Northeast Portland: Milagros | baby gear, baby & toddler toys, baby clothes, items for nursing mamas Grasshopper | books and toys from 0-8 years of age North Portland: Black Wagon | clothes, shoes, books and toys for kids from 0-99 SpielWerk Toys | engaging toys for all ages Central Eastside: Made You Look | Filled with well-designed toys for … [Read more…]
When it comes to toy gifts I am incredibly picky. I don’t want a ton of plastic toys around the house (although we some how have a lot) so I lean towards wooden toys for the most part. I also like things that have cases because I love to organize toys and because our kids … [Read more…]
Welcome to the start of our 2017 Minimalist Gift Guide! We are starting things off with my favorite category: Books. Our family loves books and we read at least 8 different ones each day. My children’s book wishlist is at least a mile long (you can see for yourself here) and if I could I … [Read more…]
Our first Christmas with Edith we didn’t do a ton with gifts because she wasn’t even six months old. We chose a book for her, we put together a stocking and then we each picked a gift for her. When our second Christmas as a little family came along we knew we wanted to keep … [Read more…]
This post is NOT sponsored I am simply sharing some of our favorite toys with you. You will find affiliate links in this post and I thank you for your support if you choose to use them. Who else has already started making their holiday wish lists? I know I have and I’ve already started … [Read more…]
Full disclosure we were provided tickets to KURIOS in exchange for a review of the show – spoiler- we LOVED it! After a few long weeks of busy days and sleepless nights we decided that a family date was in order. So Friday afternoon we gathered ourselves up and headed to the big top to … [Read more…]
This post was written in collaboration with American Girl. As always all opinions are my own. I recently was able to surprise Edith with a mama-daughter date to the American Girl Pop-Up Shop at the Washington Square Mall here in Portland. Having grown-up being a lover of American Girl myself it was exciting to take her … [Read more…]
This post is NOT sponsored. We were gifted this book from Candlewick Press and since we loved it so much we decided to share it with you. Creating art is a constant activity at our home. From drawings to paintings to collages, our little artist just can’t get enough. We recently received the book Color, Snap, App! … [Read more…]
I will be the first to admit that using a soother, pacifier, dummy – call it what you like – makes me feel a bit insecure. I never thought I would use one with my babies. Before having Edith I said we would never use one [those famous last words] and then I met motherhood … [Read more…]
I know that every parent says it and I know I will continue to say it but I really can’t believe that Ingrid has been with us for an entire month now. She is perfect and while the month has had it’s moments of transition overall it feels like she has always been with us. … [Read more…]
