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published: 2/4/2012 12:00:00 AM
I need it to snow! Really, I do! I really need it to snow!
Now, I am not a fan of winter weather, despite the fact that I have lived in either Kansas or Missouri most of my life. I don’t like cold weather and I am not a big fan of snow either. I don’t like driving in the snow and ice, I can do without shoveling the walk, and frankly, I would ...
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by: James Wilcox
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published: 2/3/2012 1:00:00 AM
This was a busy week at school. We celebrated Catholic Schools Week AND also celebrated the 100th day of school. To mark the 100th day, the first graders are asked to put together a 100s day project-find 100 objects and display them. When Tori was in first grade, we came up with the idea to do 100 faces of Tori. We scoured photo albums and online albums to find 100 of our favorite Tori ...
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by: Margaret Sarver
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published: 2/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Natalie and I decided to mosey through Wal-Mart this week to get ideas for her Valentines for her class. I just was waiting for something to inspire me when we both saw it at the same time! The-perfect-item-kids-love-and-have-possibly-never-gotten-on-a-Valentine: bubble wrap! And not only bubble wrap, but PINK bubble wrap -- perfect for Valentine's Day! I still don't know if the clever bubble wrap folks were thinking "hearts" when they invented pink bubble wrap, and we ...
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by: Lauren Goldman
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published: 1/29/2012 2:37:38 PM
Last Sunday afternoon I knew I didn't want to leave the house. We had spent Saturday driving around to 5 different events and while it was fun, we were all exhausted by the end of the day. On top of that I had a cold and my husband was working so I needed something entertaining that wouldn't require a lot of effort on my part. What's a mom to do?
I racked my brain and ...
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by: Sara Keenan
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published: 1/29/2012 1:42:32 PM
This winter, the Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings Mark Twain's classic, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" to life (showing through Feb. 12 at the Spencer Theater on the UMKC Campus). Visit http://www.missourirepertorytheatre.org/shows/2011-2012/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/ for tickets.
Note: This review does contain spoilers. If you are unfamiliar with the story some plot details are revealed. Parents, the final paragraph lists content warnings.
On Thursday night, my husband and I attended the Kansas City Repertory Theatre's "...
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by: Kristina Light
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published: 1/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Bed time has always been difficult in my house. Although my wife and I have set bed times for each of our three children and try to strictly enforce the bed time, it is becoming a fiasco. It starts off with complaints from my youngest son that his brother gets to stay up longer than he does. It continues with a debate on which pajamas each child should wear. Then we have to go through ...
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by: James Wilcox
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published: 1/27/2012 1:00:00 AM
It's Friday! Woot! Woot! I love the weekend and as you may know from earlier posts, I believe less is more, so we typically don't have games or practices to hustle to and from on Saturday or Sunday. One thing I love is our Friday night tradition. We began several years ago, and keep at it to this day. It's really quite simple. Every Friday is pizza and movie night. We all change into ...
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by: Margaret Sarver
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published: 1/25/2012 12:00:00 AM
Do you have a book worm in the family? Natalie's mine...she's always into reading. She started young, and continues to love pretty much anything with pages, a few pictures and something even just a little bit interesting to say. I think that's how you know a true book lover. People will ask me what she likes to read, or what books would I recommend, or what books did she start with? And I have always ...
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by: Lauren Goldman
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published: 1/24/2012 7:00:00 AM
Kids are cute. Their laughter is like none other. They are quite forgiving. They are easy when it comes to dinner mayhem (as in, nothing is for dinner, how 'bout a sandwich?). They find delight in the littlest of little - sunshine, rain, puddles, cookie dough, a cheese stick, homemade play-do, tickling and laughing. Really, kids remind us that there is joy ALL around us!
But sometimes that "joy all around us" gets ...
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by: Marisa Frymire
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published: 1/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
My daughter is studying the United States in school this year and one of her projects is to eat and/or make food from each state. So, I'm asking for some tips.... do you know of great KC restaurants that serve authentic regional foods?
Some KC restaurants with authentic regional foods already on our list:
- d'Bronx Pizza (authentic deli and pizzeria) - New York
- Next Door Pizza (Chicago Style) - Illinois
- Dunkin' Donuts - Massachusetts...
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by: Kristina Light
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published: 1/22/2012 12:00:00 AM
I love living in Kansas City. All year round there are so many fun things to do as a family here, but I have to say that I'm getting downright GIDDY about the things that are coming this April.
First...the new Sea Life aquarium is coming...YAY! My kids are both nature and animal lovers and they LOVE aquariums so this one is going to be a big hit with our family. My son even entered ...
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by: Sara Keenan
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published: 1/21/2012 12:00:00 AM
I was sitting on the bleachers, talking with a couple of the other fifth-grade dads, waiting for basketball practice to end earlier this week. As our sons came sprinting off the court and started to gather up their sweatpants, water bottles, and coats, I happened to overhear a couple of the boys talking about texting each other. As they walked past me, toward the door, I noticed that several of them were playing games on ...
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by: James Wilcox
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published: 1/20/2012 1:00:00 AM
Here's the set up...I've been out of town for 3 weeks, celebrating the holidays and then helping my parents as my dad recovered from surgery. I come home late on Friday, spend the weekend doing laundry and cleaning the house. My first full day back to work is Monday...a school holiday. In addition to it being a day off for my girls, we're having the boys we carpool with over for the day since both ...
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by: Margaret Sarver
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published: 1/18/2012 12:00:00 AM
Could Valentine's Day be any cuter? I mean, really. For those of you on Pinterest, this is better than Christmas. Kids + love + sweets + cards + love notes + babies + love + pink + friends + romance + love...it just doesn't get any better than this! So, I hope you don't mind that I started a bit early. I have a printable for you that you could use for just bunches and ...
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by: Lauren Goldman
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published: 1/17/2012 7:00:00 AM
As a mom of a preschooler on the brink of kindergarten just one year away, I feel myself already tightening my grip. I'm not ready to let her go; to experience failure and hurt feelings; to be exposed to a wide array of value systems that are not our own; to feel embarrassment or defeat when math homework seems to difficult; to have her struggle without the swooping help of Mom to save ...
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by: Marisa Frymire