by jenmueller | Oct 7, 2012 | Books, DC Mindful Mom, Interwebs, Life, Lil' Jumper, Parenting, World
Like many mothers of girls, I’ve struggled with the rise of the princess culture. Until quite recently, we were all about princesses around here. Maya owns each of the tiny fashion dolls, a couple of the Barbie-sized dolls, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty...
by jenmueller | Aug 27, 2011 | DC Mindful Mom, DC with Kids, Washington DC, Work-Personal, Yoga
Original Post, August 27, 2011: Have I told you about my new job? A couple weeks ago, I gave notice at The Nature Conservancy. While I've enjoyed the last two years writing newsletter articles about their global conservation programs, I'm finding myself...
by jenmueller | Jul 17, 2011 | DC Mindful Mom, Food, Green, Interwebs, Life, Recipe
When I embarked on making Kefir at home, I expected it to be an extension of our long-established habit of making our own yogurt. However, incorporating this fermented food into my diet took a little trial and error. In honor of Farmer’s Daughter‘s Green...
by jenmueller | Nov 18, 2010 | DC Mindful Mom, Lil' Jumper, Parenting
Near-verbatum conversation from this evening: Maya – “Let's play sandwich. Let's play sandwich. You're the peanut butter and jelly and I'm the sandwich.” Jen – “Ok. How do we play sandwich.” M –...
by jenmueller | Nov 5, 2010 | DC Mindful Mom, Life, Lil' Jumper
We threw a Fairy Tale themed birthday party for Maya the Saturday before she turned three. Will party organizing get easier or harder as she gets older?Whenever the subject of birthdays had come up in the previous – oh, I don't know – 6 (!) months, Maya had been...
by jenmueller | Jul 17, 2010 | DC Mindful Mom, Life, World, Yoga
Among the first things I did when I got up this morning to proofread my paper on The Bhagavad Gita for yoga teacher training was check Facebook (don't we all now?), which lead me to a book review on Green LA Girl on Yoga for a World Out of Balance. It's...
