I love the library! I was just browsing and happened across The Rookie Mom’s Handbook by Heather Gibbs Flett and Whitney Moss (check out their blog), and thought it had some great Home Made Modern-ish ideas in it. The book offers 250 activities to do with and without your baby in his or her first year of life. Even though Olivia’s 18 months now, I still found some ideas we could try out. But more importantly, I related to the whole premise: that life doesn’t end after having a baby, and that you can still maintain your individuality despite the demands of motherhood. Here are my favorite ideas from the book–not suprisingly, they’re the ones that tie in with my own goal to make everyday things special for me and my family:

Thank you for finding our book and telling others about it! It makes me so happy when people “get it”.