Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Take a break with your kids

Up here in Michigan, the weather is breaking. You can catch glimpses of daffodils, green grass, and the return of summer birds.
Most schools have Easter/Spring break next week or the following. It can be very stressful trying to juggle work and kids during this time.
Why not take a break yourself? Even if it [...]

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Kid-friendly Music

Are you looking for some music to fill your kid-infested office.  =-)
Here is  a Squidoo lens about great music for kids.

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Monday, March 5th, 2007

Website for Kids

I launched my own Squidoo Lens called “Websites for Kids.”
It is the start of a reference page for parents by providing a list of websites your kids would enjoy or can use to complete their homework.
Anyone can add links and rate the ones that are there.   I would love it if you contribute as my [...]

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Monday, February 19th, 2007

Managing Kids in the Home Office

I don’t know about you, but my office is my house. I move from room to room monitoring my kids (age 1 and 3). I may be typing away one moment and eating a plastic cookie and drinking air the next.
Uninterrupted work time is reserved for early mornings and evenings. When I [...]

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Friday, January 19th, 2007

Repairing the kitchen set

My kids have “inherited a play kitchen” from their aunt. She bought
new play food since the old stuff was mostly missing or mutilated. =-)
Some of the new play food are boxes that resembles the packaging
found in the grocery store. Since they are empty, it only took about
5 minutes for them to be [...]

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Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Yippee, it’s a play room.

The paintings done and the new carpeting is installed. We moved our bedroom furniture into the master bedroom today. This leaves us a spare bedroom that will be the kids’ playroom.
Let me elaborate.
We have 4 bedrooms. The kids get the two smallest bedrooms. We get the next size up and the [...]

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