Day 1: It’s snowing! It is such a beautiful sight to see the snow coming down. Maybe we will get a snow day at school? Fingers crossed! It’s still snowing! Quite a bit actually. It’s really quite lovely. And relaxing. It kind of forces me to slow down a little bit, which is probably a [...]
Celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on the Eastside
Chinese New Year is Monday, January 23. Here are some places to celebrate the Year of the Dragon on the Eastside. The Bravern When: January 21 at 1:30 pm Where: The Bravern Shopping Center, 11111 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004 What: Traditional lion dance Website: http://thebravern.com/events/celebrate-chinese-new-year-at-the-bravern Uwajimaya Bellevue When: January 22 at 2pm Where: 699 [...]
The baby book diaries (a Ruby blog classic)
When my first daughter was born, my husband and I were obsessive in our quest to document every moment of her life. We recorded everything: her sleeping, breathing, yawning, staring into space. It was all so amazing to us and we didn’t want to miss a thing. I dutifully filled out her baby book each [...]
Ruby Slipper Guide presents UnFrazzle Your Family
MamaCon will be happening May 18 & 19 in Bellevue and will be THE parenting event of the year. Trust us when we say we will be telling you tons about MamaCon in the weeks ahead! If you want to attend a preview event of MamaCon, you can attend an amazing event we’re sponsoring: UnFrazzle [...]
**pssst** Wikipedia just called you a housewife!
Words matter. A lot. The difference between “leak-proof” and “leak-resistant” could mean nothing, or it could mean a kid sitting in a puddle of pee because you picked the wrong diaper cover. That’s why we pick our words (and diaper covers) carefully. So consider this little tidbit from Wikipedia: If you search for “stay-at-home [...]
New year, new me, new underwear
Yesterday as I was preparing to get dressed, I realized something that may shock some of you but will more than likely resonate with most of you (at least I hope so, otherwise I seriously need help). I haven’t purchased new underwear in well over a year. Ok, that’s not entirely true because I did [...]
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