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It's All Big Stuff: December 2014

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It's All Big Stuff. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. The Best Laid Plans. Sometimes you take a spur of the moment picture of your kids in front of the Christmas tree and they're all smiling and looking the same direction. It's truly a Christmas miracle. Other times you dress them up and comb their hair and try to get a picture of them in a beautiful park setting, and you get this:. Friday, December 19, 2014. Three kids staying at home double stroller mini van play dates library storytime =. I love staying hom...

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It's All Big Stuff: Mother's Day

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It's All Big Stuff. Saturday, May 9, 2015. I know that Mother's Day can be a sensitive time for some people. Women who want to be mothers but can't be. Children, no matter their age, who have lost their mother or whose mothers are not part of their life for whatever reason. Mothers who feel guilty for not being as good a mother as they wanted to be. My mother bore me, raised me, taught me, and has always loved me no matter what. And for that mom guilt, this is my favorite quote about motherhood. Listen e...

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It's All Big Stuff: November 2014

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It's All Big Stuff. Monday, November 24, 2014. Say Yes to Hand Turkeys. Majorie Pay Hinckley said, "Whenever possible, say yes they're only kids once! I love this quote, but I don't live it very well. I don't like messes, I'm not good at playing, and I'm not spontaneous. I'm not exactly a "fun mom." I have other strengths, but every once in a while I remember to say yes. Monday, November 17, 2014. As soon as we got to the car, she looked up at me and said, "Mom, I'm underwear! Awesome. I pushed my da...

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It's All Big Stuff: Read Aloud Books: The Boxcar Children

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It's All Big Stuff. Monday, July 6, 2015. Read Aloud Books: The Boxcar Children. When I was young I read so much, that I often got through more than one book a day. Some nights I even waited till everyone was asleep and took a pillow and blanket and made a bed in the bathtub and read for hours. (I never had my own room so I couldn't just keep a light on in the bedroom.). The other three children laugh at Benny's antics. He's five, but acts like a toddler. It is oh so wholesome and the children so...Liste...

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It's All Big Stuff: Summer 2015 List

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It's All Big Stuff. Friday, May 29, 2015. Our summer break starts next week! With my first child exiting Kindergarten, we can all really use the break. The two little ones and I can use a break from the car line and the oldest is excited to spend more time with family. The month of June is going to be really exciting with a visit from an aunt and two cousins and then later from Grandma and Grandpa. Here's my list of summer fun for our family:. Closer to Home Fun. Picnic at the Park. Play with Water Table.

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It's All Big Stuff: February 2015

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It's All Big Stuff. Monday, February 23, 2015. What do you see in this picture? Wait, you didn't know that? In her world, they are. She ran away from a stone turtle on someone's lawn till she realized it was "just pretend." The huge T-Rex skeleton? Terrifying. She's also very afraid of monsters and wakes up screaming some nights because of monsters (aka shadows on the wall). I've tried telling her that there are no such thing as monsters. Friday, February 6, 2015. Dear Storytime Librarian,. By Herve Tull...

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It's All Big Stuff: September 2014

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It's All Big Stuff. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. STEM vs. The Arts. I hear more and more about STEM. Those fields of study are not my strong suit. Okay, I hated most of them. But I enjoyed Geology in college. I know that they are terribly important in today's world. Can you even get a job anymore without a good STEM foundation? But I fear that they could crowd out the Arts and Humanities, which are important for another reason entirely. Why does it have to be either or? Wednesday, September 24, 2014.

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It's All Big Stuff: Unsolicited Parenting Advice

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It's All Big Stuff. Friday, June 19, 2015. Unsolicited parenting advice is always awesome- especially coming from strangers. But really, the best unsolicited parenting advice my husband and I have ever received was last night. While checking out at a store (why does it always happen at the check out counter? My almost one year old was chewing on the bag of bread. A couple behind us told my husband that the best way to stop kids from biting stuff was to rub the inside of their cheeks with some bourbon.

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It's All Big Stuff: January 2015

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It's All Big Stuff. Monday, January 26, 2015. 7 Tips for Raising a Reader. About a quarter of American adults don't read a single book in a year ( statistic found here. My mom had six children- every single one of us are readers. We have very different reading tastes and some of us read more than others. I was the biggest book nerd and the one that went on to get a college degree in reading books (also known as an English major). But 100% of us read books as adults. That's no accident. 3 Read aloud to th...