Tuesday is Earth Day (and every day should be...)

April 19, 2008

We pride ourselves on doing, not fretting.  We like being part of the solution.  Sure, we worry -- but when we worry, we try to remind ourselves to act.  Help.  Think it out.  Make a good thing happen.  Parenting preschoolers is challenging.  Saving the Earth is challenging.  Luckily, we thrive on challenges.  But yikes! It seems

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Realistic Mom: We Simply Cannot Live Without Ziploc Bags

April 21, 2008

We've tried.  We've really tried.  We've cut down on our plastic wrap usage dramatically by covering things in the microwave only when absolutely necessary -- and then, we use a plate or an (unbleached, recycled) paper towel instead.  The kiddos use regular ceramic plates and cups, and it's nowhere near the disaster we feared when we first

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Five Facts and Figures to Make You Change Your Ways Today

April 22, 2008

1. Earth Day (today!) is the largest secular civic event in the world, celebrated by over 1 billion people across the globe .   So if you haven't already, join the fun and the movement today! The Earth Day Network coordinates this planet-wide day of activism, and has many many ideas for how each and every one of us Earthlings, from the oldest to

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Little Ones (and Parents!) Get Wiser as They Get Older

April 23, 2008

How about using a birthday as the occasion to put into practice all that we resolved to do (and to be) on Earth Day? Preschoolers are obsessed with birthdays, and family social calendars are inundated with them. Plus, we love the rhyme. Earth Day. Birthday. We can't stop saying it. Join us as we strive to mark these big occasions with a little

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SavvyPicks: What a Wonderful World This Is

April 24, 2008

We grown-ups have lost touch. We rush over paved sidewalks in our lug-soled shoes and dart through traffic in our air-conditioned vehicles. Kids still feel every pebble of the ground through their shoes. Their sharp eyes scan the sky for birds, real or jet-fueled. They go out of their way toward puddles, not around them. They think worms are

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