Good Green, Carbon-Friendly Giving

This year at the Punkernoodle house we set a little challenge for ourselves. The kiddos are suddenly wise to the whole gift thing – they know they’re coming, they’re asking and begging for them, and of course for them, more is better. We decided, in an effort to save money and also be green, that we wouldn’t [...]

Diaper Donations Coming In! Please Send Yours!

Thanks to those of you who have donated new or used cloth diapers for our Fall Diaper Drive!
We so far have a growing stack of prefolds, pockets, inserts and some covers. We are thrilled to set up a collection bin next weekend at the Sustainable Ballard Festival.
 
We are particularly in need of covers!
Donations can be [...]

Cloth Diaper Donation Drive is On!

Punkernoodle Baby’s 2009/2010 Cloth Diaper Drive has begun!
Officially, things kick off at the Sustainable Ballard Festival, but we are accepting donations anytime.
We will be collecting as many cloth diapers as we can over the next six weeks. At the end of the diaper drive, the community donations will be matched diaper-for-diaper by Punkernoodle Baby with [...]

From Deadlines to Nursery Rhymes

Sarah Palin has five kids (and one more on the way) and she’s running for vice president. I have two kids and I just quit my job to stay home with them.
It’s a comparison I’ve been mulling the past couple weeks, but I’m not exactly sure what it says. After working through the birth of [...]

Baby Spanking, Nature Walks, and Something in Life IS Free

I’ve been doing a lot of searching, surfing, calling, networking, checking and asking lately because of a major life change about to go down. Because it’s 10:15 p.m. and I feel too exhausted to actually explain that change at the moment, I’ll just post some interesting stuff I’ve come across over the past few days [...]

My 3-year-old is driving

Sometimes I think my almost-3-year-old is in charge of me, versus the other way around. Today were in the parking lot at daycare, after loading ourselves and all our Stuff up. I climbed into the driver’s seat, started the ignition, put on my snazzy new sunglasses and buckled up. As I pulled into reverse, I [...]