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Husbands have had a meal prepared for them, children have received a soft kiss good-bye, and mommas are rolling out of driveways in their SUV’s and minivan’s dressed like they just about lost their ninny minds. What’s going on, you ask?...
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As we sat on the sofa yesterday watching movies (I am so thankful for movies when I am single parenting it for a weekend and I am sick), we watched a promo for Ariel the Musical. Oh, wow. The costumes, the music - I'm a sucker for musicals in the first place- but the colors were...
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So today was my anniversary and we had no babysitter so we took Anthony with us to dinner, and when I told DH that he said that was ok Anthony will be with us forever.
I know he meant it as a joke but sometimes this whole Aspegers thing has be down and wondering if Anthony...
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Is anyone else here on Facebook? A friend connected me there a week ago, and it's not helping my internet addiction... but it is pretty cool. I've found a ton of people I haven't talked with in years, from high school, past jobs, etc.
anyway... I'm there, if...
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we got our fingerprinting done for the adoption paperwork... for the second time, in case we got new fingers since the last time.
It's september which means in a little more than three and a half months it will be 2009, when we can start answering all the "when" questions with...
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We were in the car today, running some errands, and my son was upset because he wanted to fix something. I can't even remember right now what it was, but lately he has had this desire to make things just so, just the way he wants them.
Anyway, he was whining and complaining, and I finally just...
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Okay so the 2nd time around, i've discovered how to potty train effectively, within days...the secret...PATIENCE. I don't just mean patience UNTIL little whomever has an accident, but understanding and patience THROUGH OUT. Constant praise every time there's a pee or a poo or even a fake pee or...
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Daddy, I have a case of the Bless Yous
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Last time I saw my mom (about two weeks ago on our birthday) she told me about how when she was pregnant with my "little" brother, she'd pick something up and "Oh! The pain!" Then a couple days later, after healing, she'd pick something else up and "Oh! The pain!"...
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Me: Honey, would you try not to get mud all over you at school?
Kiddo: Sure, Mom.
Me: Really? (thinking, "It would be so nice not to have to hose her off after preschool.")
See pics for kiddo's definition of "not mudddy." Take...
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I thought it was going to be a good day. I thought we had made progress. I spoke to both of Emma's teachers, they were great, sounded enthusiastic and willing to look out for Emma and they recognized her transition challenges, etc. etc. etc.
Emma and I talked a lot this weekend about my own...
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Ethan started another year of pre-school today. But it was big boy's pre-school this time around. The final heave-ho for my December-just-missed-the-cut-off-baby before he makes the final ascent into kindergarten.
I tried to make it abundantly clear to him that behavior...
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Come in and receive $10 off on weave and nails. Offer valid for first time clients only. Promotional offer ends 12/01/08.
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Guaranteed to improve academic performance in less time and at a lower cost than any other program. "We have tried other programs, but Tutoring Club's friendly enviornment and curriculum increased Lindsay's confidence and it is no longer a battle getting her to read." ...
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For a limited time, receive a $6.99 hair cut at Great Clips. Valid for a single haircut per visit. Valid at all 3 Bakersfield locations.
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So I started riding the bike and pulling the bike trailer on tuesdays and thursdays to get Holly to and from preschool. It's one of my personal battles against buying gas. (Don't worry, Obama, I inflated my bike tires to proper levels for maximum fuel efficiency). It's...
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Custom Signs to Suit Your Every Need! Each handmade sign is individually hand-routered out of top, quality redwood or pine with the name or phrase of your choosing. Perfect for that someone special, birthdays, holidays, horse stalls, pets, campsite, garden-the ideas are endless! Visit us...
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Moms and dads, here's a chance for you to pamper yourself or a loved one!
Enter to win $99 worth of tanning (your choice of Magic Tan spray treatment or tanning bed) from Le Mirage Hair and Nail Design in Northeast Bakersfield!
To enter, simply email contests@raisingbakersfield.com with the...
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Let me just throw this out there-- why is our 3 1/2 year old having so many accidents after being potty-trained for almost a year?! Today was a bad day for "accidents." During resttime she went #2 in her panties-- actually a common theme. That's why I put accidents in quotes....
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Marjorie turned six last Saturday and we celebrated her birthday with family and friends at CALM. This year we did something different. We decided to celebrate and give back! So we had an ECHOage party for Marjorie!!! Instead of receiving tons of presents on her...
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Anyone have recommendations for eye doctors? I'm specifically looking for eye doctors who are pediatric ophthalmologists and have experience with strabismus and amblyopia (lazy eye). I have one recommendation for a doc down at UCLA, but I'd like some others. (No, this is not for...
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So today was a big one for Anthony a play date no mom. I could have just left but Jasmine saw I needed to see him be ok without me. He was fine right at home instantly! Yet part of me wanted him to cry or fuss not barley say goodbye! This is so good for him! He has a...
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For a limited time buy one haircut and get another haircut for free. Offer valid for one person per visit. Cannot be mixed with other promotional offers. Expires 12/1/08
The Look
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When you visit Twisteez Salon you can receive $10 off any chemical treatment; you can also receive $5 off any haircut.
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We'll do your "to do's" and run around town so you don't have to! With today's high gas prices, do you want to use your valuable time (and your gas!) to run errands? Call us we will do it all for you. Time Avenue 665-0757
Time Avenue
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Receive a free mini cupcake with the purchase of a regular size cupcake, choose from any flavor on hand, quantities not limited. Toppers, extra sprinkles, and special decorations not included with this offer. May not combine with any other offer.
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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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