- 14: Yes! A sonnet for Liz and Pete (2)
- 13: Oh my power is great and terrible! (2)
- 12: Apparently evil runs in my family (6)
- 08: Car-free family, for the moment (8)
- 07: A surprise visit from the tooth fairy (4)
- 06: Rio’s new business venture (8)
- 03: Rio’s song for her sister, brother and beloved new baby. (0)
- 02: Welcome, Bridget Alexandra! (5)
- September 2009 (25)
- 30: Cycling article up on Babble (4)
- 26: Never After tonight! (0)
- 25: Love those kids unconditionally (11)
- 24: Rio’s take on the marshmallow test (31)
- 23: The Secret Life of Kindergarten (8)
- 21: Kids vs. marshmallows: there can be only one (6)
- 20: Happy Equinox, closing out the Gratitude Project (0)
- 20: MomsRising releases searchable database of safe products (0)
- 19: Carnival of Debt Reduction (0)
- 17: The life of a work at home mama (6)
- 17: Good morning, Non-Consumer Advocates! (0)
- 16: Play-based education in action (2)
- 14: Rio’s First Day of Kindergarten! (12)
- 12: Flinch! (9)
- 11: Elimination update (4)
- 11: Help Lia Grippo, a California mom punished for letting kids play (17)
- 09: Rio’s watermelon farm (8)
- 08: Farm Share Survival Guide: my new article on Babble (0)
- 08: This relationship is getting serious (6)
- 08: Read me on Get Rich Slowly! (0)
- 06: Haircut! (2)
- 05: Shopping: the sacred back-to-school rite (0)
- 05: Fear of Snakes (0)
- 02: Conversation at Goodwill (24)
- 01: Elimination Diet (6)
- August 2009 (22)
- 31: Home. Again. (3)
- 27: I’m on Babble (2)
- 26: Sigg bottles lined with BPA (4)
- 24: Fall leaves? (0)
- 20: Thanks, trash dudes! (0)
- 19: Solving a spitting problem (16)
- 18: Today’s gratitude: gymnastics (0)
- 18: The rain of words (2)
- 15: Missing pieces (0)
- 14: Boycott the Marriott! (20)
- 14: Grateful for public libraries! (aka: first library card!) (18)
- 13: My daughter the Dalek (0)
- 11: Taking back childhood (4)
- 10: Simple gratitude for play (0)
- 09: Personal finance software, why are you so annoying? (28)
- 08: Small girls vs. The Ducks (6)
- 06: Night weaning, continued (2)
- 06: Local Mysteries (9)
- 05: Grateful for my mom (0)
- 04: Saying good-night to nursing (12)
- 04: Backyard Burning Man (2)
- 02: Gratitude Project (10)
- July 2009 (27)
- 31: Lammas ritual at the Growing Center (0)
- 29: Hey – that’s an advertisement! (2)
- 29: Good news, bad news (8)
- 27: Still not Santa Claus (7)
- 26: The long pause in learning (4)
- 25: Those pesky house fairies (0)
- 24: Happy 20th Friendiversary, Sarah (4)
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- 16: Harry Potter and the Half-Asleep Moviegoer (2)
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- 09: Happy Birthday, Serena Rose! (16)
- 08: Extraterrestrial Circus Experiment this Friday (2)
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- 03: Watching them sleep (0)
- 02: Am I Supermom yet? (10)
- 01: "I am putting an inchworm on your head!" (0)
- June 2009 (30)
- 30: Home from the Wild (0)
- 26: To the woods! (2)
- 26: Playing the bad cop at bedtime (14)
- 25: No love, weather (2)
- 25: Serena's first phone call (0)
- 24: A Frugal Father's Day Gift (12)
- 23: Tips for raising a superkid (3)
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- 19: Summer Solstice Festival at the Growing Center (0)
- 19: The gift of 'princesses', no batteries needed (0)
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- 13: Serena on the edge of two (0)
- 12: Healthy meals, from a kid's perspective (10)
- 11: Dangerous cycling: the controversy continues (8)
- 10: Modeling bad behavior (6)
- 09: Sometimes you just have good days (4)
- 08: Kindergarten, here we come (34)
- 07: Moms in jail (0)
- 06: Now THAT is a whale! (0)
- 05: The Gift (10)
- 04: Go play in traffic: Bicycle Safety on Busy Roads (5)
- 03: Stay inside!?! (13)
- 02: Flower fairy (2)
- 01: Frantic food preservation (10)
- May 2009 (28)
- 31: My daughter, my…er…joy (4)
- 30: Alphabetical Objects (1)
- 29: Talking to kids about sex (6)
- 28: still five, now with more photos (2)
- 27: "The Sheriff is back in town" (4)
- 26: National Missing Children's Day (8)
- 25: love letter for a five-year-old (0)
- 23: What does obnoxious mean? (0)
- 22: Thirsty kittens (0)
- 21: Is this a clock? (8)
- 20: Infant Potty Training (23)
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- 04: Swine Flu: coming soon to a kid near you? (12)
- 03: "I love Evil Stepmothers" (2)
- 02: the Goddess within (6)
- 01: Somerville Open Studios (0)
- 01: Baby Envy? (13)
