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We are Number ZERO!!!!

YES!  Long awaited news from our adoption agency this morning!  We topped the waitlist and our file is not being sent to the region in Colombia where Zaza is waiting for us!  Whooooo HOooooooo!  We should have a referral in 30-60 days! ... 35 minutes ago From My Sister's Jar

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Depth of Field and Camera Warning on the Canon 7D

Breaking the Rules… Okay, here’s just a quick little tidbit about Depth of Field.  Previously, I wrote a post about Depth of Field. Now remember, DOF is defined by the f/number (2.8), the lens focal length (are you shooting wide open vs.... about 22 hours ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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Silly Faces, Silly Fun

It’s time to get silly! As I was browsing through the Rice Krispies Treats® recipes over atwww.RiceKrispies.com, I found one that I knew my kids would LOVE! So, we spent this past Saturday getting silly with the Funny Faces Rice Krispies... 1 day ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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Family Camp at Limetree Farm ~ July 2011

If you’re interested in attending The Mother magazine’s family camp next year, here’s the booking form and further information. Please note, this camp is for current subscribers only. We can only reserve your space with a deposit.... 1 day ago From The Mother magazine

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Bedtime Rituals

by Veronika Sophia Robinson Bedtime rituals: what we resist, persists!Ask a parent which time of day they find most challenging, and you’ll almost certainly hear: bedtime!It’s almost as if our little munchkins are wired to wind us up at... 1 day ago From The Mother magazine

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SGM Approved ~ Little Twig

Little Twig, safe and natural bath products make the list!! Developed with the advice of pediatricians and real-life parents, their primary goal is giving families healthier and safer alternatives with pure and gentle personal care products for... 1 day ago From Smiling Green Mom

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Wordless Wednesday — Swinging

Olivia on a Rope Swing This series of photos from camp led me to question, “Are second-born children braver?” Let me know your thoughts over at my post last week. Here is a fun thumbnail linky… But if you prefer the old style, you can... 1 day ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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POP!

We returned home late one evening, from a fun day out and about, to a package on our front doorstep. Not entirely an infrequent occurance, but certainly one that excited my younger two kiddos! Why? you ask. Well, the package on our doorstep... 1 day ago From From Dates to Diapers

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Why do Parents Stop Loving Their Children?

Karis is a 16-year-old living in Middle Earth most of the time. She wishes that she were born 10000 years in the future (or however long it takes to reach the pinnacle of human civilization). She can normally be found between the pages of a book... 2 days ago From Radical Parenting

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5 Ways to a green Lawn, and I do mean green.

5 Ways to a greener lawn, and I do mean green. Okay, so I may not always smile. In fact, sometimes I think my kids actually fear that I might be distantly related to The Wicked Witch of the West…or East…or any ol’ direction for that... 2 days ago From Smiling Green Mom

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Project Mom Casting — You KNEW we would, right?

One of our fabulous blogging friends Ciaren Blumenfeld and her co-creater Leane Vandeman have the moms of the blogosphere grabbing their cameras and posting their audition videos for the new reality TV series, Project Mom Casting. I noticed... 2 days ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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That Magic Moment

   When my son started homeschooling at five-years-old, with me as his highly qualified and trained teacher, I came to the realization that all kids are not created equal.  Some are special.  Some are wild.  Some are funny.  Some are... 2 days ago From My Sister's Jar

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Back to that Same Old Place, Sweet Home Chicago

We're home from our adventure. Finally, after years days of driving, we made it back to the land of traffic, where there are no cows, where Coke, 7-Up, and root beer are all called "pop", where pickups don't have gun racks and confederate flags,... 2 days ago From BECAUSE I SAID SO

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Celadon Road, Your Path to a Greener Life ~Review & FAB Giveaway!!!

Today is a very special day and I am so excited to tell you all about a company that has grabbed ahold of my green heart and given me a major case of ADD. I love this company and it’s mission, initiatives and opportunity so much that I cannot... about 3 hours ago From Smiling Green Mom

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In many movies with a young cast, the female love interest is often times the cute and coy girl next door. Now there isn’t anything wrong with cute and coy, but I think sometimes what today’s tween girls need to see is a female lead who is... 2 days ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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World Breastfeeding Week Celebration

It’s almost World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7, 2010) and we have started celebrating moms everywhere a little early!! Every day during our celebration, we will be offering GREAT specials on some of our top selling items. Each of the... about 16 hours ago From Mommy News and Views

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World Breastfeeding Awareness Week

by Veronika Sophia RobinsonWorld Breastfeeding Awareness Week: 1st August to 7th AugustIn February 2006, Channel Four aired a documentary called Extraordinary Breastfeeding which featured four women and their approaches to weaning. My family and... 1 day ago From The Mother magazine

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Another Brilliant Idea by Jackson

So, what you're saying is that I should've bought a hammock in the Outer Banks?No way! This one is great, Mom! It's totally comfy! Wanna try it?Ummm, as stable as it looks, what with the ladder and two by fours, I think I'm gonna pass, but... 1 day ago From BECAUSE I SAID SO

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useless parent products

Hat's off --or pee cone, to Parenting.com for this HI-larious round up of useless or quite over priced parenting products.  The baby heels I mentioned a long time ago,but how I missed the teddy bear made from a placenta...that's right your very... 1 day ago From Cool Mom

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Preschool Power Struggles – and my surprising ally

