We live a very busy, full life. We could not be happier. The reality that my children live as equal parts of of a big family, is that being one of four children means there are unique compromises within most situations and they often have...
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I’ve always been a bit of a car geek. My first car was a standard transmission, the same one I learned on and took my drivers test in. I like to learn about different types of cars and their engines-especially old ones-but mostly I just...
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Last year when we moved to our new home, part of my infatuation with the house was centered around the gigantic master bedroom. In addition to having it's own bathroom (our own bathroom!), there is a balcony attached that looks over our downstairs patio, and...
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I call Beau my Game Changer. Countless times and in all ways, he has sent me back to the parenting books and challenged us to learn how to approach him. He lives and loves with all of his heart and it is wonderful and amazing,...
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I probably would have never learned to roast a turkey if it hadn't been for our move to New York City. It's one of those things that I learned as a parent from being away from my mother, but the rather simple act of preparing...
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Jack watched his first television show when he was about 20 months old. Zoe had only been around a week or two, and I was at my wits end trying to figure out how to nurse her and entertain him at the same time. During...
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I haven't quite grasped the practice of video taping my kids. Mostly I leave that up to Justin, and his phone fills quickly with all sorts of random clips of each child. There are baseball moments, first cartwheels in gymnastics, first rides on a two...
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Heading back to school this year was bittersweet, and not just for me. I think that if Jack and Zoe could have chosen for themselves, in fact, they wouldn't have graduated out of their grades or transitioned out of their classes at all. They both...
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When Justin and I went on vacation, I thought surely all we would do was talk about the kids and miss them. That is, in fact, how we spend our date nights which are few and far between-something that we're working on making more frequent....
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For as far back as I can remember, art in some way or another has been one of my favorite forms of self-expression. I picked up the violin in elementary school and played until it was swapped for a hot pink electric guitar early on...
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Thank you to Cube Dog for sponsoring this review. For more information about Cube Dog please visit the Facebook page or download it on iTunes. I'm pretty quick to classify my family as "dog people". My husband grew up with dogs-and a pot-bellied pig (some kids...
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http://www.mommasgonecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/disney2.jpg This morning, Disney premiered the first clip of their new show, Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Jake and his crew of pirates team up for fun-filled adventures throughout Never Land, where they must work together on a quest for lost treasure. The series follows Jake,...
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