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I'll be the dissenter - I bought one to try because I love the fringe. They dry off great but they are HUGE. When I wrap my hair in one, the fringe brushes the back of my calves! I find it irritating I can't leave my hair wrapped up while I finish prepping. Seriously immense, and can't find any smaller ones. My husband loves it, however, so now it is 'his towel'.

I never get tired of these posts. Because I get so tired of the flight drill! Inspiration = welcome.

Peanut butter jam sandwiches, one for everyone. That is my in-case-of-delay emergency food.

String cheese, almonds, baby carrots. Like the plain pasta idea. And individual beans.

Sigh. Back on that plane again soon. We had that time when our kid screamed for five hours...everyone gets their turn to have That Kid. I give earplugs to neighbors with a Snickers bar at the beginning when goodwill is high, since that harrowing flight.

Well, this is real! I really connect to the way art is at the fore, and I appreciate the nudge toward being brave about painting on the walls (or fence)! The kitchen feels...odd with the lonely stove next to the metro shelving. I agree a little out-of-sightness for all the books could let the art breathe more. I love the idea of 'everyone who comes over can make something' like the whole place is a studio vs a curated gallery. Interesting!

...oops! To finish: ...than your parent bed. We ended up cosleeping and moved to a floor bed at 14 months. We used a wood frame from Ikea with the legs sawed off, an Ikea mattress, and a yoga mat on the floor for cushioning. It was a genius for us, because whfn she got sick we could sleep with her in her bed, and when she awoke at night I could rest beside her and slip away. So for us it worked very well for maximum sleep, but did not have the cultural satisfaction of 'baby in crib', which I wanted.

Good luck!

We do Flickr for relatives because the interface comes in French. It takes videos up to 2 minutes, so we make it work. We export to Blurb once a year. It is work no matter what. I would look at ThisLife, but it would to have a dream UI for me to consider switching.

I toss most pieces in a 'snippet bin'. She uses them for her beloved cut & tape time. THEN we toss them. The inspired art goes on lines in our dining room. And a very few of those go rolled in tubes in our attic.

I like the idea of sprinkling in a photo of keeper art in our annual blurb book.

Uh...liquid nitrogen? Fresh out. But cool idea!

Notice how everyone says 'oldest on top, youngest below'. Generally, younger kids already are in an inferior role in most families, bunk beds carve it in stone. It may be subtle, but it's not imaginary. Our kid room is very small, but I'm immovable on the bunk beds. No way.

Dislike all of it. A button-tufted crib? And that huge crown! Pretentious knock-offs of antiques kids in Paris sleep in. Thumbs down.

This strategy makes photos accessible to my kids, without me needing to be precious about them. I can always order a replacement if I must (although they come to about $100 when all is said and done, so...ouch).

We use Blurb, suck everything out of Flickr (which we keep current with our edited 'keepers' for far-off family) at the end of the year, and then I spend a couple months arranging and captioning it. Yeah, months - it's a bit of a black hole, time wise.

But again, the only way I know to get the photos out where they can be savored by kids and adults!