Other Cool Stuff

I was a book nerd as a kid. Voracious reader. Some of my very best memories of childhood are afternoons and evenings spent combing the shelves of the public library. I can still close my eyes and see my first library card and the manila sleeve it fit into for safekeeping.
And I LOVED finding Caldecott [...]

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So, I was poking around on Etsy earlier. As usual. And I decided to go through my “Favorites” folder and clean it up a little. And I came across John W. Golden’s Etsy shop. I had bookmarked it ages ago when I started thinking about what to do for my 2 1/2 year old twin [...]

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Confession: I didn’t wear any of my babies. With the first two, slings weren’t yet on the mom-to-be radar in my little corner of the Midwest. And the second two were twins – so I was a bit overwhelmed with life and couldn’t imagine even trying to wear either of them. But I can completely [...]

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Hot deal on cute socks! I wrote about Little Miss Matched sport socks for girls last month. Still love them.

And now thru May 11th – you can get a pack free!  Buy one pack, get a pack (and since their packs include three socks, you’ll actually end up with three pair).  Use Promo Code BUY1GET1 [...]

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After I quit my full-time lawyering job several years ago (after kids one and two but before kids three and four), I often found myself at a loss when meeting someone new. It always seemed like the appropriate time to exchange business cards with contact information. But I didn’t have a business. And the only [...]

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But it’s not tacky, character-y crap!
Seriously! Check out how cute Tiny Prints has made all of your kids’ Nickelodeon Favorites! Blue, Wonderpets, Kai-Lan, even Spongebob! And don’t forget the Backyardigans, Dora and Diego!

Okay, so it’s not letterpress. It’s not hand-crafted. It’s commercial. It’s TV. And your kids LOVE it! Admit it.
Find all the Nickelodeon Invitations [...]

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I‘ve been remiss. I’ve been swamped with other work and kids and life and stuff. I have had a little time for networking 140 characters at a time over on Twitter. Check us out at http://twitter.com/sassyandgeorge
The coolest thing about Twitter is discovering tens, dozens, twenties, hundreds of new, cool products and businesses.  And I will [...]

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Now, I know this book isn’t brand new. It was published in 2006 and won a Caldecott Medal in 2007. But my first-grader and kindergartner just discovered it in the library. My daughter checked it out last week, returned it on Tuesday. It came home in my first-grader’s backpack on Thursday. Both voracious new readers, [...]

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I ran across these great medical alert bracelets for girls and boys on the ole internets today. And lo and behold, I read the Lauren’s Hope About Us page and discover that they are made right here in my hometown! Well, a suburb – but still! Super cool.
Also super cool? These darling bracelets with a [...]

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