We’re Bananas {Finer Things Friday}

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Remember this? Today:  Same exercise video, same crunches, different baby trick.  Today he was trying to feed me banana chips as I’m crunching.  “Biiiite.  Biiiiite,” he insisted, as he attempted to shove the chip between my tightly closed lips.  Finally, I placed the banana chip on my closed mouth and blew.  It flew up and [...]

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Sleeping Style

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This child never ceases to entertain.  Here’s how we found him sleeping this morning.  And yes.  He had plenty of room to breathe. 

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Young Children and Money {Reader Question}

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Quick question (from this post) – the kids saving for their own Nintendo DS – how do you handle money with your kids? Do they get an allowance, earn it by doing extra chores, birthday money? Just curious – I’ve got a 4 year old and I’d like to start her down the right path [...]

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Trash It

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After an evening of straightening the house and encouraging the kids to clean their rooms, I found this:  various clothing items that belonged in the laundry, a plate that belonged with the tea set, a pony tail holder that belonged with the hair stuff, and a magnet that belonged with the magnadoodle. Random objects strewn [...]

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Trio {Finer Things Friday}

Yesterday we enjoyed our daughter’s very first piano recital.  In fact, we didn’t just enjoy it; we joined in the fun!  It was hard-fought fun, though, as a goof, then another goof, sent our embarrassed girl into tears at the keyboard.  Poor thing was so nervous, and this after she had played her two harder [...]

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