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from December Monroe Parent

December 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
If it hasn’t taken over your life yet, it will soon. 
Seeping into every moment of your day, taking up all your walls and floor space, occupying your thoughts and filling your to-do list…It’s the holiday season!
            And it’s taking over my mom blog too!
            December is one of the best times to be a [...]

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Tags: blog · christmas · things-to-do · tips

How To Have a Warm Snowball Fight

December 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Or a summer snowball fight for that matter!
Supplies needed:

many, many bags of puff balls (aka big craft balls, the 2″ diameter size)

 
Once you have these balls, you can have an in-the-living-room snowball fight however you want (teams, divide the room into section, attack mom). 
Nobody will have frozen fingers, nobody will pick up yellow snow, nobody will [...]

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Tags: christmas · things-to-do · tips

Tip: Organizing Hats and Gloves

December 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

With four kids, each with at least three sets of hats and of gloves (one regular set, one for when the regular set is left at school, one set for playing in the snow) and with the girls being close in size and the boys being close in size, and with the fact that the universe will collapse if someone [...]

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Tags: parenting · tips · winter