Thursday, January 29, 2009
Beloved Bainbridge
Another article from the NYT, this time about our little island and geared toward the wealthy. I hadn't really thought about Bainbridge as a vacation desination beyond the Puget Sound but I can see how people would fall in love once they visit. Still feel lucky to be here...
What a relief!
As a mom you get so much information in our culture about the next thing you should be doing for your kids to make them happy and healthy. And most of the time you feel like a failure because you didn't think about that or you lose sleep over the vulnerability that you unwittingly exposed them to. I love that someone is telling me that dirt is good. That my messy floors might actually be helping my kids. That using all the anti-bacterial stuff isn't really helping. That it is ok to take a deep breath and for kids to be kids and get messy.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Eating Real Food

The tenets of how he thinks you should eat are summarized here. They are quick and punchy principles that can't hurt as far as I'm concerned. Common sense but not always easy to do.
Ultimatly, it made me take my role as mom even more seriously. No more processed foods at our house, as much as possible. No cereal, crackers, bars, etc. I'm planning on baking bread, crackers, cookies, etc myself. And we'll eat fruit as opposed to fruit-like stuff for kids. I'd already done some of this, but I'm more committed than ever.

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