The music was blaring and there were no place to hide; on a huge screen in the living room, an MTV scantly clad female singer was doing a mating dance with topless male fashion model. The music clip scene was so heated and oversexed that even I felt uncomfortable.

In front of the huge screen in the living room, 4 little girls, ranging from 2 to 5 years old were happily dancing, doing their best ballet pas.

The birthday table was scattered with “Princesses” plates, cups and birthday hats. The “Princesses” books, all kind of them were everywhere. So is Princesses figurines. And games. And window drapes. And toddler table-chairs set.

After the MTV slip was finally over, a new, just released animated movie for kids was put on. The soundtrack was like a rollecoaster – soaring up and tumbling down sounds – I felt like a cat who wants to jump out of the window when they are vacuuming in the house.

The movie “for kids” was designed, probably to give the little ones the ADD and hypo-activity at once. No wonder they say that the attention span is getting shorter and shorter and more and more kids are suffering from ADD and other neurological and behavior disorders.

What is going on – we didn’t have a TV set since 1995 – did we miss out something. I asked one of the guests what is she thinking about the deafening soundtrack and the speed of the action in the movie enough to send your blood system  over-pumping and burst. She said – but the modern kids won’t watch anything elese – they will fall asleep if you show them quiet, slow movie.

I stop my rant here. I just want to protect my child from this attack, but I don’t want her to be an outsider, once she goes to school.

What to do?

Just finished two baby Wearing Coats in brand new fabric – I called it pastel mauve. In fact, this fabric colour is describable – in day light it looks like light cool gray, but when you look at it at electric light, subtle mauve hues begin to appear. The coat feels like angora wrap, and combined with that delicious changing colour, it has an affectionate quality of a favourite plush toy. I could spend all this chilly “Spring” (Spring? We had a SNOW BLIZZARD today!) in this soft and light wrap around babywearing coat.

Here are the pics:

Lawren Stewart Harris
Figure with Rays of Light (Arctic Forms III)
1930

It looks just like our white faceless mannequin, wrapped in white sheets, in the eerie morning light.

Eventually, we will get used to this apparition. It is a bit spooky and a tad of creepy when one sees her suddenly in the eeary morning light. But we will get used to this, too.

We take Dora to Museum since she was a baby, so, naturally, she wanted to know the story behind Jesus. She was may be one year old when she wanted to know, so my story was like that: “There was this man and he wanted to do good to all the people, but they killed him.” She seemed to accept this story very well, and later we added some seasonal variations.

Now, today at Community Center, she noticed a picture of Martin Luther King – immediately, she wanted to know who was he. I told her a very similar story: “That was a man, he wanted to do good to people, and than they killed him”.

We came home and I put on a CD with kid’s favourite songs. “Twinkle, twinkle Little Star” begins and I say: “This is Mozart…

Dora: … they killed him”.

I gasp but then I say: “Well, yeah, some say that could have happened.”

My baby.

She came yesterday, all way from USA, she has perfect body, perfect skin, she is slim, she is tall. She won’t talk back, she doesn’t need any salary – and she is always there ready for photoshoot. I have re-photographed my new collection – what a relief to be just behind the camera and not on a “podium”, It was fun to model my own collection, but it is so much easier now – no need to put on make-up, skinny jeans and worry about being photogenic.

At night, I wrap her into white backdrop sheet and she stands there, spooking those who venture at night to the fridge or to the bathroom.

After watching this movie, little child will never hurt an animal or an insect. We watched it over and over. The final scene with a mosquito metamorphosis is breathtaking.
LYRICS: Look at your feet This funny world Full of insane small creatures And listen to this buzzing chord Who keenly spreads such strange murmurs The sound’s buzzing, swarming Sliding beetles, snails, and ladybirds On swarming grubs On sliding ants Open your eyes before you die Sit on the grass Observe and paint The toad, the wasp, the dragonfly The sound’s buzzing, swarming Sliding beetles, snails, and ladybirds

CLICK on the LINK below to WATCH movie TRAILER

Microcosmos – Le Peuple de l\’Herbe

Asking your phone company to put your phone number on “red list” doesn’t help. We  pay a monthly fee to our phone company so they won’t what? sell our number to advertisers? in any case that doesn’t work – the telemarketers call. They call when husband just came from work so tired, they call when baby is finally taking her nap and I can sit down with a cup of tee and may be use this precious time to work.

