Anticipating Saturday

Do you have plans for Saturday yet? If you live in Columbia and you said no to that, then you'd better start planning-there is so much to do! And the Fall weather that crept in last night will make a perfect backdrop for anything you choose!

Here's what the Hill family has planned:
Wesley Memorial UMC Neighborhood Fall Festival begins at 11 AM. FREE to attend and there will be live music by the Blue Iguanas Bluegrass Band, who are not only good, but very generous (they play the St. Lawrence Place Oyster Roast fundraiser every year at a very reasonable price).  There is also bouncy houses, a pumpkin patch, a fire truck, BBQ, and more!  We will be picking out our family pumpkin with Jones.  My sister, mom, and I took my nephew Ben to this a couple years ago and it was fun.

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Next, we hope to attend the first-ever Carolina Green Fair in Finlay Park.  The event is going to be huge!  Live entertainment, local vendors and exhibitors, all showing easy ways for you and your family to make more sustainable choices.  The Free Times has an awesome publication detailing the entertainment, exhibitors, and containing a map of the event.  We hope to hear Lunch Money, a fun local children's band that will go on stage at 3:15.  We'll also make sure to stop by and see our friends from KD's Treehouse, and maybe catch The Blue Dogs at 2:30 too.
Admission is $5, or free if you bring 4 incandescent light bulbs to recycle.

Saturday night the hubs and I will be venturing out all by ourselves for dinner to celebrate his birthday, (which is today--happy birthday, James!)  He has not made up his mind on where we're going yet, but the ideas I've heard so far include Hunter Gatherer and Motor Supply; I'll let you know where we end up!  Afterward, we're meeting some friends at our favorite "Peach Pit After Dark-esque" spot: NiteCaps.  Here's to an adult night out!  (The babe is spending the night at my parents' house).

image of Motor Supply via here

image of Hunter Gatherer via here

The Nickelodeon is showing some pretty crazy stuff this weekend, and the SC State Fair is here through Sunday too. 
So, for real, plan your weekend already! 
XO, B

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Feeding Baby

I want this book:

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 I bought this yesterday at Earth Fare with the hopes that our Pediatrician will tell us  it's OK to start feeding Jones rice cereal: (the boy is hungry, and not sleeping well!)

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Any thoughts or reviews of either?

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Post Office Goes Green

Don't you just love these new USPS-issued stamps depicting ways to "Go Green"!?

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My local Post Office didn't have any when I went yesterday, but I hope to get some soon.  My favorites:

Have you seen these in your Post Office yet?  Which is your favorite?
You can buy them online here.

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A Word for Wednesday (late) & A Cool Columbia Store

 


rganic: characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms

As in: "K.D.'s Treehouse aims to be a one-stop-shop for parents seeking products from clothes to diapers-bags to cloth diapers to toys that are made with organic and eco-friendly materials and fair labor practices."

KD's Treehouse is located at 2900-C Devine Street, and it has quickly become my favorite place to shop for babies and children in Columbia.  Socially-responsible, adorable, and non-commercial clothes, gear, and toys for babies and kids--love it!

Last Friday I registered for the baby--whose name, btw, will be "Jones Milledge Hill." (Jones is my mother's maiden name and Milledge is my dad's first name; we'll call him "Jones").

Dea, one of the store owners, was incredibly helpful, pointing out things I would need as a new mom and explaining function as well as eco-friendliness along the way.

Here are a few of my favorite things:

Go Gaga Messenger Diaper Bag

Unisex, so the hubs will dig it too, and so cool with tons of pockets and an ergonomic strap...apparently, lots of celebs like these bags too.

Lifefactory's glass bottles with silicon sleeves

Pretty, functional and 100% non-toxic!

Utensils and Plates by Green Toys, Inc.

Made from 100% recycled milk jugs, dishwasher safe and printed with soy inks.

 Green Toys Stacker

Also made from recycled milk jugs.

KD's also has amazingly cute and soft clothing for infants through 8 year olds, and is one of (if not the only) local retailer to carry cloth diapers by Swaddlebees.

If you are in the market for anything baby or child-related, you should definitely support local business and check out KD's Treehouse.  Find them on Facebook here and their blog here.  Tell Conni or Dea that Becca sent you!

Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische.

Definition via here.

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