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Review: My Daughter Tried skinID

Acne can be a real challenge for teens. My daughter, Bailey, is a beautiful girl, but she’s been experiencing some problems with break-outs and scarring for the past 2 years. There were days when she wanted to hide her face. If you are a parent of a teen, then you know how painful it can [...]

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Review: My Daughter Tried skinID

Swim Safe: Pool Safety

Every year hundreds die due to swimming, in 2005 there were over 3000 deaths all due to drowning.  For every 1 out of 4 were children 14 or under, this is too many for us. With a few rules maybe we can prevent a death from happening.  The biggest killer is lack of supervision or not [...]

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Swim Safe: Pool Safety

Figuring Out That Fall Equinox Thing

Truman starts big school – Kindergarten – this fall. Actually, that’s not entirely true. He starts August 10th, which is still technically summer. In fact, it’s more than a month from fall, which doesn’t come official until the autumnal equinox, which falls on September 22nd this year. At 5:18 p.m. EDT, to be exact. Of course, [...]

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Figuring Out That Fall Equinox Thing

Crafts for Beach Theme Week

Saving summer memories, organizing collections, or simply finding something to entertain the youngsters (that’s not electronic) if you have a rainy day often puzzles parents. Why not try some clipboard art, or making altered clipboards, as some call it.  I’ve described the project in one of my Arts and Crafts posts, Clipboard Altered Art & Wall Hangings. Youngsters [...]

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Crafts for Beach Theme Week

I Ain’t Using That Word

Truman said, “you know what happened the other day? I was in the playground with the school-agers and Brooke tagged me and I said, ‘I’m not playing tag,’ and another school-ager said, ‘He said he “ant” playing tag.’ Mommy, did you know ‘ant’ is a word?’” I said, “It’s ain’t. And it’s not a word. I [...]

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I Ain’t Using That Word