- April 2009 (36)
- 30: Beltaine Festival tomorrow at the Growing Center (0)
- 30: Consumer Reports vs. Attachment Parenting (13)
- 28: Fermentation Workshop, and other May activities (4)
- 28: American Library Association's list of "Most Challenged Books" for 2008 (0)
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- 16: An almost perfect day (4)
- 15: Mother/child stories (16)
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- 13: Two Conversations with Rio (0)
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- 09: The Tightwad Gazette: Price Book, buying rules (16)
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- 08: Pop goes the Art! (0)
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- 07: Three things I love about Serena right now (0)
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- 04: Consensual Parenting redux: consent (10)
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- 02: Rio is funny…or, teachable moments gone wildly awry (7)
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- 01: Get Outside! Local Edition (0)
- March 2009 (25)
- 31: Homeschooling for Grown-ups (10)
- 31: Look! I'm a tiger! (6)
- 31: Credo Mobile (0)
- 31: Growing in the Garden: First Harvest (0)
- 30: Growing in the garden: making mud (0)
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- 28: Where do we go when we die? (0)
- 27: Spelling 'Hell' (0)
- 27: transitional objects? (0)
- 27: What to do with the greens? (10)
- 27: Some money advice I'm happy to receive (2)
- 26: Interstitial learning, multiplied (2)
- 26: We are all stars (12)
- 25: Ten Tired Tips for Frugal Family Living (6)
- 25: Get outside! (0)
- 24: Ten Tired Tips on How to Save Money and Save the Planet (0)
- 24: "I hope you have a daughter just like you some day…" (5)
- 24: Trotsky, via stepchild (2)
- 23: at a loss (2)
- 22: Happy Spring? (0)
- 20: Today is the day we learn to write (7)
- 06: Eatin' Your Greens (17)
- 06: "not old enough" (0)
- 06: seed starting (0)
- 05: naptime, for serious (0)
- February 2009 (8)
- 26: (0)
- 25: in the backyard (0)
- 10: parenting win (0)
- 04: school update (0)
- 04: (2)
- 03: caio, diapers! (0)
- 03: everyone's a critic (0)
- 01: Today's Gift (0)
- January 2009 (9)
- 28: long overdue photos (0)
- 24: (0)
- 24: spending triggers & money mantras (0)
- 21: grrr. (0)
- 20: Early potty training (0)
- 18: Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip cookies (0)
- 18: self-help (0)
- 16: more thoughts about school (3)
- 15: a funny thing happened on the way to homeschooling… (4)
- December 2008 (12)
- 30: growing like a growing thing (0)
- 30: Adventures in Personal Hygiene (0)
- 23: Multiculturalism in action (0)
- 23: conversations w Rio (0)
- 10: what is "real"? (0)
- 10: benefits of turning off the TV (1)
- 09: I have been waiting for this moment all of my life. (0)
- 09: oh noes! (0)
- 06: manifestation is in the details (0)
- 03: felled by illness (0)
- 02: dumb luck (0)
- 01: Why I'm not planning to send my kids to public school (4)
- November 2008 (10)
- 29: Sell me on public school (0)
- 26: What do you mean when you say “food justice”? (0)
- 27: QOTD (0)
- 21: FYI Santa (5)
- 21: QOTD (0)
- 19: school choices (0)
- 17: potty humor (4)
- 06: and in the realm of Rio logic… (0)
- 06: what is voting? (0)
- 05: on another topic entirely, bureaucracy (0)
- October 2008 (10)
- 28: conversation while cooking dinner (0)
- 25: green update (0)
- 25: fractal food (0)
- 25: Rio up on the hoop at circus practice (0)
- 25: Rio's math cards (0)
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- 30: serena with drops.jpg (0)
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- 06: Baby dentistry, and the discomfort of becoming an octopus (0)
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- May 2008 (7)
- 30: never say never (0)
- 27: Cooperation Celebration (0)
- 24: Rio's Fourth Birthday (0)
- 24: happy birthday Rio! (0)
- 08: overheard in my living room (0)
- 07: My baby… (0)
- 01: to dog or not to dog? (0)
- April 2008 (12)
- 30: Finally, fully potty independent (0)
- 25: Eating well without eating animals (0)
- 25: Also on the food front: Pizza Sleaze (0)
- 25: Garden Gnome! (0)
- 21: Greening our lives, observing a Sabbath (0)
- 19: Rio learns math (0)
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- 19: wash or toss, part II (0)
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- 03: Now what, Captain Safety? (0)
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