As many of you know, the children from Sandy Hook Elementary are returning to school today. The town of Newton has decorated the refurbished building they are using with millions of paper snowflakes created by children all over the world and sent in, at the request of the Sandy Hook PTA — who wanted to…

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Earlier this week, a post I wrote about Kneebouncers sparked lively dialogue on their facebook page. While many comments provided constructive feedback to the developers, there were an unfortunate number… Continue

... is that they're really as much about interaction for parents as the kiddos. And quite frankly, we all need a little time to play.



No, this isn't an ooey gooey post where I wax poetic about the virtues of play groups. Don't get me wrong. I love them. An opportunity for unstructured play and conversation is something this mom is all about. But I titled this post the truth about play groups...



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Before the Bug was born, Pat sat down and created a song list on my iPod nano. No, it wasn't for soothing during delivery. It was all the music he thought she should be listening to as she drifted off to sleep each night.



I made some edits. The control freak in me came out (how unusual). Things like the thumping crescendo behind the battle…

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