Creativity
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Tips to Get Your Home (and Life) Organized
My wish list includes having my house organized from top to bottom. One of my best girlfriends is super organized and I swear you could open up any drawer, cabinet, door in her house and it would be organized! I think there are people who are like that – super organized – but I am not one of them. However, I do appreciate it when the house is cleaned up and semi-organized with things in their places. This summer I have a goal to clear out all the things we don’t need, use or want. Now, if you saw my garage you would realize what a huge undertaking this really…
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Musings :: The Intrigue of A Dream Catcher
Yesterday, I took my daughter out of kindergarten early and headed to Knott’s Berry Farm. Lately, I have been feeling like time is just going by too quickly and she is growing up right before my eyes. The other morning I came down the stairs and found her playing with her Lego’s in her superheroes pajamas and it reminded me of a story I had read years ago about how the author found as the years went by the fingerprints on the walls went higher and higher as her children grew and the toys she had to pick up on the ground went from baby toys, to Lego’s to teenage…
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Crafts :: Create Memorable Father’s Day Gifts
Father’s Day is just around the corner. Doesn’t it seem that all the holidays and special days just sneak up on us busy moms? This time, I am attempting to stay on top of things and so this weekend, my daughter and I plan to make some fun Father’s Day crafts so we aren’t scrambling to get it done the day before. Here are some really special crafts I found on some great sites. Enjoy! “I Love You This Much” Handmade Card I love how you use their hand to make the card. This cute card is very easy to make and instructions and material needed can…
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Inspirational Mom :: WordGirl Creator Dorothea Gillim
I love how life can be so serendipitous (a word you would find on WordGirl). While walking to breakfast at the PBS annual meeting that I attended this month as part of their PBS Kids Ambassador Program, I happened to be walking next to a woman who was also going to breakfast. We started talking and turns out she is the Executive Producer of Curious George but she explained that her “baby” is WordGirl. I literally stopped in my tracks as we are big fans of WordGirl! I told her how my sister-in-law dressed up my niece as Captain Huggyface and her older daughter as WordGirl one year for Halloween. It was…
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Community :: Honoring Memorial Day
Many of us will be celebrating Memorial Day with our friends and family and enjoying some down time. I plan to relax, pick up a bit (if I am so inspired) and enjoy this time with my family. But I also plan to talk to my daughter in an age-appropriate manner about the true meaning of Memorial Day and why we celebrate the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. We are fortunate that the men in our immediate family who fought in previous wars (WWII Veterans, Vietnam War Veterans) came back home, but it is so very important to honor all those who did…
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Longview World of Wonders Provides Hands-On Discovery
The woman of the twenty-first century often wears many hats. Mine include wife, mom, educator, gardener, leader, volunteer, accountant, chef, planner, story teller, wonder woman and currently, facilities chairman of Longview World of Wonders, a children’s hands-on discovery center in the making. Longview World of Wonders: Over the past four years, LongviewWOW, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, has operated as a museum without walls serving East Texas children and their families in educational and hands-on programming featuring literary works, STEM, dramatic arts, LEGO ™ and more. In a city, in which there is a large population of children in poverty, LongviewWOW hopes to inspire a life-long love of learning…