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Lions & Tigers & Bears! A Wizard of Oz Party You Don’t Want to Miss!
Last year I did a happy dance when I saw the adorable strawberry party thrown by my friend Amy for her daughter Katie’s 3rd birthday. Every detail was strawberry perfection complete with a strawberry...
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Lance, You Just Don’t Get It
Jenna and I watched the Summer Olympics like rabid sports fans. Clad in red, white and blue and yelling “Go USA!” on the top of our lungs, we huddled in front of the tv watching athletes from all over...
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Jenna’s Nod to MLK
Life’s Most Persistent and Urgent Question is: What are you doing for others? Martin Luther King, Jr. In the spirit of MLK Day, I wanted to share a proud mommy moment. Yesterday, Jenna and I were...
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Birthday Bonanza
I just turned 45. 45. That sounds so old. Sometimes I feel like I am in an alternate universe. I am 45 and planning princess parties and listening to my friends talk about whether they should have...
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So Little Means So Much
“The poor, innocent, unfortunate little children belong to us, and it is our problem to give them every chance to develop into good men and good women.” Father Edward Flanagan, founder of Boys Town A...
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Miss, Can You Spare a Dime? or a Quarter? or 5 bucks?
I remember as a kid when I used to go to Florida State football games. I had some end-zone seats that I never saw and I would spend the entire game walking around under the stands with my friends....
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Princess Palooza Preview
Jenna’s Princess Party was a huge success and worth all the work and exhaustion. This year I hired a photographer so I could actually enjoy the party. I’m still waiting for the pictures (which will...
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My Personal March Madness
I have to admit, I have been going through post-holidays and birthday party extravaganza withdrawals. March usually sucks for me. I am generally behind at work because of the ridiculous amount of...
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Princess Palooza
Princess Princess Princess. That is all Jenna wanted for her 4th birthday. So we did a Princess Party Palooza at home with nails, hair, a fashion show, etc. The weather started of cold and a little...
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Holiday Whore
I’m a holiday whore. If there is an occasion where I can brighten my house and yard with colorful decorations, surprise Jenna with a generous fictional character and create some entertaining family...
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The Silent Shower
I talk a lot. And by a lot I mean AAAAA LOOOOOT. I just chatter, chatter, chatter incessantly. I sense my friends wanting to get off the phone or see the glazed eyes of people thinking, “when will this...
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You Are My Sunshine
It’s all sunshine and roses at our house . . . well “sunshine” at least. Before Jenna, I was an arrogant sideline childless parenting expert. I was completely opinionated about how people should...
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There is No One I Want to Punch in the Throat (aka the Defense of Twinkle)
According to news reports more than 6 MILLION copies of the Elf on the Shelf have sold with a 70 percent growth in sales since it was released in 2005. Daily on Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram you...
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Wind Beneath My Wings
Originally posted on Cwazy Town:“Friendships between women are often the deepest and most profound love stories . . . women’s friendships outlast jobs, parents, husbands, boyfriends, lovers and...
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Twinkle 2014 – He’s Back!!
A brand new Twinkle this year after the hot glue burns, tears and ink marks from the past 3 years destroyed my old Elf. Jenna didn’t seem to notice. Click here to see what Twinkle is up to this year...
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The Morning Show
I am NOT a morning person. Growing up my mom would get up bake a banana bread, pack our lunches, read the paper, organize a closet, steam clean the floors, do 5 loads of laundry, work out and solve the...
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Wishing Everyone a Happy Winter Solstice!
“Look Daddy! Teacher says that every time a bell rings a non-christian celestial being gets its wings!” Think that would be the remake of “Its a Wonderful Life?” – Sarah’s Facebook Post I spit out my...
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Because of You
Sandy Hook Elementary – photo from abcnews.go.com I imagine you waking up Friday morning and groggily getting out of bed to find where your Elf on the shelf was hiding. Then after breakfast mommy or...
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Up On My High Horse and Armed for Bear
I still cry. I wish I didn’t but I do. Maybe because I am a mother. Maybe it’s just because I am human. I will listen to my daughter singing softly to herself as she puts on her shoes in the morning...
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My Personal March Madness
I have to admit, I have been going through post-holidays and birthday party extravaganza withdrawals. March usually sucks for me. I am generally behind at work because of the ridiculous amount of...
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