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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Play Dough!
Four years ago I made play dough for kids I worked with for a couple months. The girl twin had 5 food allergies including wheat so they didn’t have any play dough. Here is the link to my old and … Continue reading
Oh the Labels!
This post brought to you by this post on autostraddle. When I started my blog searching 5 years ago, it was just beginning to be popular to write about your parenting experiences. Blogs were providing a unique space for everyday … Continue reading
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Unruffled
My three week job is down to two more days. It has been very challenging but I really like the family. I am supposed to go to one day a week with them after this but the mom said she … Continue reading
New Shoes
On Friday, we got Wallace’s orthotics. Finally! I have known for a year he would benefit from them and he was fitted for them the end of October. I was anxious that something would happen again to prevent us from … Continue reading
Question 4
How do your nurture your soul? I could go into a diatribe about meditation and yoga and biking. I could list some awesome mind and heart expanding books I have read recently. Or I could be honest. I don’t have … Continue reading
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Question 3
I am behind, but whatever. See my previous post! The third question is: Do you know where you are on your journey? I feel like I am a lot more on track with my inner journey than I am with … Continue reading
MicroBlog Monday: Tired
I really want to write more and I even started a 22 month update but I am so tired and wordpress seems to have lost that post. I am working a 3 week full time job, commuting with 25lbs on … Continue reading
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The Whole-Brain Child
I started reading The Whole-Brain Child last year, though I haven’t finished it, and I highly recommend checking it out. I love it when things I learned from books help me in real situations with kids. My son needs to … Continue reading
Microblog Monday: First Day
We had an overall decent first day at work (short term job). We had a rough start with CTA drama that made us get there on time, not the half hour early like we needed to be for the first … Continue reading
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Second Question
Are You the Babysitter has started posing a weekly question from a book as a writing exercise. Seeing as my brain is usually on Wallace and not on things that make my mind expand, sign me up! This weeks question: … Continue reading