They call every day at exactly same time which makes the things even worth – you feel the inevitability, you feel helpless and convicted to this perpetual intrusion, every day, same time. If you pick up the phone – you listen to one minute of silence and than – there is a MESSAGE. Yes, they even don’t have real people now, they put you on hold and then you get to hear a  gushing message about this or that promotion…

So what I did today – after one week of getting calls at exactly the time the baby was finally sleeping – I picked up and… intuitively, I pressed “0″. I hoped to get a real person, to tell them to take me off their evil robotized calling list.

And, like an angel’s voice, I heard a… recording, nevertheless: “Phone number, four – one – six —- is taken off the lis”.

So next time they call at 6pm when all the family is about to eat a hard earned dinner – pick up and press “0″. Apparently, even telemarketers abide by the law that demands advertisers to include a mandatory  “unsubscribe” option.

Enjoy!

I used to buy my essential oils from our local natural food store. Those store oils were all branded “organic” and they were fine, but no more that that. You buy Lavender and Chamomile for baby bath, Rosemary to tone down henna colour… and you are just not tempted to buy more.

Now, I needed Lavender essential oil, and a lot of it. I started to look where can I buy Lavender EO for less. And I found Organic Witch. That’s the name of the company. I found out that not only they sell oils, they also sell herbs! Yes, dry Chamomile, Lavender, even Cloves! And they had really low prices. They get their supplies from Europe, from Spain, for example. I got some herbs from them and some EO. Their Lavender was so fresh, as if it just came from the fields; the oils were so aromatic – the mass produced Lavender from the health food store, was like water in comparison to their stuff. So I became a big time returning customer.

I tried all of their essential oils. They have Blue Lotus, Persian Amber, and lots and lots of other names, just names of which sound like a poem. Sometimes, when the day was really hectic and so much work was finally done, it is so great to open a little jar with Sage essential oil and just smell the bitter sweet aroma of a Sage field… It is called Aromatherapy, I guess, but for me, it’s just an intuitive way to relax and to get energy all moms need so much.

The best part, their site has a detailed description of each herb and oil, with their magical and medicinal uses!

I will write about the creme and regenerative drops they make (formerly known as “Time Warp”). That creme was the first creme I bought after 6 years of shunning completely all beauty products from cosmetic counters.

That creme just changed the things – it was a complete regeneration! That winter and the work at my store and my dear baby – all that just made me look so tired and even sad… The creme I got from Organic Witch, it’s like a magic potion. And it smells like some mysterious forest – I loved it so much, I already ordered an oil blend with the same note as the creme – to wear it as a perfume.

here is the Organic Witch site: http://theorganicwitch.com/default.aspx

:) But don’t forget to turn off your loud speakers if you don’t like new Age music – because it automatically kicks in when you open the site. And if you are like me, surf Internet when the baby is finally asleep, that sudden music accompaniment might be a bit of surprise.

Latest addition to Lilies of the Valley Design new Renaissance Maternity and Nursing Collection Spring/Summer 2011.

Renaissance maternity blouse – this deep Indigo Blue flared, long sleeved, brocaded Medieval Blouse is great for Nursing, too. I have studied historical patterns, trying to figure out how the nursing top/tunic, actually worked back than. I decided that I will spare you the lace-ties and hooks and the multiple folds – I have simplified the idea, made it more modern and more wearable in every day settings. The nursing part really works well – this maternity nursing shirt allows for easy, discreet and safe nursing, even in public.

Here are the fresh pics: