Now I have to say... there really is a holiday for everything!



My daughter has been demanding cookies lately. In an effort to find a new vegan cookie recipe, I came across this site which declares that the last Friday of September is Vegan Baking Day.



How could I not participate? So instead of wasting more time looking for a cookie recipe, I whipped up a batch of....

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The first drink.

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember....

http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-moment_30.html

I'm certain we're all familiar with word verification codes (also known as CAPTCHA)... the random grouping of letters that come up when you fill out a form or leave a comment on someone's blog? I find them rather annoying yet somewhat entertaining. Today I was thinking that even though they're nonsense, it's so much fun to make up fictitious definitions for these odd bits of text.



Here's a few that I came up with....

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I can't co-sleep. I tried with my first born child and I tried when my newborn was excessively colicky. I sincerely gave it my best effort and I grossly failed.

Does that make me a bad mom? I don't think so. But with all the hype, books and media surrounding attachment parenting I'm beginning to feel like a bit of a failure....

 http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-cant-co-sleep.html

As I've shared before... we love reading. Bedtime in our house usually includes at least three books (and then there's all the books we read throughout the day)! I have decided to put together a list of my family's favourite preschool picture books. Since we LOVE books so much, it was very hard for me to limit this list... but here it is, our favourite preschool picture books for children 3 - 5 years of age....

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Inspired by SouleMama



{this moment} - A

Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A

simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and

remember....…

Today I realized something. 

I struggle with myself daily. I am always on a quest to better myself as I feel I am never good enough. Today I asked myself why and I think I found the answer....

http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/real-me.html

I haven't eaten or slept much in the past 24 hours and I have a nasty kink in my neck but it's done.

I've added a lot of new features to the site and despite never wanting to look at another snippet of HTML code ever again, I had fun!



So please come in, take a look around, have a…

How can a bunch of carrots teach me a life lesson???

Fall is my favourite season. It's a time of energy and renewal... a time to make plans and to be productive. It's also the time of harvesting. This year, my garden taught me a life lesson that I feel I must share with you.

http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/carrots-in-my-life.html 

You know the phase... your child hits that magical preschool age when they child ask why questions 29 hours out of the 24 hour day. Well, today it's my turn to ask the why questions.

• Why does my 3 1/2 year old daughter plug the toilet every time she poops?
• Speaking of which, why is her poop so damn huge?
• Why is it that my daughter can go for hours playing by herself but the minute I'm....

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Inspired by SouleMama



{this moment} - A

Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A

simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and

remember....…

One of the joys of being a blogger is the wonderful opportunity I have to discover so many creative people! I recently came across a posting at the…

Today is my anniversary. It's been one year since I started The Deliberate Mom. I must admit, I never imagined how much I would learn and gain from this blogging adventure....

http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/year-later.html

My daughter's playroom is in a finished area of our basement. The room contains a few miscellaneous pieces of furniture, my husband's computer and Timbit (our bunny).

Often the toy shelf unit gets crammed with toys. It wasn't at the worst it's ever been but it was headed in that direction....

http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/playroom-transformation.html

I saw this on Pinterest and couldn't resist making one of my own. For those of you that have not discovered Pinterest yet, it's a virtual bulletin board and a social network all in one. The unfortunate side... it's the…

My daughter recently asked me for a milkshake. With her severe allergies to dairy, I knew I would have to come up with a clever alternative. Rather than turning to Google, we came up with our own concoction and I must admit, it's delicious!

http://thedeliberatemom.blogspot.com/2011/09/vegan-chocolate-milkshake.html