Tweens come up with some crazy ideas, don’t they? My son’s school was doing themed dress-up days to celebrate Red Ribbon Week/Homecoming and one of the days was “Animal Day.” Last year, he went as a “tweenicus, I’mtoocoolforthaticus.” This year, he announced he wanted to go as a Kraken! A Kraken is a giant squid. […]
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Oh, baby! They are SO incredibly adorable, sweet, precious, and attached. My babies were VERY attached to me – all the time! When you become a mother, everyone will tell you that it’s hard, and you think “Nah, it won’t really be THAT hard!” Then you have your baby and they change your whole
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Top 10 Strategies for Dealing With Toddlers (This post does contain affiliate links. If you click the link and purchase the item, I do receive a small commission, but the thoughts and opinions are my own, as always.) In my earlier post, I discussed 7 things that toddlers wished that you knew. In this post,
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This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the link and buy the product, I do get a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support! For more information, please see my disclosure. Toddlers! They are so adorable! I have had 2 of them and those were good times
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While shuffling through my son’s take-home folder from school today, I saw a piece of notebook paper, which was nothing unusual. When I saw what was written on it, I stopped. I pulled it out and looked at it; really looked at it, not just the obligatory glance. Then I read it all the way
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