While checking out the bloggers who took part in yesterday’s Things I Love Thursdays, I came across Kaycee, who is a sewer and a recycler (images of beautiful quilts come to my mind). Her blog is called In the Moment: On life, motherhood, food and balance. This week she referred back to making her own [...]
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What parent hasn’t cursed a blue streak when a bare heel met with a little cube of LEGO on a quiet Sunday morning? I’d thought I’d seen or heard it all: Star Wars surface vehicles, giant towers, Sponge Bob and Patrick, Spider-Man and the Joker, ranches with horses, villas with flowers and vines. Even these [...]
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We were walking very carefully around our house on Friday the 13th this month. It’s not that we all suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia, but I’ve had some weird things happen on past Friday the 13s, so I take no chances. Luka, 8, calls it Freaky Friday, and to be true to the Jamie Lee Curtis [...]
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Time for Shannon’s weekly blog carnival—and I have a no-cost, frugal find that’ll keep kids busy outdoors for ages. Sounds interesting? Read on! I was packing Luka’s lunch the other day and he said wistfully, “I wish you could give me some simmammom.” After a short back-and-forth, I discovered he meant cinnamon, which I had [...]
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This blog carnival is called Things I Love Thursday. The rules are simple: “pick an actual thing that you love. Feel free to do a product review, but make sure to let your readers know that you have been supplied with the product to review so we are keepin’ it honest.” This isn’t a true [...]
Filed under: Celebrations, Fun kids activities, Glam Life Assn., Mental health, product review, Things I Love | Tagged: birthday parties, Celebrations, emotional stuff, fun stuff for kids, kids' birthday parties, Luka, Things I Love Thursday | 1 Comment »
I know this is a gigantic photo, and it is likely breaking a blogging ettiquette rule, but I wanted you to be able to see the very cool shooting star effect there on the right, and the neat, spooky things happening in the light effects. Taken by Tessa, off the dock. It’s the last weekend [...]
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In China’s culture and art, fish and water designs are symbols of prosperity and harvest, so Beibei carries the blessing of prosperity. A fish means surplus in Chinese culture, another measure of a good year and a good life. The lines of the water-wave designs are taken from well-known Chinese paintings. Beibei is known to [...]
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Like sands through the hourglass,
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You’re in for a long post today! Here’s a mini Table of Contents: 1. Long Weekend is Here! 2. Teen Takes Responsibility Part 2 3. A Reader Writes 4. Weekend To-Do List 5. Book Review: Retro Food Fiascos and Pretzel Soup 6. Daughter Brag
Filed under: book review, Communications, Fun kids activities, To-do lists | Tagged: book review, consequences, Fun kids activities, Graydon, Tessa, To-do lists | 7 Comments »
In yesterday’s post I reported whined about my raspberries and the incredible amount of rain we’ve been receiving. For parents taking care of kids in the summer, a rainy forecast is OK once in a while because it gives you a chance to work together in close quarters on projects, arts and crafts, reading, Wii [...]
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