These would be perfect for my daughter's room to celebrate the new ceiling and paint job!

Another Charlie's Soap user here-- for all our clothes and cloth diapers. Their web site has some helpful hints on washing as well. I love their tag line: "if you want flowers, go pick some!"

Tub trugs work well. Good for handwashing, holding laundry dirty or clean, toy storage, hat and mitten storage, etc. etc. I saw them first on Apartment Therapy and I now have quite a collection--al...

I bought the Baby Bjorn Babysitter for my first child and am still using it for my second. I like the three settings. A newborn can rest in it without slumping. It's very easy for the baby to make ...

I've been lurking for a couple of years but am finally starting to make comments, and I just signed up to do the Cure. I need all the motivation I can get so I thought I'd make it official. Just si...

And how about the end paragraph where the guests started criticizing the hostess for her eco-sins in decorating? I am concerned about environmental issues and over-consumption and am working to cor...

Handy for a baby carrier, stroller, or car seat. I would definitely use it all three ways for my daughter.

I've also found the Sears' Baby Book and the Weissbluth sleep book helpful. To these suggestions, I would add: T.Berry Brazelton's Touchpoints: Birth to 3, which focuses on the different stages of ...

My three-year-old is obsessed with the trash. So one of his games involves gathering up containers, designating them as trash, recycling, and yard waste and filling them with his toys (standing in ...

My three-year-old would love the owl to wave in his baby sister's face and make her laugh.

I know dark is better for you,but I still love milk chocolate--especially with hazelnuts or caramel.

The French oven for weekly roast chicken or for variety: poulet en cocotte.

I keep meaning to acquire a bag from Ecoist. Maybe this will be the time.

Chances are slim that I'll win, but nonexistent if I don't enter at all.

I'd hang it in the music room (actually the multi-purpose room where the piano resides) so the angels could sway with the music.

stickers to entertain the older child

squash soup with a dollop of goat cheese in each bowl

So difficult to choose a favorite. I think I would have to go with the London tote--brings back memories of my two years living there as a child.

red beans and rice on a Monday night--New Orleans style.

Lotus in green, I think. So hard to decide!