A $10 gift for bright kids

December 1, 2009

Leave a comment to be entered into a drawing for a FREE box of stuff from Steve Spangler Science ($75 value-woot!)!  Drawing to be held on Dec. 11thth.  Enter on both posts on Gifts for Bright Kids!

I am a big fan of toys for kids that make them figure stuff out.  Or have a wow [...]

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Really, really close to Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

November 24, 2009

Thanks to musings of a mommy for her original version of this recipe. After fiddling with it for a few years, here’s my rendition. It’s a pretty easy recipe to put together, so don’t freak out over the seemingly long list of ingredients and steps.
(Note: make the cream cheese filling first and let it freeze [...]

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Twilight mom confession and how I met ‘Jacob’ (really!)

November 18, 2009

Hi. My name is Melissa and I have read the Twilight saga. Multiple times. No, I’m not 14. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but I’m a ‘Twilight mom’. You know, those grownup women who become addicted to the Twlight books after prying them out of the hands of their teenaged daughters. (Not that I [...]

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Denver Kids Eat Free Nights! Updated!

November 6, 2009

Looking for a list of restaurants where ‘Kids Eat Free in Denver’?  You’ve come to the right place! (Hey, Goooglers!) (The list is located below all the important blah, blah, blah stuff–just scroll down.)
*Disclaimer:  Even though I have spent many hours scouring the internet and made lots of phone calls to puzzled restaurant staff to [...]

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My husband quit his job: why this is a good thing

November 5, 2009

          “So I think I have to tell my boss that I need to quit.”
     Strangely, they were the words I had been waiting to hear for years: My heart froze for a moment, and then began beating again wildly, fueled by a flicker of hope. I turned to examine his face, carefully saying,
          “Really?” [...]

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Terrific Tip #1: How to help toddlers who are afraid of thunder

August 19, 2009

Terrific Tips! On Tuesday! Cause it starts with a ‘T’!
Have a toddler or preschooler who is afraid of thunder? We happened upon this little trick the other night when our (nearly) 3 year-old became very frightened of the thunder (again). In trying to explain to her that thunder is just a loud sound and that [...]

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Homeschool–when you don’t go ‘back-to-school’

August 17, 2009

We decided to homeschool this year (’cause, according to one snarky comment from a reader, I am a bored stay-at-home-mom, hahahahahha!). I am writing about our journey this first year over at Examiner.com.
Come see this peek into our family’s transition from attending a great public school to the amazing (though sometimes odd) [...]

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How to properly deceive your kid with a luvey twin switch-a-roo

August 16, 2009

You know when your child latches on to that ONE VERY SPECIAL blanket or toy? The kind they cannot sleep without? The ONE VERY SPECIAL thing that helps them when all else fails?
You are gonna need a back up. Trust me. (Sunshine, at age 10, still talks about the blanket that somehow got LOST at [...]

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How you, too, can do a bad job potty-training your child and still make it!

June 30, 2009

I hadn’t meant to potty-train Lady Bug. Well, let me re-state that, I hadn’t meant to *re-start* potty-training her before our big road trip this week. Let me catch you up…
We started potty-training way back in December when she was just shy of being 2.5. I actually had no interest in potty-training [...]

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How (exactly) did we end up with a dog?

May 6, 2009

If you’ve seen my Twitter updates, you may have noticed that we, the kinda anti-pet family, now have a dog.
And, it’s going fairly well, considering we are all so woefully lazy when it comes to pets. Our previous dog, who shed copious clumps of black hair everywhere, is happily ensconced with my sister. [...]

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