When it comes to power struggles with my all-too-powerful, almost-four-year-old darling, I want to let you in on a little secret: I delegate. That's right. I don't handle them anymore. I pass the buck. I stumbled on this strategy a... 1 day ago From Taking the Lid off the Sun

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Maarey: A Story about Assimilation

Neyat is an Eritrean-American girl who is an aspiring writer. She enjoys reading teen fiction, looking up obscure music artists and celebrities on Wikipedia, and traveling. She hopes that one day when you teens are tired and middle-aged, you will... 2 days ago From Radical Parenting

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Summer: A Public Service Announcement

You light up my life... The stark realization has hit: It’s almost August. And the incredible summer days and nights we dream of most of the year are quickly passing us by. GASP. I know. So consider this a little Public Service Announcement... 2 days ago From The Grass Stain Guru

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Tackle It Tuesday – A Little Inspiration

This is Erica here, stepping in for Janice. Lately I have been seeing posts around the blogosphere with photos of gorgeous inspiration boards covered in magazine clippings, poetry, artwork…all the things that inspire. And you know what, I... 2 days ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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Older Moms And Overweight Moms May Have Delayed Breastmilk Production

I discovered this article the other day entitled “Older age, extra pounds may delay breast-milk production” and the light just went off! This is EXACTLY what happened to me! I was 37 when my son was born and just over 200lbs. It took 6+... about 2 hours ago From Mommy News and Views

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Things You Never Hear From a Teen/ Parent [Humor]

Teen: Could you please drop me off at the dance and walk me in? Mom, dad this is my new boyfriend he works at Planned Parenthood. Dad, I don’t really want a mac, can I get a PC? I feel that going to summer school could help improve my... about 6 hours ago From Radical Parenting

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Our BlogHer 2010 Sponsors — Kmart Design

Last year, at BlogHer ‘09, Susan and I re-discovered Kmart. Kmart Design, the sponsors of our BlogHer ‘09 Videos Interviews Series, took a group of us Mom Bloggers to their headquarters for a personal styling and a chance to see what we had... about 12 hours ago From 5 Minutes For Mom

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Dawn Goes Psycho

I made the mistake of telling my kids about Spuds's post HERE. Big mistake. Big! Huge!!! I mean, I thought the story was pretty darn hilarious. You know, when it was happening to HIM. But my tune changed when it happened to yours truly.This was... about 20 hours ago From BECAUSE I SAID SO

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Hot Teen Trend: Silly Bandz

Click here to view the embedded video. I am currently doing interviews with all of my interns for my book and one of our questions is: What is a hot teen trend right now? Almost every single teen has mentioned Silly Bandz. Silly Bandz are tiny... about 21 hours ago From Radical Parenting

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Loving the life you live, and taming the green eyed monster

by Veronika Sophia Robinson“If you do not tell the truth about yourself,you cannot tell it to other people.” ~ Virginia WoolfI once knew a person who was jealous of anyone and everyone in her orbit, whether it was a personal... 1 day ago From The Mother magazine

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So I guess we could call this UNwordless Wednesday

Yesterday, UNited We Fit culminated the launch of the UN Project in Houston, where they presented their sticker-covered oil drum directly to BP’s American headquarters at 11 a.m. The UNited We Fit team was allowed through security to the... 1 day ago From Smiling Green Mom

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On the Road with Austin and Santino

It's befitting that on the eve of my family road trip I tell you about a road trip on TV.  Project Runway fans, listen up.  Lifetime has brought together a season one and a season two contestant, the very blonde Austin Scarlett and the very... 1 day ago From Cool Mom

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A letter, with love

To our Owen,You came blazing into our world one year ago and have since woven yourself deeply into the depths of our family. In one short year, we can already tell what your personality is shaping to be, and DUDE. You are cool. Persistent,... 1 day ago From Impressions

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See video of our trip to Cabo with The Villa Group!

TrueAnthem and The Villa Group gave us a preview of the social media video player featuring four other mom bloggers and me on our trip to see their Cabo San Lucas properties: Andrea Fellman of Savvy Sassy Moms, Laurie Cooper a.k.a. Clueless Mama... 1 day ago From The Mommy Blog

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A Parent’s Guide to the Vans Warped Tour

Note: Alizen, one of our great interns decided to do research on the Vans Warped Tour to give parents insight into the concert scene, why teens love music and what adults should and shouldn’t be worried about when teens make music their... 2 days ago From Radical Parenting

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Charlie foxtrot

This is beginning to sound like a broken record, I know, but the last several days of our lives have been nothing but a tidal wave of heartbreaking chaos. Jon's sister-in-law died on the morning of his birthday, this following a night that had... 2 days ago From Dooce

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Department Of Labor Issues Fact Sheet On New Pumping Law

We posted information back in March about the new Health Care Legislation. While there was much to be desired about the implementation of the new law, the one thing that it did do was to offer protection for breastfeeding moms at work. And just... 2 days ago From Mommy News and Views

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Smoky Mountain Memories Part 3

Let’s wrap this thing up! 2 days ago From 4tunate

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Who tucks in the last one standing?

Seriously, people. I have tucked in three children several times a piece, each of their lovies after wrapping them in the appropriate blankets, the dishwasher, the washing machine, every light fixture in the house (but not the front door;... 2 days ago From The Mommy Blog

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Ahhhhhhhhh the terrible twos

Well as you well know I have a five year old- but I think we are just evolving into the terrible twos :( Robert tells me it will be a year to year and a half of this non stop screaming, ranting, foot stomping fun.....God help me! Things are going... 2 days ago From My crazy, yet wonderful life