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Unofficial 100 Days of Summer
There are 100 days from Memorial Day (yesterday) to Labor Day. I hope to make the most of this unofficial summer fun time. As always, there is so much I want to do and try and so this girl needs to have a plan to pack it all in. Here's my plan so far.
100 days of:
* Exercise every day - A fellow bus stop mom already asked me to run with her when ( Read more... ) -
Finding Life Ideas in Children's Books
One of my favorite things to do as a mom is read children's books with my kids. Sometimes when I read children's books I get good ideas from the plots to incorporate into my own life or fun things to do with the kids ( Read more... ) -
Allergic to Christmas?
I love the holiday season. I love the decorations, the lights, the baking, yes, even the wrapping. This year however, I may have discovered one thing about the holiday season that isn't making me merry...I think it's my Christmas tree. We brought it home on Sunday. Monday morning my Wee Two woke with a terrible cough. I found that my throat was ( Read more... ) -
Mommy Truths of 2011
As 2011 comes to a close I wanted to take a moment to reflect on 5 things I know to be true in my life as a mom. I hope to use these truths to build a happy, healthy, and creative 2012 ( Read more... ) -
Summer Fun List
There are 99 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day. I hope to make the most of them with my family. A few weeks ago the kids and I brainstormed on what we would like to do this summer. Below is our Summer Fun Wish List ( Read more... ) -
Remembering Mom
Today is my mother's birthday. She died 5 years ago -- right before her 68th birthday, a few days before mother's day ( Read more... ) -
Roller-skates
Today I turned 37. I spent the day baking cupcakes with my kids, watching the 1977 movie of "The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh", and doing something I haven't done since I was a kid. While Wee One was at school and Wee Two was having a nap I took to the driveway and laced up my birthday present to me. That's right, I kicked it old-school in a ( Read more... ) -
Reconnecting with a Friend
After the earthquake hit Japan and devastating pictures filled my television screen I started thinking about an old friend.
My best friend in the third grade was a girl who recently moved from Japan. We both took violin lessons at school. I traded Oreo cookies for her panda candies during lunchtime. She taught me origami and I showed her how to ( Read more... ) -
Remembering Dad
Today is my dad's 90th birthday. He will also be dead 10 years this June. Some people like to visit loved-ones who have passed at the grave site, but that doesn't quite work for me since I don't live in NY anymore. Instead I visit the zoo ( Read more... ) -
Feel Good Friday
I'm hoping this will become a regular posting of things I enjoy and want to share with others ( Read more... )