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Honoring All Moms with Help a Mother Out

May 14, 2012

Happy Mother’s Day! I know I’m a day late, but I wanted to take a moment to celebrate all of the moms out there — and all of you who have a mom or know a mom or love a mom. I had a lovely day celebrating with my family yesterday. I got to sleep [...]

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My Kids Ate It: Dijon Fish Cakes

April 5, 2012

If you told me on Monday that my children would willingly eat fish cakes for dinner, I would have called you a liar. Liar, liar pants on fire! Then I would have sneered and questioned your ability to hang onto telephone wires. But here we are on Thursday morning and I am here to tell [...]

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Review and Giveaway: Kiwi Crate — Monthly Craft Projects for Kids

April 4, 2012

Have I mentioned my Kiwi Crate subscription before? I think I may have once or twice. Kiwi Crate is a subscription-based service that sends a box of craft supplies and instructions for two children’s craft projects to your house every month. I initially joined when it was featured as a deal on Plum District for [...]

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Review and Giveaway: Stuff Every Mom Should Know

March 28, 2012

Early on in my career as a mom — I think Wyatt was around a year old — one of my co-workers recommended that I check out her friend’s blog, Rookie Moms. I started reading it regularly and was excited to learn from Heather and Whitney who I thought were the smartest, most daring and [...]

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My Kids Ate It: Chili-Cheese Mac, Veggies and Ranch Dip

March 26, 2012

I don’t know about you, but dinner time can be extremely frustrating for me. Sometimes it seems like no matter what I cook, one or both of my kids complains bitterly about their meal. We have firm rules about the use of the word “yuck” at our dinner table (hint: not allowed), so my kids [...]

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Watercolor Resist Painting

March 19, 2012

The boys and I have inadvertently settled into a habit of crafting together after school about once per week. In the past, I’ve tried really hard to get the boys to do art projects with me as a regular thing but they were never all that interested. I sought out projects I thought they’d be [...]