Tag: parenting

  • Amigurumi Swampbogger

    Amigurumi Swampbogger

    This past weekend was a crochet fest at our house. I don’t know what came over me. I just suddenly got this urge to find my crochet needles and yarns and make amigurumi, tiny crocheted toys. I had a skein of Stitch Nation wool to use up. This yarn is so buttery. I love it!…

  • 5 Ways to Fight Off Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

    5 Ways to Fight Off Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

    Over a month ago, the Center for Disease Control released a statement about the real and gnawing threat of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. PBS’s Frontline followed up with a shocking first-hand look at this “Nightmare Bacteria” and the people affected by them. A few days ago, the National Resources Defense Council piped in with their warning…

  • Zapping an Earache Away

    Zapping an Earache Away

    We’ve had a really fun weekend with friends, carving pumpkins and roasting marshmallows on a fire outdoors. Then suddenly last night my daughter woke up crying and clutching her ear. My first response is to set her up with a Hulda Clark Zapper. She zapped, holding it close to her ear and under her jaw.…

  • Cosplay Ears

    Cosplay Ears

    We made a movie! My husband, daughter and I have been making a short movie series since summer last year. My daughter calls it Time Brats. It’s a sci-fi fantasy musical, and she invites her cousins, classmates, and in this latest one, the 4th episode, her 2nd grade teacher, to be part of it. It’s…

  • Happy Mothers Day!

    Happy Mothers Day!

    I got lavender plants for Mothers Day this year. They are absolutely beautiful and smells heavenly. Have a beautiful day!

  • My Daughter’s Snack Recipe

    My Daughter’s Snack Recipe

    I don’t remember when my daughter started helping me in the kitchen. Was it at age 3 or was it even younger? I remember her taking initiative making us snacks not even a mother could love. Now that she’s 8 she’s become quite a cook. She can cook her own breakfast eggs. She’s been my…

  • Airplane Sock Puppets

    Airplane Sock Puppets

    Any parent traveling with children on a plane stocks up on activities to do while in transit. We certainly had a backpack’s worth of toys, drawing books and art supplies. Most important for parents, however is a creative mind to keep kids entertained during the many hours in limbo. On our flight from San Francisco…

  • There’s no place like home

    There’s no place like home

    This Christmas was a challenge for my family. We had to move out of our home in November because of a mold issue in the house that was making us ill. My mother offered us my childhood home in the Philippines. It excites us to think of spending a little time in the place where…

  • A Child’s Creation Story

    My daughter loves hearing about how she was born. I tell her about her beginning as a tiny baby the size of a pea growing inside my belly. I tell her about how happy I was when she grew big in my belly and I felt her kicking against me. I tell her about the…

  • The Pretzel Fairies

    The Pretzel Fairies

    What do you do with two 6-year-olds on a misty Sunday afternoon? Make pretzels! It’s so easy making pretzel dough on the breadmaker. And after seeing me make spider-shaped pretzels, the girls, still wearing their fairy wings, took over with their own creations: bacteria… uhrm… dots of some sort. Still yummy! 😀 More pretzel shapes:…