#SundayFunday: Yummy Valentine's Day Gift for Teachers

Popcorn Balls and Rice Krispy Treats Make a Yummy Gift for Teachers Gift for Teachers In the Spirit of the upcoming holiday, we whipped up a gift teachers are sure to love!    These delicious treats are yummy, easy for even littles to make, and inexpensive enough to cover every teacher the big kids see during the day! INGREDIENTS: POPCORN BALLS 2 bags of microwave popcorn Marshmallows and chocolate...

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Avoiding a Day Care Nightmare

Finding the right fit for your special needs child Trey got kicked out of Day Care today. They say he had a melt down and started hitting and kicking. It Went Something like this Sadly, I know this is likely true. He's done it at home. He has behavioral problems, most likely associated with his (severe) adhd. Finding a day care is hard in any situation. It's hard to choose who to trust your children to. It's difficult to...

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Turning the "Me-Can'ts" into the "I Cans"

Instilling confidence in your kids Yes, you can! The little girls are doing glitter-art while I fix lunch. Cay has already unleashed a flood of glitter onto her paper, when all of a sudden, I hear her utter the  dreaded "me-can't". "Mommy, Me-Can't do it!" But I know she can, because she's been doing it for several minutes. Life as a kid is hard! The Reality of Childhood Contrary to what we adults would like...

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Awesome Mom: Small Victories in the World of Parenting

The time I became the Awesome Mom Today, I discovered that, in my daughter's circle of friends, I'm the awesome mom. My interest was piqued. In my experience, growing up, the 'cool' mom was the one who let her kids drink, smoke, hold raucous parties, and stay out all night. I don't allow any of that. I had to know. What, exactly, makes an awesome mom? I'm feeling myself today According to D, all of her friends think I'm...

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Dealing With The State: Who's Your Daddy?

I can feel the tension spreading across my back - always carry tension in my back and shoulders - and the pain from the ensuing muscle spasms makes it hard to breathe. My head hurts. I'm. Emotionally exhausted. I've been reduced to tears of frustration at least once today, and waves of helplessness and hopelessness have crashed over me through out the day. Fostering, or what ever it is I'm doing, is never easy. There are countless struggles...

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#SundayFunday: Miniature Bird Houses

A Cute birthday birdhouses An easy, inexpensive craft project for kids   This inexpensive bird hose and some paint make a great kid's project  Grampy's birthday is next weekend, so we decided to make birthday presents for #SundayFunday.  Gramps is an avid birdwatcher, and a huge Dallas Cowboys fan, so we whipped up some mini birdhouses, in blue, white, and grey. These birdhouses can be found in Walmart in the...

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The Always Present Danger

The Hidden Danger In Your Medicine Cabinet As parents, we teach our children to avoid drugs. We warn them about pot, meth, coke. We warn them about tobacco and alcohol.  We have D.A.R.E and we talk about the drugs in health class.  We think of dealers in dark alley ways, packets of coke smuggled in by mules, cartels streaming across borders.  What we don't talk about are the dangers hiding in our own medicine cabinets. The...

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Fits and Tantrums

Today was a rough one. Most of the day was spent with family, making funeral preparations for my brother-in-law, which carries an expected amount of stress. The real difficultly was waiting at home. My nephew, Trey, has some behavioral issues that we are trying address. His ADHD is rather severe, and his outbursts can be difficult at best. We had been making real, measurable progress - to the point that meals and outings in public were...

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Jada Pinkett Smith Is My Parenting Spirit Animal

Why I Mom-Stalk Jada. I love Jada Pinkett Smith. I mom-stalk her.  I lap up everything she says about parenting, mothering, marriage, like a kitten laps milk. She speaks to me. I swear, she's my spirit animal. But...her kids are so weird.... I see this a lot on social media,  on other blogs .... people Not my Meme. don't get Jaden and Willow. They talk about time travel, they cross dress, they shave their heads.  This...

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#SundayFunday: Pet Rocks

The pet you never have to feed! A  pet rock family, made by a 3 yr old. Today's goal was an easy, cheap project, that allowed for lots of mess! (Because, let's be honest, mess is the kids' favorite part.) We settled on Pet Rocks, because they're fun, there's paint involved, and they are SOOO cheap. They are made, literally, with stuff from your back yard, plus few things most moms have around the house. If, however, you are...

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