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Slipping Through My Fingers

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I’ve been thinking a lot about what matters most in my life.  Especially the people who matter most.  When my third daughter was born, I watched the movie “Mamma Mia” in the … Continue reading

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Valentine Party Family Style

Certainly I enjoy going out with my husband to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but there are other people in my home that I want to know I love them, too.  And remind them that they love each other.  But I frankly … Continue reading

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Baby Blanket Tips

In the family I grew up in, none of us were attached to baby blankets, so I was caught off guard when my first baby grew attached to a quilt I had been given at his baby shower. He wanted … Continue reading

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Chocolate “Ginger” Bread House

My kids like the Gingerbread House tradition at Christmas time, but, along with my husband, most of them don’t really like the taste of gingerbread.  This puts a damper on the project, since we traditionally destroy and eat the house … Continue reading

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“The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey” Picture Book Recommendation

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, written by Susan Wojciechowski and illustrated by P.J. Lynch, is one of our favorite Christmas books.  The story is meaningful and embodies the true spirit of Christmas.  It touches both young (not too young, though, … Continue reading

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Car Trips w/ Kids

Family road trips aren’t what they used to be.  Do your parents remind you how fun it was to lay out the blankets and put the pillows in the back of the stationwagon where you would lazily watch the countryside … Continue reading

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It’s Not About Me

I did it again this morning. With ten minutes ‘til the bus comes and while eating his Multi-Grain Cheerios with apple juice in the bowl instead of milk, my 6th grader gives me a paper saying it’s due today and … Continue reading

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Minute to Win It–Looks Who’s On TV!

Have you seen “Minute to Win It” on TV?  I actually haven’t (yet), as I hardly catch anything on TV, but that didn’t stop our family from having a blast with it at a recent family reunion.  Our fabulous organizer … Continue reading

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Puppies to Frankenstein–Now What?

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Sure, I couldn’t help but enjoy my first 2-year-old in his puppy costume, having a blast rolling his pumpkin around the condo.  There are some very charming elements to Halloween.  But as the years have passed, most of my kids … Continue reading

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What About Love?

A couple months ago, my older girls went into cohorts and decided to become demons.  Little demons who terrorized our home each day and made me want to institutionalize myself.  And it wasn’t just for a day.  It was for … Continue reading

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