by mamaschmama

It was probably the dragon-dinosaur costume my one-year-old was wearing that made her topple to the floor.  It was definitely her stubbornness that kept her hand gripped to the box of buttons on her way down. The fall was dramatic. 

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by mamaschmama

Wanting to get a head start on the holidays? Cut out a gingerbread man shape from brown paper and have your kid glue googly eyes on him. Take white paper and draw the outline of the gingerbread man.  Have your

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27 Oct - 2013

by mamaschmama

I’m a busy person with lots of responsibilities and I read The Mother of All Meltdowns. Do you feel motivated to read the book yet? NO?!? I can tell you’re already forming a comment for me like “Jean, seeing a

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21 Oct - 2013

by mamaschmama

Team, now that you’re playing in the bathtub we need to have a talk. I just got all the toys out of this bathroom and I want us to try to keep it that way.  Toys in the bathroom make

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21 Oct - 2013

by mamaschmama

When my children were infants, they played with toys and books that were black and white.  Infants have poor eyesight and I read somewhere that they could recognize black and white images best.  It was their entry into seeing the

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