Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
We had a wonderful summer. I don't care what the whiners will say: I don't remember any rain stopping us from going hiking or swimming, playing outside in the evening or biking around town. But it could not last forever. And now it's definitely over.
After what seemed like months of ...
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
After his first sleeping bag, our boy is trying this week his first real bedsheets. Up until now, he always slept in a sleep sack, this kind of wearable blanket that was made very popular by the research on SIDS (as the baby cannot get entangled - and choke - ...
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
You should see our son in his brand new sleeping bag! We figured we had to get him a real one for this trip, as it is not supposed to be overly warm: it could go down to 11 at night. MEC makes a nice kid's down sleeping bag, with ...
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Our computer is easily the most important piece of furniture in our house, and we would have a hard time living without Internet. So our son has started a long time ago to climb and sit on the computer chair and try and reach for the mouse or the keyboard. ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
I'm not sure if I mentioned Mother-Ease in my post about cloth diapering. But I am starting to think it is the best company ever!
First, they do amazing diapers. Everyone that I know who tried them have rated them as the best diapers ever. They work so much better than ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
In an effort to give our son a place to sit and draw (and therefore encourage his budding creativity), we went to Ikea last weekend and bought a small table and two chairs. We bought plastic even though it goes against our principles, being made of non-renewable material and all, ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I own a pair of Keen sandals. I love them. I have been wearing them for 4 years and they are still in pretty good shape, but recently the lace broke on my left foot. For those who don't know that brand, they're not your usual shoe laces, more like ...
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