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  • How To Make A Rocket Ship Cake

    Wednesday June 23, 2010

    Perhaps more aptly titled – how *I* made a rocket ship cake for Sam’s 5th birthday. 1. Come up with a design that is doable and agreeable to all parties. Sam requested a rocket ship cake, so I sat down at the computer to see what I could come up with.  I didn’t want to [...]

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  • Summer To Do List

    Tuesday June 15, 2010

    I think the key to not only surviving summer, but enjoying it is to have a plan.  Before summer arrives, I think of all these fun things I want to do with the kids during the summer, but if I don’t sit down and plan them out, they will never happen.  Even worse, on a [...]

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  • Summer Fun with Little Ones (in Northern Va and beyond)

    Tuesday May 11, 2010

    I was invited to speak at my local MOPS group this week on the subject of fun things to do with preschoolers throughout the summer.  In this case, preschoolers means children kindergarten aged and younger.   As a mom of three such children (ages 6, 4 and 2) and I took on the task with relish, [...]

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  • WFMW: Decreasing Toy Noise

    Tuesday February 23, 2010

    We have one of those fridge farm magnetic sets.  When the kid puts the two pieces of the animal into the set and it sings a little song.   Or if they just push a button it plays a little ditty.  Cute, but annoying.  Especially when the toddler likes to press the button over and over [...]

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  • WFMW: Clever Sites to help with Gift Giving (and Getting)

    Tuesday December 1, 2009

    This week’s Works For Me Wednesday is “gift themed”.   Since Christmas is coming faster than I can believe, I thought I’d share a couple of good websites that are helping me wrangle my gift-giving (and receiving) this holiday season. Amazon’s Universal Wishlist – it has been so easy to simplify the wishlists for family members [...]

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  • WFMW: DIY Piggy Banks Teach the Value of Money

    Wednesday November 11, 2009

    I’ve been trolling the internet for the perfect piggy bank for a while.   When my kids were little (even littler than now), Grandma got them beautiful personalized ceramic pigs.  They were darling, but it didn’t take long for my little darlings to play with them and crack them.  They also constantly took the money out [...]

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  • WFMW: Recipe Organization

    Wednesday September 23, 2009

    I’ve been fairly disorganized all summer.  Now that school is in session and life is running at full speed, I’ve been working on getting some order back in my life. One area that always gives me trouble is recipes.  I love to search for ones I like on the internet, in cookbooks, or collect them [...]

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  • School Lunches that Work For Me (and You!)

    Tuesday September 8, 2009

    If had been more organized, I would have participated in LAST week’s WFMW, the theme of which was, ahem… organization.   Unfortunately, I’m not that organized.   However, now that I officially have a child enrolled in elementary school, it’s time to get myself in gear.    One of the things I’m dreading most this school year is [...]

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  • WFMW: My Best Travel Tips with Kids

    Tuesday August 25, 2009

    Many folks have blogged about their tips for roadtripping with kids.  I know because I read many of them as I prepared for our big New England adventure.   Now that we’re back, I’ll share a few of the things worked for me. Travel Time – Leave early, or leave late. Our drive time North was [...]

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  • WFMW: Minimizing the Fast Food Feeding Frenzy

    Tuesday July 7, 2009

    I try and feed my kids healthy more often than not, but I am not so puritanical that I am above hitting Mickey Ds for a treat every week now and then.    However, with 3 kids, ages 5 and under, it can be difficult to figure out what everyone wants, order the food, keep the [...]

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