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The last one made me laugh out loud! So much fun!

My favorite way to eat it is raw. Cut it off & add it to a salad, or make it a salad of it's own with basil and tomatoes. Yum!

Thanks, mollycob! That's a beautiful name!

seattlegirl -- We were a one-car-two-bike family for 5 years. Our girls started out in a Burley, then moved to our xtracycles when they reached 3 (oldest is now 6, youngest is 4). It's a fabulous family-friendly set-up! I can even go it alone (albeit not up big hills) with both on the back of the xtracycle. (My set-up is an Electra Townie with an xtracycle SUB attached - including snap deck and handle bars for the girls. If you look at the xtracycle website, it will all make sense!)

We ditched cable and Tivo a couple of years ago. It's been a huge improvement! However, I'm with ecarter85 on movie nights. Every other Saturday we cuddle up with the kids and popcorn. One other reason not to ditch the TV -- tornadoes. I have to be able to see the weatherman and the radar when severe weather is coming.

Love the idea! Check out these fabrics:

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/99244
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=all&search_query=heather ross bicycle fabric&order=date_desc&ship_to=

We bought a reel mower and REALLY, REALLY wanted it to work. Unfortunately, our yard is quite uneven, which caused the mower to bounce around and not cut well. We ended up buying a Neuton electric mower which has worked out really well. I definitely think reel mowers are worth a try, though.

I think there is a huge difference between "snacking" and "treating". Like several others that have posted, we do have healthy snacks at home as part of our routine -- usually fruit. Whenever possible we eat our snack at the table, together, just like we do mealtimes. It is a time to take a break and nutritionally recharge.

However, any "snack" consumed outside of the house has automatically become a "treat". At school, soccer, playdates, you name it! My daughter's kindgergarten teacher actually told us at conferences that our daughter needed to work on motor skills to open bags, such as fruit snacks and chips! I have never been so proud that my child could not do something.

I would make a new strap with some funky fabric, or just sew a piece of fabric right down the middle of the existing strap. (I suppose you could even make a "slipcover" of sorts for the strap.) Then change out the zipper pulls with coordinating ribbon.

Oh yeah, I have definitely stashed stuff in the oven. We once had a huge Mother's Day brunch at our house, and I had put off washing all of the huge baking dishes. When we found out that someone was dropping by to pay a visit, I shoved all of them in the oven -- and then forgot about them. That is, until I preheated the oven to cook a few days later. The "aroma" of bits of food burning onto all of my pans quickly reminded me!