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I met Monica Welch at the Edel Gathering this past summer. Her beautiful art caught my eye among the many vendors and we chatted for a few minutes. Her warmth just lingered with me so I contacted her and asked if I could interview her for the blog. For you guys. Because I love sharing about wonderful things and wonderful people! She kindly sent me this beautiful personalized piece of art to share about with you! It’s the wedding blessing from the Book of Tobit in watercolor. Hand-drawn text. Such an artist! You can have it personalized for you, too! Here’s the link to it on her shoppe. The kids are obsessed and requested it be in their bathroom. Odd place for it? Why not!…
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So if you’re pregnant or parenting smallish children and want free information, free courses, free samples, and a chance to check out everything about the parenting world in the Twin Cities, where do you go? Oh did I mention food trucks, face painting, seminars, panels, and yoga? The Twin Cities Birth & Baby Expo, of course! This year it’s held on October 4th, Saturday, 9:30-3pm at the Burroughs School. Come on down. I’m an associate board member this year, and my mom is running a little vendor craft table for me, but this is about more than me and my sewing. Ha. {Jim Gaffigan voice here Why is she always talking about her sewing!? There are free seminars. All day long. In multiple rooms. See presentations…
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— 1 — It’s been too long, Jen & crew! I’m back. Quick taking it. In seven. Really it’s all about the bocce ball. So go here to Bridget talking about taming the toddler instead. Or here to Christy and see what she’s been reading. Britt made pecan pie muffins. I just died from joy. Speaking of death by food, did you know Laurel had a food blog??? //// Back to bocce ball game from h-e-double hockey sticks. My dad plays it every late afternoon with the old geezers in the neighborhood. But when the owner of the set leaves town, he is the keeper. Enter: my children who watch the guys play now get to play. It’s intense. She wants to measure. He wants…
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My poor little kiddos. The other week we went out of the house and it was a real testament to my motherhood. Did you see the title? That may have tipped you off to where this is going. (We don’t leave all that often, for good reason.) We were at the apple orchard with a group of mama friends, ladies chatting away, and SuperBoy was with his best little buddy, so they were just slipping in and out of tractors, hay mazes, apple trees. I was keeping a vague eye on SweetPea. She’s so wildly adventuresome that I forget she’s not even two and a half. She was puttering around. I had the baby in the carrier and I even felt so brazen as to be…
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So my friend Mandi knows about hair. I need hair help. We all know this now. She sent me her Lilla Rose hair sticks. Check her site and find her on Facebook. We met through the blogging world and I’ve found her to be super sincere and sweet. Back to how she’s totally helping me . . . I have thick, postpartum, almost falling out, still thick, still likes to dreadlock itself hair. Me and my elastic hair binders just are not in a good place in our relationship. Enter hair sticks. Enter it’s out of my face and feels “cute” maybe even “presentable” maybe even “not a mom of three.” Let’s not get carried away here. Let’s just say it can be out of my…
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Oh, no, I wasn’t offering any. I was asking for help with my greasy hair. Often times I don’t have time to wash my hair. I have loads and yards of it and when I’m taking a bath at midnight {ME TIME!} or with the kids {THEM TIME!} I don’t want to stick my head awkwardly under the faucet and wash. So it can go a week+ and look pretty grease ball. Or maybe it’s okay? Humor me. No. Don’t. It’s greasy. Looking. My girlfriend Natalia over at Ma Nouvelle Mode has a youtube channel with hair help. She’s very very helpful!! And Katie at Wellness Mama has homemade natural shampoo, too. If you have darker hair, I think you can pull of the no…
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