#PostCFK makes a difference in the world! As a blogger and a mom of 3 boys, nothing makes me smile just a little bit wider and brighter than when I get to be part of a campaign or a project that gives my kids and I the opportunity to…
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Parenting: Am I failing miserably or right up to par?
I recently came across this fun little list of 12 Commandments for Being at Your Parenting Best over on the Modern Parents, Messy Kids blog and I decided to evaluate myself. I have to admit, once I started reading the "Rules for Survival", I found myself thinking that I'd go…
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2012 Team USA Olympic Swimming + SwimToday.org
In just a few short days – beginning on June 25, 2012 – the USA Olympic Swim Team will begin broadcasting their Olympic swim team trials nationwide on NBC. The trials will run through July 2, 2012. Growing up a Texas gal, swimming has always been a huge hit with…
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Missing my boys.
These past several days have been rough. I so miss my boys! Well, I do actually have one of them with me, my 2 year-old, but only relying on phone calls and texts with my older two kiddos has been ruuuu-ough! Although I've been enjoying this time with my family,…
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Breaking it to him easy.
I have to break my son’s heart tomorrow. A couple of weeks ago he applied to become one of 12 kids in the Kansas City area to serve on the Junior Construction Panel for the soon-to-be-open LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Kansas City. And since that day, he’s been asking and…
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My kids really ARE giving me gray hair!
These caught me by surprise recently. Yikes! Let’s hope they don’t multiply anytime too soon!
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Can your kid dance? Curious George wants to know!
I have three little monkeys of my own who love Curious George. They watch it a couple of times a week in the mornings before school. My older two will rush to finish breakfast right at 7 a.m. so they can catch the latest episode until about 7:25 when we…
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Celebrating childhood achievements
I'm what you would call a "celebration mom". I LOVE to celebrate everything!! In addition to regular holidays and birthdays, I love to make my own traditions with my kids and celebrate the everyday things with them. We celebrate things like Brothers Day (made up by my oldest a few…
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Support No Name-Calling Week. Here’s why I am.
I don't put up with nonsense in my house. My boys know that. Now, whether or not they think about that 24/7, is up to them. And, as humans, they are known to falter. But I don't let that excuse them. Recently there was an issue involving my…
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This kid.
Oh, how I love him so . . .