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GoStanford, Monica sells them in her shop for $19. Here's the link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/130638377/carpet-checkers-game?

Ermahgerd! I love that bookcase.

FYI, that is a quotation from Demetri Martin, which I referenced in the article... check out the link to see a fun graphic of it.

Thanks for your comment, @Angel_Ahart. I really appreciate your perspective on the photos-- your situation with fostering is something I hadn't considered. Glad to know you enjoyed the post!

These are amazing. Beautiful!

This list is BRILLIANT. My husband is obsessive about DVR Zero, although we never achieve it. I want iPhoto Zero, Google Reader Zero, and Inbox Zero, but they are elusive. I tried the email system I saw at Lifehacker-- Archive, Action, Respond, etc.-- but it didn't last.

@AdventRising, no, the goal of Inbox Zero is to have LITERALLY zero messages in your inbox. Everything already read should be deleted, dealt with, or filed.

@mhartman, my desert island baby toy (and kid toy, too!) is stacking cups. Yes, mine are plastic, but you can get them in wood. The ones I have are from First Years, I think, and they have holes in the bottom, each one is a different color, and each one has a number (and the number of holes correspond to the number on the cup). I think the holes are even different shapes (circles, stars, triangles). You can stack them, nest them, play with them in the tub (the water pouring through holes is endless fun)-- we even found a way to spin them like a top. My sons are 7 and 4, and we STILL play with the stacking cups. :-)

That said, I also love companies like Plan Toys who make green toys. Plan Toys has a baby division with some cool stuff. We never tire of Legos, either, and they make Duplos, which are bigger, and even something called Lego Soft bricks, which are even bigger and made out of foam.

I'm interested to hear what other people's favorite good old baby toys are, though, too.

I like to make healthy banana bread, with a treat: dark chocolate. The bread has flaxseed and oat bran in it to increase the nutrition. You can see the recipe here: http://remarkablydomestic.com/2009/12/04/moms-banana-bread-updated/

I love cherries, and I love my cherry pitter. I made a dark chocolate cherry clafouti the other day that was really divine. http://remarkablydomestic.com/2010/05/18/dark-chocolate-cherry-clafouti/

@Nedra, if it makes any difference, the seaweed isn't gooey, it's like potato chips. Green, yes, but crispy like chips. And I suppose it also depends on where you live and what kind of school your child attends. I'm not sure kids at Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard schools would get made fun of. Yes, that's the minority, for sure. But I don't think it's an absolute.

I agree that it's the adults that get bored. I certainly am the one who is bored with the lunches. But I also want my son(s) to be eating a wide variety of foods so that they get a full array of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals.