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Must. Have. Shoes. To. Sleep.

Details: Published on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:20

Our son loves shoes. Always has. Since the time he was born he was trying to get shoes onto his feet. We finally realized: He wants to LIVE outside. He can't stand being cooped up indoors and to him shoes symbolize freedom. We rarely wear shoes around the house so if/when he sees us slip them onto our feet he knows...we're heading OUT, baby!

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Shara and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book

Details: Published on Saturday, 17 July 2010 17:12

By Shara Lawrence-Weiss, Mommy Perks

So far I've reviewed two terrific books:

Skippyjon Jones
Everything to stay the night

This time, I'm going to share with you a "reverse" book review. I'm going to take it upon myself to explain why a particular book is a tragedy of literacy self-esteem. The name of this oh-so-disturbing book is: Tommy at the Grocery Store. This book was published back in 1989 and in all fairness - the writing is quite intelligent. The book does demonstrate a witty rhyming text, true enough.

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Hoping this is not code for "I plan to call someone, you know."

Details: Published on Friday, 25 June 2010 19:33

My daughter informed me today that she wrote me a story on the fridge. My first thought was, "Oh - how dang cute is that?"

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I was wondering if my son was into girls...

Details: Published on Tuesday, 08 June 2010 19:39

I was wondering recently, "Is my son into girls yet? Does he have a crush on anyone?" He's 11-years-old now and it's pretty normal to have a crush by this time.

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