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Australia: weekend in Watson’s Bay

After Chris and Laura got up we all hung out in the living room. P was obsessed with the fan.  Mostly because we wouldn’t let him self-amputate his fingers (and that bothered him). Chris had scuba certification lessons planned for the whole day so after he left the rest of us got showered and dressed and went back to Cafe Indigo for a breakfast date.  Kyle’s friend Julie (from elementary school!) lives in Sydney as well so we coordinated a meet up with her and her husband. It was silly going back to Cafe Indigo… Read more >

4 NuNaturals winners!

Just popping in to announce the winners from the NuNaturals giveaway…drumroll… 88 – Andrea “Definitely banana blueberry bread!” 16 – Robin “I like NuNaturals on Facebook. Love their products!!” 137 – kayla “I like NuNaturals!” 109 – Sheila “Love banana cranberry or dark chocolate chip and pumpkin pie spice in my quick breads.  (Also love NuNaturals!)” Congrats guys.  Send me (address in the sidebar) your mailing addresses asap so I can get your goodies on their way to you!

Body Revolution

Ever since I mentioned that I received Jillian Michaels’ Body Revolution for Christmas, I have gotten a few questions about how I’m liking it and if I’d recommend it. In a word, YES!   I love it.  I love what she has done to take my fitness to the next level (which wasn’t a major step since I was still barely making my way back into the scene after having P).  In all honesty, I’m surprised at how much better this workout program is than her other DVDs, because I looooove her other ones so… Read more >

Flying with allergies [the pre-post]

  I called both Delta and Virgin airlines this past week to try to see if there was anything special I needed to do when flying with a child with peanut/sesame (tree nut, etc) allergies.  The short answer: there’s not. Basically for liability reasons they cannot guarantee that he won’t be served something that’s been contaminated so I should prepare and bring my own food and epi-pen.  [Not surprising] Realistically, I’d probably do that anyway.  And it would be a huge risk for them to promise there was zero cross contamination or exposure to an… Read more >

Eating out with a child with allergies

Whether or not you have a baby with allergies, dining in public is a small adventure each and every time.  But when you have to worry about how clean the tables/chairs are, or if the last diner ate something with nuts and there’s residue on the furniture, or…the list goes on and on…it’s enough to overwhelm a rookie parent! I’m not an expert by any means, but here are some of the ways I make it easier and safer for me and P.   BYO wipes.  I love these ones by Burt’s Bee – they… Read more >