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My initiation into the mom scene was a bit different than most.  It wasn’t until after I had spent a few years helping to raise my step-kids that my son was born.  I wasn’t going to be able to bond with these kids while changing diapers or teaching them their ABC’s or snuggling with them at bedtime.  This was…

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I always promised myself that if I had a baby, my house would not look like a nursery school.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want it to look like a child doesn’t live here, that would be AWFUL.  But I want a space where when my friends come over, they don’t think I forgot to tell them that I started running a day care center out of my house.

Our little babies and toddlers come with A LOT of stuff.  And, if you don’t watch out,…

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I was thumbing through one of my favorite magazines, The Southern Lady, and ran across this cute shop called Hen House Linens.  Their ad caught my eye and I  jumped online and went to their website.   Jenny Davids is a southern at heart girl and started creating…

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On Saturday, while my Husband and I were doing our respective chores, the children, especially the older two, were getting pretty restless.  To prevent them from grumping and whining, to give him some peace of mind while doing the bills, and to keep them busy, my Husband told them to go and wash the dishes.  I followed to watch them do this chore and to supervise them from a distance.  I brought my camera with me.  Who knows what hanky-panky, errrr, fun, I might have missed recording without…

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Bennett Cerf was the co-founder of Random House.  As part of his duties as publisher, he also had an envious job -- he was Dr. Seuss' editor.   And on March 12, 1957, Random House published Dr. Seuss' masterpiece, The Cat and the Hat.  At 65 pages, the book is notable not only because of its well-deserved fame, but also because Dr. Seuss used only 225 unique words in writing it.  Cerf was impressed -- so much so that he challenged Seuss to do one better.  He wagered that Seuss could…

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I'm getting into The Party Planning Mommy mode again and although the location isn't set yet, the ideas just keep pouring in for JD's 2nd birthday party. We are definitely planning something much, much smaller than his 1st birthday party this time around, but definitely just as fun. We've decided on a…

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I have made the very rational, not at all hyper spastic, life changing decision to never let my girls leave the house ever again. I don't have to, really. I can home school them, order all of the things I need for them - from clothes to groceries - online, and they can get plenty of exercise playing on our acre. Under adult supervision. With a shotgun cocked and ready.



Can you tell I just watched the news?



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We play music as white noise in Babygirl's room. Our walls are paper

thin, our dogs are large and bark-happy, and occasionally we enjoy

having conversations in the living room (adjacent to her bedroom).



At first, I thought it would be sweet and meaningful to have her dream

to the sounds of her Daddy's cd - the music that he played the day I met

him, while he courted me, and that he performed on our wedding day.

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I get up this morning, head for the coffee maker, pour myself a cup of liquid energy and turn around to survey the surroundings I let me family live in.



It's bad, people. It's really bad.



The dishes in the sink smell like the failed dinner attempt I'd had the night before, the counters hold the tools that failed me so and something sticky and - ewww icky - is taunting me, daring me and Magic Eraser to give it our best shot. I feel my arm muscles spasm in… Continue

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Hi Y'all! I am a Willow House Consultant and soooo excited about our new company! I wanted to let you know about my blog -- Willow House with Callie. It is not only a blog about Willow House and all of our fabulous products, but also a design blog that will have creative ways to use our products and make your house beautiful! Continue