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Why French Paper Dolls are Superior for Valentine's Day
I adore paper dolls, probably because I used to hand-draw them for hours as a child.
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Martha Speaks, and she says to adopt a shelter dog
On Saturday, our family will welcome a new addition. It's a girl, and she's black, furry and rescued from the streets of Indiana. So it seems entirely appropriate (if oddly coincidental) that one of our favorite PBS Kids' cartoons
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Support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with one easy act of kindness
I'm only one person with one meager budget and very limited time. How can I do something important and meaningful this October to show my support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when I can't donate a gazillion dollars and don't have the hours to donate to a bigger cause?
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Always Saturday - music for your permanent weekend
Always Saturday makes me happy. While this is technically a "kids" band, the beats are appropriate for big people, too. I'm thinking of their CD as a dance party waiting to happen, and I just want to be a part.
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Fighting breast cancer with a new color: blue
There's a lot of pink out there in October, and that's a great thing. We applaud any effort to fight breast cancer by spreading awareness or raising donations for research and support. Still, if pink's not your color, we'd like to introduce you to the breast cancer initiative from Lee Jeans that's really intrigued us because it's not about what you buy. It's about what you give.
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Animal themed nursery prints with a French accent
As I have mentioned here before, I have a real sweet spot for nursery art prints. While my daughter's room may be the size of your suburban walk in closet, I will always keep an eye out for another something special to squeeze onto her tiny walls.
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3 ways to give back to schools
Now that the kids are fully back in school, that means unfortunately, there are a lot of teachers out there thinking about all the out-of-pocket money they're going to have to start spending on their classrooms.
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Thank you, teachers
I have a big, big heart for teachers and all they do. Not just because my own mother is one, but because I can directly point to moments that teachers shaped my life in profound ways.
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Web Coolness - Educational games, cloth diapering, and creative ways to get kids to eat their veggies.
Here are some things we've liked reading around the web this week. We hope you will too.
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Super hero costumes for kids who are their own super heroes
yay for another shop that makes handmade superhero costumes for kids, inspired by kids' imaginations and not the comic characters on TV. And? They're super affordable.
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Celebrating our National Day of Service with kids
Today is a tough day for a lot of us, especially those of us in the New York and DC areas who lived through the horror of 9/11 ten years ago. But we do love how it's been turned into something positive as a National Day of Service.
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