Traveling Family Spotlight: The Adventures in Parenthood Project

Meet Meghan! She and her husband love to hike and climb around their *gorgeous* town of Banf, Alberta, Canada. They strive to continue this love and pass it on to their baby daughter. Their enthusiasm...

Boba Has a New Voice on Twitter: Welcome Emily To the Team!

hen we started the Boba Ambassadors program a few years back, a select few mamas stood out to us for their advocacy in babywearing, their love of Boba, and their possitive attitude. For us, Emily...

Embracing Our Post-Birth Forms, The Fourth Trimester Bodies Project

Postpartum weight. Stretch marks. Scars. Changes in breast size and shape. Differences in sex drive and sexual pleasure. These are just a few of the body-mind-heart centered issues on the plates of new (and not-so-new)...

My Toddler Nap Hacks (Tips and Tricks For More Daytime Baby Sleep)

As I write this, my 18 month old daughter is taking a nice, long nap! Nap time is when I clean up the house for real and get work a bit of work done. Sometimes,...

Counting Down and Counting Our Blessings, New Year Family Traditions In the Making

I'm still on the gratitude kick (even if I've failed miserably at keeping up with my daily 365 Days of Gratitude writing on Facebook). Thinking about New Year's has me thinking about the year-(almost)gone-by. The...

This "Hackschooler" Will Make You Think Differently About Education

Thirteen year old Logan LaPlante doesn't go to school. Technically, he homeschools but he and his family go about it in a different way than most homeschooling families. He calls his self-developed education "hackschooling" and...

Adventures in Babywearing: Weddings!

Weddings are occasions that bring together family and friends, both near and far. They mark new beginnings and allow us to witness the love and commitment between two people. They also are fertile grounds for...

How To Bring More Gratitude Into Our Families' Lives Every Day

Last week, I wrote about how my family expresses gratitude at meals and how this simple practice connects us not only to the origins of our nourishment, but to each other as well. This week,...

Celebrating Gratitude, Giving Thanks As a Family

Each autumn in the U.S. and Canada (October), we commemorate the celebration of harvest and peace between European settlers to the continent and local native inhabitants (check out this simple history of Thanksgiving from Kids...