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Family
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, I’m sharing a few of my favorite classic TV memories.
Here’s my tribute to 40 years of Sesame Street! What’s your favorite memory?
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Michelle Lamar, a dear friend and fabulously funny blogger, sent me her book to review, The White Trash Mom Handbook: Embrace Your Inner Trailerpark, Forget Perfection, Resist Assimilation into the PTA, Stay Sane, and Keep Your Sense of Humor. I mean, it says it all in that title.
Michelle is not really “trashy”. In fact, she’s [...]
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I am currently experiencing two issues with my daughter that I’m sure many parents can relate to. #1: She HATES going grocery shopping with me. This is pretty annoying seeing as how she HAS to go grocery shopping with me, unless leaving a 4-year-old home alone is kosher nowadays? I didn’t think so. #2: She [...]
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I’m guest posting over at Dresses and Messes with a fun Apple activity for fall. Come see how we’re putting a fun twist on the childhood game of Duck, Duck, Goose.
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I was recently sent a children’s book to review entitled, My Body Belongs to Me by Jill Starishevsky. It’s a heavy topic, but I think this book helps give parents a platform to start a discussion about the important issue of abuse.
The author is Jill Starishevsky, a New York City child abuse and sex crimes [...]
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Guest Post by Andrea Garen of Meals Matter.
Children who eat nutritious foods do better in school, but coming up with healthy back-to-school lunch ideas that children will actually eat can be a challenge for many parents. The key is to balance nutrition with your children’s personal taste by getting them involved in the back-to-school lunch [...]
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Prepping for a family Disneyland trip can be quite a task. If you want to have a truly magical time, there are a few things you can do that will help make it perfect. Here’s 8 Must Haves for making your Disneyland trip go smoothly.
1 – Good shoes. Bring a good pair of walking shoes [...]
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Can I just tell you how magical the Timpanogos Storytelling Fesitval was this last weekend? I’m sad to say that I had never been before and it’s practically in my back yard! This was the 20th year of the festival and it was absolutely fabulous.
Here’s my kids enjoying the puppetry!
I took my son to ‘Bed [...]
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Guest Post by Carrie of This Mama Makes Stuff
Journaling is such a great activity to do with kids. I love it because I am able to preserve a little piece of who my children are at a particular moment in time. And like we all say, they grow up way too fast. I also love [...]
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