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Last week James and I went on a road trip up the California coastal Highway 1, camping along the way at various state parks and beaches. It was a beautiful trip -- we learned to co-exist on the daily and fell into a cooperative pattern of setting up and breaking down camp, cooking and cleaning,...
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This has not been the best week as far as my relationship with my older two kids. It seems that aliens have overtaken their bodies and caused them to make me crazy. They have been in a lot of trouble, just one thing after another - all little things in the whole scheme of life, but...
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My daughter started Middle School ten days ago and we are fighting to keep her going, reasonably productive and interested.
She is angry. She doesn't like it. She doesn't have any friends. There is nothing interesting there.
And naturally she is hormonal, too.
I understand all of this and yet,...
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This was the conversation on the way home from dropping my son off this morning
"Dad?"
"Ya."
"My boobies are getting bigger"
She's 3
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I want to imagine a world where when I take my child into a store his twirling is not seen as bad but cute! Yes I am aware he looks normal! Sorry about that I will run right out and scar him up for ya! Where no one asks me to leave and lets the child age two who is tearing up the store...
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and wrote in my notebook while I waited:
I sat in my beloved Jane, known to the rest
of the world as my Ford Explorer, outside an
office bearing the sign “H.e.a.r.t.s
Connection – a family resource center
for special families”.
I resented my need to be there at all.
I...
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We are back in the grind of our school year. My oldest daughter is in 5th grade, my stepdaughter is in 1st grade, and my husband is back to work at a local elementary school, but this year I'm not heading back to school. It's the first time I haven't had my own classroom in 7...
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Back to Taking Neighbor Kids to School- no more sleeping in till 7:30. We have to now leave the house by 7:25. This is quite a change from last year's schedule and certainly our summer schedule! Setting the alarm clock is once again part of my daily routine.
Back to Preschool-...
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The kiddo is outgrowing her night time pull ups, and she is not ready to stay in her underwear through the night. The pull ups are for kids weighing up to 40 lbs., and she is just over that. Any ideas as to what we could use?
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I went to Los Angeles this weekend to see a concert.
In the car on the way down, I get a call from my mother. Call me. K. is in trouble.
Why, why, why did I think I could squeak out a night off?
So I call and the story isn't clear. Something about K. and Lauren, the little girl across...
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Well, we are two days into the week and I figured I should probably get back on here and post something. Some days I try to post something serious, other days something funny. Today I thought I would take the serious approach and discuss a growing epidemic spreading across our great nation....
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So I started my online history course at BC this week and I am participating in an online class discussion. I am shocked by how poorly these high school graduates are writing. Grammar must have been a budget cut victim. I can maybe understand kids having trouble...
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It is only the second week of school and my two older boys are already having HOMEWORK MELTDOWNS! Believe me I am following all of the rules that the teachers preach to you every year at Back to School Night.
- Have a set homework time.
- No TV or any other distractions ( try...
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Blogs written on this site should be left on this site. It is disrespectful for someone to copy and paste anything they read to another site or email.
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My DS has said some cute (and some downright funny) things about what he wants to be when he grows up. The other day he told me he wanted to be an astronaut when he grows up (cool!), and that got me thinking about everything else he has said he wants to be when he grows up. Here is everything I...
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Hello everyone! Fun to see all the new people. I haven't been on here in a very long time. One of my last entries was about wanting to have baby #2 and my fears about timing and getting sick again.
Well, timing was great but I did get very sick! I am...
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Yesterday I was watching the local evening news and I heard that a 15 year old had been shot. This saddens me a great deal. Where were the parents? Why wasn't the child in school? The list of questions as to how this could happen could go on and on. The fact is a 15 year old...
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Yesterday I was watching the local evening news and I heard that a 15 year old had been shot. This saddens me a great deal. Where were the parents? Why wasn't the child in school? The list of questions as to how this could happen could go on and on. The fact is a 15 year old...
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We took the kids to the beach before school started and spent 3 days and 2 nights at our fave place to relax and unwind --- Cambria. We love the laid back, relaxed, peaceful and quiet atmosphere of Cambria. Not to mention the not so crowded beach. We invited another...
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We went to Michael's on Monday, and as we were browsing through we set off a Halloween display with life-size creepy animated monsters (a headless bride and creepy groom)... DS freaked and tried to hide on another aisle, and DD started crying. My poor babies! They were afraid to go near that part...
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"Mommy, sing me a song."
"OK!" I sing him "Jesus Loves Me."
"That's a good song," he says. "I sing it all of the time."
I grin. "That is a good song, isn't it."
"Yeah, because Jesus loves me."
Sometimes my kids...
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Have any of you fellow bloggers noticed our lack of selection when it comes to party decorations? I am planning a dinner on Saturday for my parents 39th wedding anniversary. Looking for a theme has me in a quandry. Adult themes consist of: Casino Night, 70's music(Disco), Nascar, 50's Diner,MArdi...
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This morning was Holly's first day of her last year of pre-school! She was so excited to see her friends again and to be in the "big girl" classroom. She is in Miss Esther's class and already loving it.
This is our fourth year at Ridgeview Christian PreSchool (two with...
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The build up, the anticipation, the first day of school has come and gone and I find myself thinking, okay, that's good, can we go back to summer now? Now that the initial excitement has worn off, I'm ready to roll over and go back to sleep. The good news is my daughter is still feeling the...
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I have tried looking up girls birthday party's in bako online, and nothing of what I am looking for comes up. So I am hoping some of you might know of places to go. Where I used to live they had a great facility for little girls birthday party’s. It had a spot...
