Turning your teeth green

Ok, maybe not your teeth, but how about your teeth-brushing implement? I’ve made it a habit to bring my own shopping bags. I recycle everything the local recycling plant takes. I’ve wrapped my hot water heater in a heat saving blanket. I run my theromostat on an energy star program. I’ve started using kinder, gentler cleaning products.

But what about disposable, limited use items? Things like toiletries are a little harder to adapt. Everything is made of plastic, and nothing lasts too long.

Preserve tootbrushes
, by Recycline, can help in the tootbrush department. I learned about this product a few months ago, and haven’t bought any other toothbrushes since. Preserve toothbrushes are made of recycled plastic, and what’s great is that when you are done, you can print out a mailing label and send it back for more recycling. Yesterday’s yogurt container becomes today’s toothbrush and tomorrow’s picnic table. How cool is that?

Preserve toothbrushes are now available at Target stores for $2.04. Click here for a coupon, and give them a try. They have toothbrushes for adults, and have them for children too.

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It’s Time to Open Your Eyes


Son, there’s something we need to tell you.

Just so you know, um, we financed part of your adoption through, um, well, this is hard to say.

Um, well, son, your daddy danced for the money. It’s really a funny story. Honest.

We won’t tell your friends if you don’t want us to.

The movedad.com website has been updated to showcase everyone’s winning moves!! BgK and I were really impressed with the editing–it’s a lot of fun to watch. Enjoy!

So much love, I just might burst

You can’t tell by my expression in this photo, but one thing I wasn’t thinking about was how the love an older sibling shows a younger sibling can completely blow a mama out of the water.

MAM loves, loves, loves her little, little brother!

She did tattle on him when he whizzed on the carpet (from the bassinet, believe it or not!), but other than that, they’ve been getting along famously.

Just at the photo–I’m looking a little shell-shocked, but MAM? She’s got it together. She’s giving him his first dental exam.

She was thrilled to dicover that he had GUM. Right up til she figured out that it was attached to his mouth and that he wasn’t sharing 🙂