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  Another School Year Gone By

  Is it just me or does time really speed up as our children grow up? I can’t believe another school year has come to an end.

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  Finding the Right Gift for the Teacher

  The school year is rapidly coming to a close and that means one thing…gifts! Every May I find myself debating about what to do for my children’s teachers to commemorate the achievements and successes of another year.

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  I Hereby Resolve…

  Yes, it’s that time of year…the time to enact the big New Year’s Resolution. Always a wonderful intention, but sometimes difficult in the implementation.

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  Turkey Treasures

  Turkey Treasures are those art projects made in preschool or primary grades in which the child’s hand serves as the turkey and feathers.

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  The Neighborhood Boo!

  It’s a tradition that was already in place when we moved in ten years ago and it’s still one of my kids’ favorite things to do: The Neighborhood Boo! It’s a simple concept…give an anonymous plate of holiday goodies to a neighbor and then pass it on.

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  Thumbs Up for a Simple Halloween Craft

  Thumb print art! It’s simple, inexpensive, a bit messy and fun for kids (and grown-ups) of all ages.

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  The Ideal Halloween Costume…for Middle School

  So I need some help here. I have two middle school boys and it’s the time of year that leaves us talking in circles about Halloween costumes.

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  Fall is in the Air…so what’s cooking in your house?

  Fall has always been my favorite season. I love pulling on my cozy sweaters that I haven’t seen for months and walking around in that cool, but not quite cold, air.

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  Signs of Hope…healing for a community

  A family’s personal journey of recovery becomes a gift of healing for an entire community. Over 300 families in our community lost the place they called home.

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  A Mother’s Rant about Holiday Merchandise

  I wonder if we could just have a few plain old days of shopping without being bombarded months in advance for the next giant holiday.

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  Mastering the Paper Shuffle

  It seems like the beginning of the school year is a sea of paperwork even in this electronic age and it can be overwhelming for even the most organized moms among us.

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  PASS into the New School Year

  PASS stands for Physical, Academic, Spiritual and Social. Each family member selects a goal for each category and we record them in the notebook.

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  Unlimited Screen Time...While the Olympic Flame Burns!

  Yes, that’s the rule every two years when the wonderful strains of John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare fill the house. Don’t you find yourself busting out that trumpet part at random points in the day?

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  Avoiding "Summer Brain"

  I’m sure there’s some big polysyllabic, technical, educational word for that midsummer cognitive mushiness, but in our house we just call it Summer Brain.

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  A Visit to our Nation’s Capital

  Maybe this will sound contrived to many of you, but I feel it is my duty as an American parent to make sure my children appreciate the democracy in which they are privileged to live. This is not a Republican or Democratic issue…it’s an American one.

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  The Art of the Thank-You Note

  In this day of text messages and tweets, have we lost the art of letter writing? Perhaps, but in my house, hand-written thank-you notes are still mandatory.

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  A Heart to Heart…about Valentine’s Day Parties

  Alright, moms…it’s that time. Come up with spectacular activities to amuse and amaze your kids and their classmates at the big school Valentine’s Day Party!

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  To Pay or Not to Pay

  Some of you moms may be years away from the topic of allowance and others may have astutely handled it years ago, but I’m in the thick of it right now.

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  Honoring Those Who are Like Mothers on Mother’s Day

  They say it takes a village to raise a child and I believe that includes having women other than biological mothers available as role models

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  Finding the Right Gift to Commemorate the School Year

  The school year is rapidly coming to a close and graduations are on the horizon. That means one thing…gifts!

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  What Our Children Are Teaching Their Grandparents

  Last week I blogged about the traditional activities we learn from our grandparents…knitting, gardening, cooking, and woodworking. But this week, the tables are turned.

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  Yarn Bombing

  Is it about the Knitting or the Stories? What we learned from our grandmothers…

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  Staycation...Become a Tourist in Your Own Town

  This year we committed fully to the staycation. Usually I’m not a fan of the media-created, cheesy, combo colloquialisms, but it really has been a fun escape in our own backyard.

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  Out of the Mouths of Babes

  My kids are always fascinated by what I said as a little girl…I guess it’s just hard for them to imagine Mom being three years old!

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  You Gotta Have Heart…all you really need is heart!

  Some of you may recognize these words as the lyrics from the Broadway musical about the Yankees, but this blog will be devoted to a weekend hockey experience that my 10 year old son just completed.