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Everyone’s heard of the Tooth Fairy. Maybe even the Sugarplum Fairy, of Nutcracker fame. Our household is starting to crowd up with fairies of all sorts. But...does it have to be filled with only the good ones?
I swear I’m going to hurl rainbows if I have to enter the overly-simplistic, ...
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Imagination
Last week I cemented my reputation as Crappy Crocker, the Domestic Not-ess of baking. It started with an email from a nice mom who (I thought) was going to bake Halloween cookies for my daughter's class. She wanted to know how she could accommodate my daughter's gluten intolerance. How ...
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Cross posted from our sister blog, DC Metro Moms Blog.
I grew up in a military family. My father was a career Air Force officer, as was his father. My brother joined the Army a few years after high school and served two tours in Bosnia before he got out. Of course then ...
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We've been to a lot of birthday parties recently. People snicker and talk about "New Years Babies," but it is true. Our schedules are more booked now than they will be the rest of the school year or next summer. Many of the parties we've attended have been not in the person's home, but ...
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We arrive, sign in and wait. I watch another mother with two children enter. The speech therapist comes out and takes her older boy in for his time to play and practice better speech...her youngest wants to go too, "your turn is later in the week," she says. ...
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It’s been kind of a rough year of cancer diagnoses for those close to me, and I was inspired by WhyMommy ’s wonderful post about How to Help a Friend . Many “chemo gift basket” ideas are very female centric, written for and by breast cancer survivors, but I didn’t find nearly as many online ...
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This year’s Halloween haul hit a new high for our family. In an effort to minimize the intake, I knew I was going to have to act quickly. I didn’t realize it was going to require a tactical assault.
Thinking I was awfully smart, I proposed a simple trade. You give me 20 pieces of your ...
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Fat. The ugliest word I know. Unfortunately, one I know all too well. It took me years of therapy to get over the fact that I wasn't born thin. Session after session I'd sit with my wide thighs half-crossed and wonder why God hated me so much to give me the worst fate in the world: ...
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I am so angry and frustrated it is difficult to write. In fact, I've waited since October to write about this story because I am having difficulty absorbing the immensity of what happened to a 1 5 year-old Richmond girl . It sickens me and makes me embarrassed to associate this wonderful ...
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I have not yet tuned in to the CNN debate, but it seems everyone's talking about the woman who was taken off the plane when her cranky toddler would not stop crying. It's front page news , the columnists are taking sides, and it's all the talk on the soccer field. It seems we all must ...
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The Girl Scouts mission statement is: "Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place." I love the idea of the organization. I remember wanting to be a Girl Scout when I was growing up. I made it to Brownies before ditching it for soccer in ...
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One of the best things about being a parent is dwelling in the world of children. Take Halloween—yes, adults have fun dressing up and being goofballs, but nothing matches the sheer delight of trick-or-treating. Going “alone” to the doors of strangers’ houses at night (usually forbidden), ...
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My turn! My turn! Today, I led the first Art Vistas presentation for my girls’ Kindergarten class. It was so much fun! I have anticipated devoting time to my girls’ school for the last few years and it’s finally come around. I have such fond memories of Kindergarten projects, crafts and ...
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Kindergarten
Image via Wikipedia As I look at the 5 carved and mildly moldy pumpkins sitting on our porch, I was relieved that my kids decorated for Halloween. I did not plan for our family to carve pumpkins, but I - like Lisa from Silicon Valley Moms Blog - was influenced by my kids enthusiasm to ...
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For me, when it comes to Halloween costumes,
store-bought is the only way to go. It's one
of my curmudgeonly quirks; I don't like homemade costumes. Yes, they're charming and teach kids creativity, but I say, save it for dress-up days at home. When I dress my kids (or myself) up for ...
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I must confess I’m not a big fan of Halloween. Not since the 2nd grade have I cared about witches, ghosts, goblins, or dressing up. And all that Halloween candy sitting around the house. I always seem to gain a few pounds this time of year. Ugh. Don’t get me wrong. I get excited for my ...
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Kindergarten
Empower : one of my least favorite words---is the key word in the mission of Maria Shriver's annual Women's Conference, held this week in Long Beach: We Empower Women to be Architects of Change.
With all due respect---and new respect for what California's First Lady accomplished at this ...
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Halloween is the most bestest holiday in the whole wide world!
Think a kid said that? Think again! I'm a middle-aged dad , and I love Halloween. And not just because I like seeing my kids get all costumed up. Halloween is a time when angels can be devils , goody two shoes can be creeps, ...
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Okay, full disclosure. I'm way late to this particular party. I've not read the Twilight books. All I've done is seen the Twilight DVD, which I did last week, making me probably the last person in the universe to catch on to this book-movie-music compilation-etc. phenomenon. But, to honor the ...
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Twilight
After being a mom for almost seven years, it was time to take it to the next level and crack a parenting book. Truthfully I read parenting books when I had a newborn, but that was it. I have a library of Dr. Sears books, most of which have not been touched, but if anything, they make me look ...
