Go read this. Still, all things in moderation, Grandma always used to say. But, maybe we should go ahead and order those vegetable seeds and plant that bean fort. Anyway, planting seeds in dirt and watching them start indoors is a great way to fight the winter blues. Kids and dirt: It’s a good thing.
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Parmesan contains the most calcium, ounce-for-ounce, of all the other types of cheeses. Why not incorporate this cheese into a high-protein afternoon snack for after school? I watched Alton Brown make Parmesan cheese crisps in a snap. And snappy, they are. Delicious, crunchy, easy and quick. The kids can even grate their own cheese and [...]
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A few days after the 7-year-old hosted his friends to a rip-roaring birthday party that included ball-pit fun, and gambling away tokens at the slot machines, I presented him with his Thank You cards. “You never told me this! You should have warned me before I invited everyone.” Clutching his colored pencil like a bear [...]
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UPDATE: Nothing!!! She FOUND NOTHING!! Turns out, as you get older, you get all kinds of funny growths on your skin, and these were all PERFECTLY HARMLESS!!! And the best part is, my skin cancer prevention routine also fights wrinkles! So, I will be posting a list of all the over-the-counter stuff the Doc recommends [...]
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At first, he adamantly cried, “No way.” No way was he going to join some dorky “dance club,” show up wearing a tie in front of his peers, and EVEN worse, be forced to dance with members of the opposite sex, in front of his peers. Dance Club is a long-standing tradition at our Middle [...]
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I know this is a sad day for you as you are, no doubt, feeling lost without your little shadow, that endearing little Batman, at your heels. Yes, this is the inevitable beginning of continuous separation between you and that little man who charms you so effortless; like every time he breathes. However, I know [...]
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Hint: it’s not firing your nanny so you can afford Botox. In my latest column to hit the newspaper, I ask you to look around to see what’s changed in your day since the sales started to tumble. A recession seizes many luxuries; time is not among its casualties. In our scramble to monitor the [...]
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