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Totally random, I know, but does anyone have any cute and easy ideas for a simple homemade bug costume?  Our daycare is doing a spring unit this month, and as part of it she wants the kids to come in a little bug costume at the end of the month.  I've been looking online but haven't found anything easy enough for me to handle just yet... I'm not exactly a domestic diva.  I can sew a button but that's about it!!! My two year old wants to be an ant.  I'm thinking maybe just a black sweatsuit with…See More

Can anyone recommend a good food processor for making baby food (other than the Baby Bullet... not looking for a whole system here!)  With my older son I just used the blender and it worked great, but #2 is having some major medical issues with solids, so everything needs to be pureed really well, and the blender just isn't doing it for me. :-(  It's so hard to tell from the descriptions online which food processors puree really well, and which are just great for chopping walnuts!!!  Does…See More

I'm wondering how everyone found their childcare providers.  We don't really know anyone in the area with young kids, so referrals are out.  We've had pretty good luck on craigslist... our first provider was great but her location was really inconvenient, so we switched to someone else we loved, but they were a military family that was transferred out of state this summer.  The person we found for this year was (we thought) perfect, but last week we walked in on a potentially very dangerous…See More