I'll admit — it's hard. Hard to focus on anything other than "getting stuff done" during this time of year. Well, for me anyway. I guess I shouldn't speak for the rest of you. But, as I was going to through my gazillion emails in my inbox recently, I received…
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Appalling
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A friend of mine posted this the other day on Facebook and I haven't been able to stop thinking of it since. I mean seriously, when are schools going to get a A CLUE??!! And what in…
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Do you know what tomorrow is?
Ok, well besides there being another fa-ha-byoo-lous edition of {friday finds} tomorrow, it is 11/11/11. And yes, my kids have been talking about it non-stop since the beginning of the month. It's actually getting quite annoying how excited they are about it. {Yes, that's only 2 of my 3 boys…
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Recording kids’ violin lessons on the Bionic
One of the most amazing things I've discovered that I can use my Droid Bionic with 4G LTE smartphone for is its amazing video recording capabilities. Each week my kids have violin lessons on Tuesday and while my 5 year-old is learning fairly simple things at this point (since he…
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Parenting sometimes hurts
This evening I made my 5 year-old cry. This little guy: And I am actually kind of glad I did. Let me explain. We were having dinner tonight when I asked him to do something he apparently didn't want to do. Who knows what request I made but whatever the…
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I loved learning “How To Steal a Dog” with my kids.
During a recent visit, my mom had mentioned to Nathan how he should check out the book How to Steal a Dog (by Barbara O'Connor) from the library the next time he visited. She went on and on about how great of a book it was and how it was…
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Bike ride
Sometimes football practice being cancelled can be a blessing. Yes, even for me, a great football fan. Because of the strong thunderstorms we had earlier today, my son's afternoon football practice was cancelled because the fields were too wet up at the school. So, after dinner we went on a…
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Throwback Thursday: Keep your kids safe
Although school may have started in your neck of the woods, it IS officially still summer. With that in mind, I'm sharing this Throwback Thursday post so that none of us forget it IS still hot out and it IS still unsafe to leave kids in the car. For any…
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Wiggle Baby
After 3 boys you'd think I'd have diaper changing down to a science. Yeah, not so much. Look at this face: Don't let his good looks and charm fool you. When it comes to fighting against having his diaper changed, this kid can hold his own. In fact, all 3…
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The hair
It's one of his best assets. And who could argue, really? I love waking up to this happy little guy each morning! I've given him a couple of haircuts in the past few months but just can't let myself chop his hair off! I just LOOOOVE it! Totally makes my…