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The kids are gone to school. Sarah and I are sitting quietly at home. Brent's in the other room working. It's kind of strange. David was so excited for kindergarten. He had some anxiety on Friday when we went to orientation, but this morning he was great!...
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Layton is in 1st grade today with Mrs. King at Castle Elementary. Next time we blink, he'll be graduating from high school and then from UCLA. (just kidding, Layton. You can go to whatever school you want... it would just be really hard for me to cheer for SC).
Here are...
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Kiddo (random thought): We're like three peas in a pod.
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After I was spooked by a bug-
Kiddo: Don't be afraid. God is bigger!
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Kiddo to me: Can I have this candy?
Me: No.
Kiddo:...
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I took a job, a very, very part-time job. I haven't had a on-the-payroll-must-be-on-time-need-to-look-professional job in 4 years.
So the kiddo and I have been running around like maniacs trying to get all my employment paperwork taken care of. We've made multiple rounds to...
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C'mon. Really? I don't even need to make the case against it.
I saw a woman smoking in her car today with three kids in the back seat. I don't have the words...
"But Kevin, when I smoke, I go outside so my kids don't have to be exposed to it."
I don't...
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My big boy is potty training! That means he is washing his hands--a lot--and his favorite soap to use is foaming hand soap. It is pretty expensive, and I hate to buy a new foaming soap bottle every time we run out. So, I went on the hunt for a recipe for a foaming soap refill. It works great!...
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Today was the opening of Star Wars the Clone Wars at the theater and of course my three older boys were super excited. My husband and I dropped off the baby at Grandma and Papa's house and were on our way to see yet another Star Wars film. My 9 1/2 year old has been obsessed with Star...
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My daughter is in 2 different sports right now and she is wanting to join another one. She already has 2 days a week filled up for the activities she is in and if we put her in another sport that will take up another 3 days a week, 2 days practice games and 1 game on a...
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I have been a mother for 10 years and If you had asked me ten years ago if I was planning to have 4 boys I probably would have told you NO WAY! Well, here I am and I have the most kind, fun, happy, witty, smart, talented, and handsome four boys that anyone could ask for. Set...
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Jack O'Connell, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is visiting Fairview Elementary today, because they had amazing score improvement on last year's testing. Television news crews will be on hand as he congratulates them on an awesome job. I would like to say that the...
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Unbelievable. Not just that the kiddo turned 4, but she matured so much between 3 and 4. And there is no doubt she is a little girl. Baby is gone, gone, gone. (But she'll always be my baby!)
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Edward Jones
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So, 31 years ago, I arrived in this world, a bouncing 8lb 2 oz baby girl, born to a young couple named Pat and Wanda. 6 years later, my sister arrived. From late teens on, my sister would get mistaken for the older sister, despite being 6 years my junior. This...
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I set up email accounts for my kids this morning. Holly doesn't really care (she'd rather have a cell phone), but Layton totally digs it. I figured that he is online anyway and in a stage where learning communication skills is huge, so why not? He loves it and is...
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K., at 6, is not allowed to touch electric outlets, so when I caught her plugging and unplugging an electric fan because she enjoyed watchnig the fan blades spin and stop, spin and stop, I scolded and punished her.
As she is wont to do, she flung herself on her bed dramatically and...
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It's official, I'm now part of the schooling community. Cole proudly stepped on the school bus this morning, gave his bus driver a hug, took one picture for mom and sat next to his friend in the front seat, all the while talking 90 miles a minute. BUT, Mommy didn't cry like everyone thought...
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Summer's almost over, and I am bummed. i like the laid back schedule of summer - no early mornings, no packing school lunches, no homework, more free time, so it is always hard for me to send the kids back. But, more than anything, this summer flew by, and while we had lots of...
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As the days stretch long and hot I cannot help but let my mind to wander. My son climbs on my back returning to some primitive monkey nature and I, filled with patience, sit and type. Today, as I muse wildly, I cannot help but ponder character. I have heard many a time that character...
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We're thinking of getting a trampoline for the kids for the backyard? Any recommendations or suggestions or cries of "are you TRYING to go to the ER?"
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Here's a piece of newly found wisdom: The manufacturer's recommend age for fun stuff like Lego's, Lincoln Logs, and Transformers (and I'm sure the same will go for girly toys) is not a dare for you to prove to the toy company that your child is smart enough to play...
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Enjoy 2 complimentary 8x10 prints with our promotional photo session. Please visit our website for more info!
JK Michael's Photography
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Hi, fellow Bakersfield parents!
Just wondering if anyone out there can recommend a good place to take my three-year-old princess in training for ballet lessons. She's been wanting to take them for quite some time now. I've checked some of the community class catalogs, but...
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I had a long chit chat with my niece last night. The first thing I noticed as we talked on the phone was the joy in her voice. I haven't heard her that happy in a long time. The energy in her voice shot through the phone line. She was buzz, buzz, buzz, talk, talk, talk -...
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Park Guell
There is nothing like a park bench to contemplate life upon. It has seen, felt, and heard the plans of men and women, old and young. Everything from a first kiss to a lonely tear drop of a widow feeding pigeons, life occurs on a park...
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I have decided to take my love for mommyhood, saving money and blogging to a new level and i have started my own blog on blogspot! The blog is dedicated to mommies and bringing you the best FREE stuff, yes FREE!
I am hosting my first giveaway, which will be a Custom diaper wipe case from...
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