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Messy! Messy! Messy!

Messy! Messy! Messy!

According to some experts, crafts go along with healthy foods, sleep routines, potty training and reading as some of the most important elements in your child’s development. These same experts maintain that crafts help to foster creativity and imagination. I have to agree! They also give kids a sense of

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The kids are getting bored!

If you have school age kids, chances are your summer is winding down like ours is and the weather is heating up. So, the more we’re stuck inside, the more I’m hear complaints of “I’m bored”. So, I went hunting throughout the Internet for some great ideas for crafts to

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Shrinky dinks the cheap (ahem, I mean green) way!

Shrinky dinks the cheap (ahem, I mean green) way!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea from Curbly.com (which I just found by surfing around) for FREE shrinky dinks out of #6 recycle containers. I don’t know about you, but Denver doesn’t accept #6’s, so I’m always (gasp) throwing them out. Note: which containers are #6? After a quick survey of

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Catching up from Easter

Catching up from Easter

With the kids home this week, we’ve been busily trying to work and keep them happy (entertained?) so I haven’t had a lot of time for blogging.However, we had a fantastic trip out to a suburban mall: My daughter cracked me up by asking “Mommy, why do all the houses

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone

This poem is from Missy C – translation – in case you don’t read 7 year old! 🙂 “Christmas is happiness and joy for everyone and the loved graceful world”. She’s started really enjoying writing poetry…and it’s really fun to find these gems lying around the house. Everyone enjoy!

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Hosting a “mom’s Minute” on Me.dium

Hosting a “mom’s Minute” on Me.dium

If I haven’t sent you an invite, Me.dium is a recent discovery thanks to a friend of mine who works for the company in Boulder Colorado. It’s actually a fairly hard to explain tool, but it’s a side browser where you can see other people you know (or don’t know)

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