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		<title>this weekend: Christmas kickoff downtown</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/this-weekend-christmas-kickoff-downtown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Downtown Monroe Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Kickoff Weekend events are held Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Read more and see schedule HERE
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		<title>my fave books as a kid</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/my-fave-books-as-a-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After writing about the kid book series featuring author Gordon Korman(see THIS blog post and THIS press release from Monroe Public), I remembered my favorite book series from the school library&#8230; the ones where you could make decisions and choose your own ending.
Google says these were called Choose Your Own Adventure.  If I&#8217;m remembering correctly, every couple pages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monroe Public Author Visits &#8211; Gordon Korman</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/monroe-public-author-visits-gordon-korman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Gordon Korman is visiting Monroe Public Schools this week.  I heard part of the assembly, and realized I hadn&#8217;t made the connection that Korman is one of the writers of an interesting concept for a book series I had seen talked about a little bit about on TV.
 
From wikipedia&#8230;
The 39 Clues is a series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycle Crafts</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/recycle-crafts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been saving the lids from laundry detergent bottles since summer.  I saw a giant Chinese New Year dragon made of hundreds of empty detergent bottles.  I wish I could find the picture of it to post. But  no way could I do THAT. 
So, there has to be SOME sort of a craft to make with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday  :)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/happy-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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Hmmmm&#8230; I should try to find that hat and add a big &#8220;2&#8243; to it.
Happy Birthday!
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		<title>Cheap Candy</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/cheap-candy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like the stores have a lot more clearance Halloween candy this year.  And not the random bags of suckers and Halloween peeps, I&#8217;m talking about the good stuff (read: chocolate!).  CVS has 75% off, Kroger in Monroe has bags of M&#38;Ms and Snickers for $1.50 in the front of the store, WalMart has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11/12 Lunch Bunch- guest speaker: Paula!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Lunch Bunch, a social parent/child group, meets on the 2nd Thursday of the Month and is FREE and open to ALL FAMILIES!
MSU Extension Conference Room, 963 S. Raisinville Rd., 10:30am – noon, second Thursday of every month
No lunch is provided, but families are encouraged to bring a sack lunch.
Brought to you by the Monroe County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a make-you-cry story</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/a-make-you-cry-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[6-Year-Old Girl with Brain Cancer Hid Love Notes for Her Parents to Find After Her Death
When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone.
Read the rest of the story HERE
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		<title>11/4 presentation:  Brain Gym</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/114-presentation-brain-gym/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monroe County ISD Parent Advisory Committee is sponsoring a Brain Gym presentation on November 4.
Brain Gym® is more than you can imagine! It is a profound movement-based system for activating and integrating the brain and body. For more than 35 years, people have experienced unprecedented growth using the Brain Gym® movement program and the exquisite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>h1n1 School Closing Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/h1n1-school-closing-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/11/h1n1-school-closing-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monroe Public has THIS letter on its website concerning the guidelines for managing H1N1 in the district.
And THIS article was in the Monroe Evening News.
The News has a page set to gather H1N1 articles, which can be found at:  H1N1 Info Page
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		<title>easy spooky halloween craft revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/easy-spooky-halloween-craft-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/easy-spooky-halloween-craft-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This year has been way too busy for any new Halloween crafts.  So I re-post this (prob the best Halloween craft I ever did) one&#8230;
  http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2008/10/cheap-halloween-craftdecoration-spooky-jars/
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		<title>carve pumpkins online</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/carve-pumpkins-online-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[two sites for online pumpkin carving
http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/
http://www.onlinepumpkincarving.com/
boo to you!
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		<title>Easy Homemade Halloween Game for Younger Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/easy-homemade-halloween-game-for-younger-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/easy-homemade-halloween-game-for-younger-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween Match-Up
 
Items needed: posterboard or painted piece of cardboard, word processing program (like Microsoft Word), cardstock, scissors, glue or tape.

Open a Word document and create a 2X2 table to fill the page.
Adjust the format settings so clip art pasted into each square is centered and at the bottom of the cell. 
Browse through the clip-art collection (or use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Trick or Treat Times</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/local-trick-or-treat-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Monroe Evening News has an article with Saturday&#8217;s trick or treat times.  CLICK HERE.

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		<title>10/24 downtown trick or treating</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/moms/2009/10/1024-downtown-trick-or-treating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from the Evening News calendar of events&#8230;
The River Raisin Halloween Festival will be held Saturday Oct. 24 in downtown Monroe.
The festival includes trick-or-treating for kids starting at 6:30 p.m.
There will also be spooky shopping throughout Downtown Monroe, Miss Monroe County 2009, Peg Harris Dance Troupe, Headless Horseman Carriage Rides, LIVE music all night and &#8216;Thriller&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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