From the monthly archives:

February 2011

Growing Out of Cutesy Gymboree Clothes, My Baby Grows Up

February 28, 2011

Popping into Gymboree to buy a baby gift the other day, the store was full of cute little boy clothes. Rack after rack displayed shirts appliqued with dinosaurs, sharks, tractors, and even some penguins. Everything made me say “awwww,” as I tried to narrow down my choices. A few of the shirts were cute enough [...]

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A New Grocery Store is on Its Way!

February 25, 2011

I live in a nice, typical suburban neighborhood. It’s not our dream location, preferring to live in an area that is walking distance to, well, anything. The ranch style houses are around 50 years old, their original owners just beginning to move out (or sadly, pass away) and younger families are moving in. Our elementary [...]

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Michelle Obama, Leave My Boobs Alone

February 23, 2011

I’m a fairly social liberal. I think everyone should have the right to marry.  I believe that a woman’s reproductive rights are nobody’s business but her own. I think that every child deserves a great education.  I wish that every American had access to the kind of health care I have access to as a [...]

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Goodnight To Lullaby Lane…

February 18, 2011

So Lullaby Lane in San Bruno has closed. A victim of the recession and online competition, Lullaby Lane, which had been in business since 1947, will finally close its’ doors after one last sale Feb. 19, having served thousands of Bay Area expectant parents. I remember going there in early 2000, just a few months [...]

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Are We in a Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt Bubble?

February 16, 2011

Three years ago while on vacation with my extended family, my brother and I ripped into my dad about his “old man eyes” reading a sign for frozen yogurt as “Self-Serve” instead of “Soft-Serve.”  We laughed and laughed about the mistake.  Later that night, my brother and I would be eating our words along with [...]

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Giveaway: Tassimo T20 Single Serve Coffee Maker

February 14, 2011

Valentine’s Day is the one day of the year where we are all supposed to tell each other that we are loved.  At least according to Hallmark. Here at Silicon Valley Mamas, we honestly do love our readers.  Each and every day.  If you don’t have a valentine or you’ve had to remind your spouse three [...]

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Gnomeo & Juliet: A Perfect Family Date Night Movie

February 11, 2011

I love gnomes. I’ve embroidered a gnome, I own an unhealthy amount of gnome-patterned fabric, and my next craft project is gnome-centered (if only I could find the time). I can’t explain this love – maybe they are the adult-version of fairies? Or Smurfs? They’re just so cute with their hats, beards, and jackets. My [...]

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Nice Weather Here Means No Snow There

February 9, 2011

The early spring has been amazing. It’s bright, warm, and the air is fragrant from the blossoming flowers and trees. California gets a hard time for lacking all four season (skipping the crappy one), but there’s jealously behind that criticism because while the east was truly buried by snow, we were at the beach. Everything [...]

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Zeum Outing: Learning to Become Digital Storytellers

February 4, 2011

We spent hours a few hours at Zeum, but that wasn’t enough for my kids. Most of the time was used crafting clay figures for the claymation movie they planned to make, adding more and more clay to a metal skeleton to form different characters. My son made a snow man who contained no white [...]

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Holiday Sugar Bans at School Miss the Point

February 2, 2011

Valentine’s Day cards go into production soon after Jan. 1 in my house. I start looking around and planning, trying to find the perfect thing that is creative and fun, but isn’t so delicate and complicated that it falls apart on the way to school. I’m not someone who can take the easy way out [...]

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