MarloElaine

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Chicago. It was the first day in a long time that we didn’t need jackets, mittens, boots, etc. I considered taking the kids to Brookfield Zoo, but according to the traffic report, everyone else had the same idea. Instead, I loaded up the kids into the [...]

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This is Sophie on top of Sammy’s desk.
Sophie loves to climb. She climbs stairs, furniture, boxes, Sammy’s step stools, whatever she can! She reminds me of a story my own mom used to tell me about when I was Sophie’s age….

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My son Sammy just loves to watch me vacuum. He pretends that many of his toys are vacuums (toy weed whacker, golf clubs, etc.). As soon as we saw the television commercial for the Swiffer Carpet Flick, we knew we had to get it for him.
To Sammy’s delight, the handle comes in [...]

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If you have a baby monitor, put the base in the laundry room so that no matter where you (and the receiver) are in the house, you can hear when the washer or dryer is finished!
Our laundry room is on the second floor. Without the baby monitor, I couldn’t hear the buzzer when [...]

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Ben of Open Switch (the creative genius behind this great Wordpress the Unsleepable theme) posted a list of 6 Baby Accessories You Don’t Need. The six items he writes about in his blog are:

Diaper Genie
Boppy
Baby Bathtub
Bottle Warmer
Baby Wipes Warmer
Shopping Cart / High Chair Cover

I have disagree with number two though, the Boppy pillow. [...]

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