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When Your Daughter Is Getting Married (And You Have 6 Kids)
When my children were young I would throw some of the most amazing birthday parties. Every year I would throw six fun birthday parties, one for each child with a theme, decorations, and activities. 20 years later I still bump into to parents and children who share their memories of the Newsome kids’ birthday parties.…
My Love Affair With Post-It Notes
I am officially declaring Post-it Notes as one of the greatest inventions of all times. Let me rephrase that: It is the greatest invention for the trying-so-hard-to-be-fabulous forty-year old moms like me. Sometimes I feel as though I am losing brain cells as rapidly as I am gaining wrinkles!
The Holiday Rush: Why Am I Already Hearing Christmas Music?
I woke up the morning after Halloween with a tiny bit of a sugar hangover. It’s the same thing year after year.After collecting enough candy to fill a football stadium and eating enough candy to keep every dentist in this city in business for years to come, the children fall into deep sleep filled with dreams of Skittles, Twizzlers and chocolate bars.
Got Daughters? Start Saving for a Wedding Now!
The invitations are in the mail for the Royal Wedding. No, I am not checking my mailbox everyday in hopes that I get one. After all, I need to be realistic- I did just move and some people still dont have my new address. But it has got me thinking about what it is going to be like trying to put on weddings for my four daughters.