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Guest Post: What To Do (Or Don’t) For Your Child’s Birthday Party
I’m a mom of two lovely and rambunctious boys, who are now 7 and 9. Over the years, I’ve thrown more than a few birthday parties, and I’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way. Any time you get a...
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Experience Days vs. Gift Days: How To Exit Through The Gift Shop Sans Tears
Every once in awhile I do some big grand parenting thing that makes me think I’m not completely screwing up our kids. Not enough that these moments of Mama Mojo come anywhere near balancing out the...
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Another Reason to Teach Your Kids to Fight The Power(ful)
No, this post isn't about The Hunger Games. (Image via www.csmonitor.com) Below, I’m re-posting an essay from earlier this year, which I can’t help but run again in light of this weekend’s NY Times...
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#1 Absolutely Most Important Thing to Remember When Traveling with Kids
Image via www.fsis.usda.gov You might have noticed it’s been a little quiet around here the last few weeks. That’s because school is out and the ChecklistFamily has now entered into its regular...
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Guest Post! Hello, Muddah, Hello, Faddah: A Summer Camp Safety List...
If you’ve spent any time on this site, you know I’m a HUGE fan of Pattie Fitzgerald and her business SafelyEverAfter. The seminar of hers I attended earlier this year at Diddy and Gaga’s preschool...
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EXTRA! EXTRA! MOMS PREVAIL AGAINST THE MEDIA MACHINE!
A few weeks ago, thanks to Google (how I love thee, Google), I found out that my post “Tricky People” are the New Strangers was all over Yahoo News. No, I don’t spend all day googling myself. I barely...
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Yes, Mom! (Or: How I Talk So My Kids Listen*)
By 'gordonramsaysubmissions' [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)I live in a house full of people who don’t listen to me. Either it’s the noise level (think four kids, high...
View ArticleWhat We Do On Our Summer Vacation
We have a few family traditions that I am very very very attached to. These are things I absolutely can not have a logical discussion about. Just the mention of most of them makes me tear up – either...
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Diddy’s First Day of Kindergarten / ChecklistMommy’s New! Morning Routine
Diddy charging up the stairs towards her Kindergarten classroom. So much for nerves! Today was Diddy’s first day of Kindergarten, probably distinguished most by the fact that she had me all to herself...
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Go Ahead, Make My Day: How To Deliver Crazy Threats, Fold, and Still Win!
Remember when Clint Eastwood was bad ass? (Image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcbarnicle/4925079272/) When I was a kid, a friend’s nanny threatened to drop my friend and me on the side of the road...
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Guest Post: How to Stay Close to A Spouse Who’s Far Away (Ask A Military...
“Take me to bed or lose me forever!” (Image via http://www.wiki-cine.com) A little while back, a reader approached me and asked if she could guest blog about being a military wife. Umm, hell yes!...
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Coolest. Calendar-ing. Ever.
Diddy Young Dancer So, I read this post from Unclutterer.com at 530 this morning before heading out on my daily run (yes, I’m still running! woo-hoo!), which inspired me to totally automate my weekly...
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My Love / Hate Relationship With American Girl Dolls
I am COMPLETELY pro Tom Petty, however.(image via http://data6.blog.de) Diddy is one girly-girly-girly-girl. Despite my best efforts to dress her in neutrals and blues and green, from the moment she...
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Guest Post: How to Pack Your Kids’ Toys for an Epic Move
A few weeks ago, I got an email from Heather Caliri, who is packing up her kids for a 5-month move to Buenos Aires. To say I am slightly jealous is an understatement — MrBigIdeas and I used to talk...
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Wonder Woman Wants to Know: Do Your Kids Know Your Phone Number Yet?
Photo via http://www.flickr.com/photos/andertoons-cartoons/4141362234/ Last week a dear friend of mine was in a truly catastrophic traffic accident. A dump truck, poorly parked on a hill above...
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9 Ways to Lose the Baby Weight
33+5 weeks, 175 pounds. Thanks, boys … Apologies for the radio-silence around here (do people really say that anymore, in the age of webcasts and podcasts and satellite? Hmm). In case you hadn’t...
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New Year, New Goals
Image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/chripell/ I love New Year’s. Not New Year’s Eve – I could take it or leave it, really, especially since we’ve had kids and end up staying home throwing “New...
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How This Blog Became a Business: Introducing MomciergeLA!
Last fall, a nursery school pal, Jessica Jonas, asked me to coffee and pitched me on a business idea. (Have I mentioned how much I love my kids’ school? Like a million times?) Anyway: Jessica was...
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How To Plan The Perfect Babymoon
Jamaica. Site of Naked House. Man do I miss Naked House. I’m talking about babymoons over at Kristin’s Mommy Blog on 103.5 KOST FM today. Head over there if you’re thinking about planning a great trip...
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Yes, Your Face Will Freeze That Way
Hanging out at The Autry Museum. Last week on the drive to school, Diddy asked me if it was true your face can freeze. It was pretty frickin’ cold in the car and as per usual none of us were...
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