Spilling the Beans

Today is the 1st anniversary of my very first blog posting. Who could have imagined we would grow so quickly? This project started out as a place to primarily keep the store staff informed about new products in the store,...

Tomorrow, the population of the United States is projected to cross the 300 million mark. Check out the neat population clock at the US Census Bureau website and if you have nothing better to do, watch as we cross this...

This past week, we’ve received a few of the items I’ve previewed here. They are now in stock, and also should be available on our website. Here’s a list, with links to the previous posts. Micralite Strollers – Could this...

In my children’s little universe, independence is treasured beyond almost anything else. I see the evolution in sharp focus now, with a toddler who wants to do everything “by mysewf”, and a pre-kindergartener who confidently tried to make herself an...

…did not go exactly as I had planned. The day after I got home, I developed a high fever, chills, body ache. To make a long story short, it turns out I have pneumonia. I’ve spent the last few days...

I’m about to go pack my bags; tomorrow I leave Oslo and go home. I’m looking forward to getting back to real life, my family, my kids. But this has been a tremendous experience. Today, we toured Oslo, visiting the...

For anyone who’s wondering why the posts are tapering off a bit, it’s just that we’ve been spending some time as a family relishing the last warm days of August. Also (and I know I’m not alone here), my eldest...