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Pre-Schooler (ages 4-5)

This is What I Call Indepence Day!

I can’t tell you how ready we were for school to start today. We have been waiting and planning and talking and…waiting some more. We went on Monday thinking it started. Oops! We jumped the gun…2 more days of waiting. This morning we woke up ready. Clearly Sophia and Miles were pumped. We wore red, [...]

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No School Fool!

I admit, I never thought it would happen, but I cried at the kids’ pre-school today.  We got all ready for the first day of school.  We packed lunches.  We wore cute outfits.  We talked about our teachers and how excited we were to see our friends again.  We attempted to take first day pictures [...]

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Raising a Real Miss Universe

Intelligence, a big heart and the most fantastic gown (just an added bonus) – the choice is easy!  Sophia for Miss Universe! Clearly with all the body image issues we are having around here we do not watch the Miss Universe pageants or any other pageants for that matter.  At least not with the kids.  [...]

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Pre-Schoolers Dream of Being Princesses

My Daughter is a Princess.  She is loving, kind, impetuous, gentle, funny, creative, wild, sometimes disobedient, sometimes bossy, and incredibly intelligent.  No Princess is perfect – and I want her to know that she doesn’t have to be. Sophia will be 4 in September, and I believe she is beautiful.  As her mother, I am [...]

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How the Tooth Fairy Works in Our House

Sophia is almost 4 and likes to hang with the older crowd. She prefers the cool 5 and 6 year olds to kids her own age and thus is constantly wondering when she will lose her first tooth and meet the amazing tooth fairy. She knows exactly what to look for and daily feels her [...]

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Not So Silly Bands

The kids are obsessed with Silly Bands.  Essentially they are rubber bands that when off your arm take the shape of an animal or object.  Miles’ favorite is the purple Train.  Sophia’s is a purple and white castle and a pink mermaid.   When piled on your arm these bring me right back to the jelly [...]

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Capturing the Memories of Early Childhood

This is third of five posts over ten days as part of Momalom’s Five for Ten.  We are all writing about the same topics in an honest effort to get to know one another better and make more connections. Our first topic was Courage.   The second was Happiness.  Today’s is Memory. If you are already a regular [...]

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