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Kristina Light

Kristina Light, Web Editor for KCParent.com, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and is happily raising her family in her hometown. She and her husband, Ron, have three daughters. Kristina loves exploring Kansas City's treasured places and meeting the wonderful people who bring our city to life. Her hobbies include writing, public speaking, herb gardening, cooking, crafts with her girls, exploring museums, reading, learning new things, and MOPS.

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• Waiting for Children to Grow...

  published: 10/26/2009 12:00:00 AM

      We've all heard about or experienced stories of older siblings adapting to new babies in the home. Some are jealous, some fall in love with the sibling right away, many have to adjust as their parents juggle time and work to spread the love and attention.

      In our home, we recently had a conversation I didn't quite expect. I'm due with our third daughter early December. We talk about the new baby all the time and the ...

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• Crazy Hair

  published: 10/19/2009 12:00:00 AM

      My oldest daughter participates in AWANA at church. Through the program they have special nights including: Hat Night, Crazy Hair Night, Sports Night, etc. Yesterday was "Crazy Hair Night."

      For an entire week, my daughter was upset about Crazy Hair Night. She repeatedly reminded me that I tell her not to do crazy things AND we're supposed to learn "good things" at church... why on earth were they encouraging her to have Crazy Hair... don't ...

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• Not Your Mom's Maternity Clothes...

  published: 10/12/2009 12:00:00 AM

      Maternity clothes. How they've changed! And, as a mom expecting my third, I'm SO glad they have!

      I remember when my mother was expecting my sisters in the mid-80s. She would often complain about maternity clothes. It was the trend to dress the mom like the baby in "Baby Doll dresses" reminiscent of Cabbage Patch Kid outfits with long billowy tops. Or with embarrassing "Baby On Board" signs. If you don't remember these styles, here is a sample:

  

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• Pink Fountains and Windy Days

  published: 10/5/2009 12:00:00 AM

      I recently took my girls to visit some of Kansas City's Pink Fountains (they are pink in October for Breast Cancer awareness). I watched the girls laugh and play as their blonde hair blew in the wind... and I remembered another windy day...

      It was Mother's Day, 2000, and I'll never forget watching hair blow in the wind that day...

      Ten years prior, in 1990, we lost my dad's mother to Breast Cancer after a ...

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