Family

Chaotic Connections Board Game

Last Saturday night was our monthly birthday celebration and game night with my extended family. We get together and have dinner and then cake and presents to celebrate that month’s birthday people, and then we all play cards and board games together. This time it was my Fairy Godfather – Uncle Gary, and my cousin [...]

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Join #Ashamed Chat Thursday

Please join in Thursday night on Twitter for the #Ashamed chat. The purpose of this chat is to protest the Strong 4 Life billboards in Georgia that are trying to shame children into better health. At the last chat over 23 million impressions were made in just one hour showing how many of us feel [...]

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Diversity on Demand – Learn and Win

My best friend, Danyelle, is fabulous, a female, mom, wife, blogger, trendsetter, problem solver, great with words, a St. Louisan, a chameleon with her hair, shopper, go-getter, leader, listener, has a great shoulder to lean on, direct, oh and she happens to be black. I don’t not notice it, but it just isn’t at the [...]

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Are your children’s IDs safe?

Identity theft is a hot topic of discussion these days. We are warned about our online banking and shopping habits, to shred or burn documents with our personal information on it, and to overall be more aware of what is out there. However, did you know that thieves target children’s identity? I had never even [...]

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Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D this Friday

  YES! I can’t wait to see this in the theater! Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D! Can you imagine how cool this will be on a giant screen in 3D? It starts this Friday, February 10 and it is great for most of the family – rated PG. Even if you normally [...]

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GOOD READ Give Your Clothes Dryer a Tune-Up

Another something great from Twitter today! @JillsGoodThings tweeted out a link to her recent post on giving your clothes dryer a tune-up. I had just asked my husband to clean out our vents really well last night so I thought I would take a look at the post to see if there was more we [...]

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That’s Life….

So it has been a while since I have posted about the roller coaster of life I have been on lately. While I used to always love roller coasters in theme parks, riding them everyday can get a bit exhausting in the real world! My son – I love him – some days he is [...]

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LeapFrog Numberland DVD and Giveaway

LeapFrog has a brand new DVD, Scout & Friends Numberland that hits stores today (Jan 31, 2012). The video will show you what the kids say, but give an explanation to you as to what the video can help your child learn.    Math was a fun subject for me growing up, I just enjoyed [...]

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Calling in sick to my blog

It’s been a rough few days, I should have posted this sooner. I’m calling in sick to my blog. I feel icky. My son has the same thing I do. This evening (Sunday evening) we are both starting to feel a little better finally, but just worn out. Hope to be back blogging ASAP. I [...]

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Child & Adolescent Depression Webinar January 25

The Balanced Mind Foundation (formerly known as the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation) is having a webinar (online meeting) on Wednesday, January 25. Peggy Kubert, AM, LCSW, will discuss the Parent Handbook on Child & Adolescent Depression. This guide was written for parents by parents who have been through this with their own children. They [...]

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