Posts on ‘November 6th, 2006’

I’ve often complained about living in one of those new, suburban, cookie-cutter houses. It’s just so depressingly generic. It has no history. There’s just nothing interesting about it. Still, it has its advantages. Upkeep is a breeze. And, according to a story from Portland NBC affiliate KGW, it may be better for my family’s health. [...]

I remember dealing with head lice as a kid. It was not fun, especially when you come from a family with 6 kids. When there was a head lice breakout, it was a pretty toxic scene – the infestation as well as the horrid smelling shampoo needed to get rid of it.
Someone in Utah has [...]

Before I actually became a parent, I had all sorts of ideas about how I’d raise the perfect child. From an early age, my kids would take music lessons, learn a martial art, play organized sports, learn to read early and listen to plenty of Mozart. It’s not going to happen. Besides the fact that [...]

Looks like someone over at Fussy came up with an alternative to Nanowrimo: NaBloPoMo. It stands for National Blog Posting Month. I wasn’t up to taking on the challenge of Nanowrimo, but I believe I can definitely take on NaBloPoMo. Unfortunately, you’re supposed to blog at least once a day for each day in November, [...]

We’ve had our Beco for a couple months now, and it’s wonderful! What’s a Beco? It’s a better alternative to the Baby Bjorn. The Beco supports babies the way they’re meant to be carried, with their knees up higher than their bum in a, well, sitting position. It has padded shoulder straps and a wide [...]

Starfall is a free website with some great online activities that helps in teaching children how to read. Although the site says it’s geared towards 1st graders, I believe it’s never too early to start. Pooky has definitely already shown interest in viewing moving images on the computer. While she’s too young to handle the [...]

I used to worry about not being thought of as being cool by my children. I remember having friends with parents who I thought were “very cool.” Of course, I have a bit of a different perspective on things like that now. Those parents I thought were cool were basically parents who let their kids [...]

It’s National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo), an event started by Chris Baty in the Bay Area. I never heard about this until now, but apparently, a ton of people participate in this by spending the month of November writing a 50,000 word (that’s 175 pages) novel. It sounds quite challenging and very exciting. If you’re [...]

Trying to figure out whose turn it was to cook was difficult enough when there was only the two of us. Throw Pooky into the mix, and we may as well starve due to the lack of time we have to meet such basic needs. Ok, I’m exaggerating; we’re not starving. I actually don’t mind [...]

This story came out a little over a week ago, but since GooGaBaby wasn’t in existence at that time, I think it’s a noteworthy enough story to post about it now. Check out this photo, and you’ll see what I mean. A British woman gave birth to these beautiful babies. And no, they do not [...]