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Best idea

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:59 -0600

I'm thinking of having the three kiddos go out and bring back some colorful items they can find in the nearby greenbelt. In Washington state here and the leaves are beautiful right now!

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

You're welcome

debra roby — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:43 -0600

Glad you liked it Renee. Will you be using any of these ideas?

Debra A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

Great ideas!

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:32 -0600

Thanks so much for writing this! I'm always looking for ideas on table centerpieces.

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

Yup, we all need a village

theqfamily — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:55:33 -0600

Ditto to your story. I was the same way growing up in a small town in Thailand. I remembered one time I sneaked out to see a movie and came home to my mom who already knew where I went. She told me she has eyes like pinesapple. :)

Hah

Denise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0600

We have six kids. Nothing surprises us.

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
Flamingo House Happenings

No, YOU'RE sweet

butternugsquash — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:07 -0600

Aw, you're sweet! I don't know if you'd offer that if you knew my 4, but that's nice of you.

Thanks so much for commenting!

On the fence and scared

jpolk1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:44 -0600

Had my first very young, and have been through single motherhood. Now married to phenomenal man who, surprise surprise wants us to have kids together. Ok. I knew this going into our marriage. Sometimes I'm really excited about it, and sometimes I'm scared out of pumps! There are days when I look at him and think about how much love our family has to offer a child and how much I miss my daughter, now 10, being a baby. There are a lot more days where I'm exhausted from work, tired of juggling and cannot imagine adding another child, no less an infant, to the mix.

What a sweet video

Denise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:55 -0600

Thanks for sharing it, and for writing this post. If you need a baby sitter, give me a call. I'm available! Adorable!

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
Flamingo House Happenings

Yes, you're a better woman

Expat Mum — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:07 -0600

Yes, you're a better woman that I would be I think.

And did you know there's a phrase in the UK - "camp as Christmas" which is generally used to describe theatrical, slightly effeminate men (though not necessarily gay). There used to be a web site but I can't find it now.

Windows is just as easy, but don't forget gaming platforms

jkirschner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:28 -0600

Parental controls are easy to set up on a Windows PC, as well. You can get to Parental Controls directly from the Windows Control Panel. From there, you can set web restrictions, time limits, game ratings, and block specific programs.

When thinking about parental controls, it's easy to forget that our children are getting online more and more frequently with game platforms, as well (Xbox, PlayStation, Wii). The ESRB put out a guide for setting parental controls on each of these platforms, which can be linked to here.

Josh Kirschner
Techlicious.com

Nordette You Got It

cluelesscrafter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 -0600

Snarky responses are the only way to cope with the frightening results of this science. I'm considering this crazy talk.

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

Good Attitude

JennaHatfield — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:56:08 -0600

My ideal Christmas would involve us, the four of us, staying home. Instead, we travel and hit all of the families... because seeing them happy is worth it.

@FireMom from Stop, Drop and Blog and The Chronicles of Munchkin Land

I love this post so much, Shannon

Denise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:12 -0600

Good for you for respecting the differences between you and camping it up for the holidays.

Put it on the powerball! You go girl.

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
Flamingo House Happenings

Hey, I'm all for this

Nordette — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:46 -0600

I'll take anything that implies I'm superior, and since I fight depression with regularity I'm all over this. O.K. Not really but kind of hoping this is one more sign pain has a divine purpose and the next time someone tells me I over-think and over-analyze, I'll just smile smugly and say, "That's because I'm more evolved than you, you happy person, you. Deal with it."

Postpartum depression, however, whole other animal.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Short hair is more work for adults, hadn't thought about bedhead

Rita Arens — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:30 -0600

As my family and daycare workers will attest, I have WICKED bedhead in the morning. My very short hair sticks straight up and even though it's fine, it won't behave until it's washed. I used to worry what the daycare teachers would think on the days I work from home, but I finally decided screw it. A headband and spiky bedhead is what they see every Friday.

I hadn't thought about dealing with bedhead on a little kid. That alone makes me glad my daughter's hair is still long. We wash it at night, she sleeps with it wet, and she wakes up looking totally normal. So jealous.

Rita Arens writes at Surrender Dorothy and BlogHer and is the editor of Sleep is for the Weak.