Double Duty household items

Hey Parents. You don’t need lots of fancy toys and contraptions for your kids. Just use the stuff you have hangin’ around at home for early childhood needs in all areas of development
 
Leather Book Weight
The best and least expensive can be found at Barnes and Noble.
adults: this handy tool keeps pages in place for reading
babies: the [...]

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Headlines from me to you

Here’s a headline for all the stay-at-home moms:
Stay-at-home mom, six-figure salary       
See? We haven’t all lost our heads.
You go, girl.
 
Fortune, and a “break” from fame
Jon and Kate takes break while family “regroups”
The show must doesn’t have to probably shouldn’t go on.
 
So, we’re trying to go to the moon again.
This is a well-timed (no doubt a well-choreographed shot in the arm [...]

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In the Brotherhood

It all started in the back seat.
The giggling, the snickering, and the laughing. My three-year old has usually entertained himself well in the car, but this time he had company: the 7-month old sitting on the other side.
The little baby was riding in his infant car seat, his head fully raised up, his face turned looking at his older [...]

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Make Yourself at Home

I’ve had company staying at my house on and off the last couple of months. Anyone who knows me well knows, I’m no Martha Stewart when it comes to home decor. I exist in a never-ending cycle of literal home improvement, but I have no desire for my house to be so completely put together that others [...]

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American Citizens Abroad

Prayers go out to the two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, whose headline has already become difficult to find in a maze of “news” stories about celebrities, late-night talk show hosts, and reality TV.
The two are being held in North Korea, sentenced to 12 years hard labor for crime they were convicted of in a secretive court.
Prayers also go [...]

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