I was sick this weekend with a really bad flu, but I won’t bore you with the details, though it would bring me such relief to do so. This time on our creek walk we were in search of tadpoles in drying puddles to take home and rear into frogs. The frogs in this part [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Another weekend/another creek
Posted in bill, cormac, fatherhood, i like walking, lauca, motherhood bliss, school kids, toddlers on February 28, 2011 | 13 Comments »
I am telling you, this is the secret to world happiness
Posted in fatherhood, motherhood, motherhood bliss, work and family (im)balance on February 25, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Part-time and flexible work for everybody (who wants it, parents and non-parents, alike). UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS — Remco Vermaire is ambitious and, at 37, the youngest partner in his law firm. His banker clients expect him on call constantly — except on Fridays, when he looks after his two children. Fourteen of the 33 lawyers in [...]
Less talking, more painting
Posted in cormac, goddamn craft, motherhood bliss, toddlers on February 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hover
Posted in nothing, pop culture on February 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
From the photographic series, The Girl Who Loves to Levitate by Natsumi Hayashi. “We are all surrounded by social stress as we are bound by the forces of earth’s gravity,” Natsumi says when asked why she took on the series. “So, I hope that people feel something like an instant release from their stressful days [...]
What if boys cared about gender equality?
Posted in feminism, feminist motherhood, school kids on February 22, 2011 | 9 Comments »
(Thanks to Emily Maguire for the link). Cross-posted at Hoyden About Town.
Some parenting books I reeeally don’t like
Posted in book review, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux on February 21, 2011 | 11 Comments »
The very clever Clare Gould (Hi Clare) reviews Raising Boys: Why boys are different – and how to help them become happy and well-balanced men by Steve Biddulph at The f word : It was as I stood waiting in a queue in the local department store that the book caught my eye. Jiggling my [...]
This is probably my best incoming link ever
Posted in feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood bliss, your guide to perfect play dates on February 21, 2011 | 27 Comments »
This current advertisement on Craigslist: Endangered Species – w4w (Seattle) Young mom with a toddler and one on the way. Stable, sane and very ambitious. I’m full of ideas and energy and I’m constantly doing and learning new things. As a mother, I am reasonably crafty, love to cook and love to play outside with [...]
Creek walking/weekend
Posted in bill, cormac, i like walking, lauca, motherhood, motherhood bliss, school kids, sex of the icky parental kind, toddlers on February 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
One of our favourite things to do with the children on weekends it to walk down a creek with them (the other favourite thing to do is to park them in front of the TV and computer and go and have a lie down). This is a very steep creek so you can only go [...]
Perfect gift for brand new (gay) father?
Posted in babies, fatherhood, GLBTI, pregnancy and birth on February 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Image credit (and available for purchase here). Readers, know any great cards and/or gifts for gay dads (or maybe for the cute little babies of gay dads)? Like, say your friend just had a baby with a lesbian couple and in this case there are two mums and two dads… any perfect gifts spring to [...]
Water babies
Posted in cormac, lauca, motherhood bliss, school kids, toddlers on February 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Lauca rescued this lizard while swimming. She was very proud of herself. The lizard was quite relieved, too. Speaking of rescuing, one must keep a close eye on Cormac in the water. He is ridiculously confident.
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