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I Need Coffee STAT!

September 17, 2009
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Yesterday I was complaining about papers. Today I’m tackling mornings. Aren’t you glad you joined me this a.m. for my rant on everything morning related? Mornings…I get through them with a little help from my friends coffee and light bulbs. Light bulbs? Yes, light bulbs. Without light bulbs I would stumble around even more than...
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When A Sport Is NO Longer a Game

September 10, 2009
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When A Sport Is NO Longer a Game

How do you know when your child is ready for the next level of sport? What is the next level anyway? Is it the right move for your child? I will draw on my personal experience and my conversations, with coaches, friends, and players to investigate this topic. My daughters have made a commitment...
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Back-to-School Giveaways from MomCentral

September 5, 2009
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Back-to-School Giveaways from MomCentral

Back-to-School makes me think of different images from the different times in my life. MomCentral is offering a Gift Guide to help you with your back-to-school needs. For me back-to-school means trying to figure out which school I was in at the time of my memory. You see I had a nomadic childhood. I was...
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Posted in Giveaways, Kids, Moms, preteen, Preteens, School, teen years, Teens, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ode to the Afterschool Schedule

September 2, 2009
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Schedules, hectic, racing out the door No time for dinner Grab a Pop Tart and let’s gooooo CLEATS! Where are your cleats? What do you mean you can only find one? No goggles — can you swim without? It’s just a little chlorine! Are we ready to go? Yes! Wait where’s Julia? She’s still...
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Posted in Children, Family, family fun, family strife, Fitness, Kids, Moms, preteen, Preteens, sports, Teens | 1 Comment »

Disney with Kids

August 28, 2009
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Disney with Kids

We have travelled to Disney twice: once with a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old plus 2 nonenergetic grandparents AND a second time with a 10-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a 3-year-old. Disney is magical. I posted here about doing a Disney trip with kids. Here are some more tips on going to Disney with kids: - Pick the...
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Posted in Children, Entertainment, Family, family fun, holiday, holidays, Kids, Moms, preteen, Preteens | No Comments »

Musings on Middle School

August 27, 2009
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Musings on Middle School

I’ll have 2 middle school girls as of Monday. I hope I live to tell the tale! I have a 6th grader and an 8th grader. Pray for me. I sat through the middle school orientation today. I’ve done this before so why was I the only one taking notes? Why was I tense when...
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Posted in Education, preteen, Preteens, School | 2 Comments »

Back-to-School with Peter Walsh

August 24, 2009
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Back-to-School with Peter Walsh

It’s that time of year again. Time to get kids ready to go back to school. Time to clear out last year’s backpack of papers and binders in time for this year’s papers and binders. I’ll let you in to a little secret…I’m not that organized. In our family back-to-school shopping is a much...
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Posted in home, housekeeping, Kids, Moms, organization, preteen, Preteens, School | No Comments »

Review & Giveaway: Trix Swirls Are Definitely for Kids!

August 18, 2009
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Review & Giveaway: Trix Swirls Are Definitely for Kids!

The new box of Trix Swirls® was on the pantry shelf for a nano second before the preteen found it. She has a nose for the sweet things. I implored her to please save some for her older sister and younger brother. She gave me a look of “Who me?” I gave her a look of...
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Posted in food, Giveaways, Kids, preteen, Preteens, Reviews, teen years, Teens | 100 Comments »

Should Little Kids Use Mommy’s iphone?

August 17, 2009
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Should Little Kids Use Mommy’s iphone?

  I’ll state at the outset that I have issues with little kids using grownup devices — cell phones, ipods, iphones, Blackberries. Perhaps my children at 6, 10, and 13 were born too late to have had the opportunity to play with these grownup devices at 1, 2, or 3 years old. In the early...
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Posted in Children, Computers, Family, Kids, Moms, preteen, Preteens, Teens | 2 Comments »

Childhood Obesity Is at All-Time High

July 9, 2009
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With childhood obesity reaching an all time high across the country, many parents struggle with how to help their children maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition.   Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, the official doctor of Camp Shane and a board certified pediatrician, has created Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh, a traffic-light system that allows kids to learn which...
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