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This is a profile of a missing little girl from the state of Florida. Her case has been profiled quite a bit on the national news. Her mom is in jail for not reporting her missing for over a month, 5.5 weeks! How and why any parent, particularly a mother would not report her sweet little girl missing after this much time is beyond understanding. All I know is that with prayer and hope she is Read Full Story
A Stand Up Guy Our kids were schooled on Mary Poppins as the practically-perfect nanny, and have suffered through many a quirky babysitter over their tender years. But nothing prepared them for the hilarity of Robin Williams posing as a prim Scottish nanny in Mrs. Doubtfire . Our kids wanted to know everything about Williams, right back to his origins as Mork from Mork and Mindy and his first appearance on Happy Days . We wanted to give them a sense of how Robin Williams got his start, so... Read Full Story
What can be better than this outrageous "burst of color". I have long admired Meredith Haley Sonson work- and thought it was just right to look at- considering how bleak today is! Check it out- they are completely "awakening" http://haleysonson.com/
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Many years ago while I was in school, I had the chance to co-lead a preschool language stimulation class. It was a lot of hard work, and it taxed my brain to come up with fun and creative ways to stimulate minds and provide language enrichment experiences for 8 or 9 youngsters every single day.
Some young children are a bit slower than others in picking up language and they require some extra attention to both language expression and comprehension to do well once they enter school. However... Read Full Story
Thanks to ezschoolsupplies.com parents, teachers and schools can now order all their back to school supplies online with the click of a button. As a former teacher, I have found their products to be useful, well presented and the service convenient for parents and schools to get all their school supplies ordered from home and with little hassle. When I received my sample EZPACK of Read Full Story
I apologize for not getting this out last week. It seems I overlooked posting these from our last show.
I am still working on getting into the routine again since having my in-laws in town a few weeks and now having to do it all again without the extra hands and eyes...
Once again, I will try and reschedule the interview with Melissa Nagin, Certified Lactation Consultant, who was scheduled to Read Full Story
While blog hopping today I came across a post by Connie at Brain Foggles discussing some serious stuff...like a will. These are my thoughts on this important topic, as commented on Connie's blog... My husband and I thought about and talked about this before and after each of our sons were born. We still can't figure out or decide who we would want to have take care of our children if Read Full Story
According to a recent study by Disney's new parenting site in the UK, many working moms find it hard to balance life at home with their professional lives.The research showed that 62% of mothers of children under seven who work full hours or part-time would prefer to leave their jobs. 84% of parents admitted to being ‘physically worn out’, while 68% reported feeling ‘exhausted’ and ‘ Read Full Story
One of my favorite new cleaning essentials is the Swivel Sweeper. My husband actually brought one home one day to my surprise. I thought why'd he get this, we already have a broom, a vacuum, a carpet cleaner, a push broom, a hand vac and a swiffer, why do we need another cleaning product? I had seen the commercials on tv, but never paid much attention to them. Now that we have a Swivel Sweeper, Read Full Story
