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Summer Craft: Au Naturel Self-Portraits
The weather has noticeably been getting warmer and all my students have been pointing out the signs of summer out on the playground: the presence of bees, sprouting plants, the need for getting not just wet but drenched in the sandbox. Such are the signs of the season.
My New Family Rules: Please Don’t End Up Dead Or In Jail!
Two distinctly different pieces of paper taped inside one of my kitchen closet doors recently caught my eye. It is amazing that I could see anything in that mess, actually. I long ago ceded that 10 by 6 foot cave to the coats-snow boots-dirty laundry maelstrom of life with three teenagers, four cats, and a 75 pound shaggy black dog.However, since the kids open these doors 20 times a day, the closet doors have …
When Moms Invoke “The June Defense”
Ilove my kids teachers. I really do. They work so hard and they care so much and theyve been nothing but amazing this entire school year. So Im not blaming them for the onslaught of time-intensive end of the year activities that always take place in June. Im really not.
Mom The Vote: Why Women Need To Get Involved In Politics
Were a country with some serious mother issues. – Joanne Bamberger, author and blogger.
1980s Costume Ideas for Kids
Kids love Halloween–candy, costumes, trick-or-treating–the whole holiday is exciting and fun. One of the most difficult decisions kids have to make each year is what to be for Halloween. While Spiderman and Princesses dominate the scene most years, look to the 1980s for some different ideas that will make your child’s costume stand out from the rest of the crowd.