Archive for July, 2010
7.23.10
A "jolly" Chatterbox. Please ignore the post-swimming pool hair.
There are few other products that evoke as many heartwarming memories from my childhood as Popsicles do. Summer. Our family lake house in the country. Walking home from school with a gang of friends when the year was almost out. Lazy days ...
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7.22.10
Summer officially ends in about two weeks now. I've got some great memories and am thankful for the time I have off in the summer.
This summer I spent A.LOT. of time with the kids. We were a team of four. Fearless at times and creative by necessity to keep things ...
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7.22.10
It's the end of July and summer is almost over - although I don't feel like it ever began! The heat and humidity of a DC summer has been ever-present since the end of May which signals the start of rest and relaxation. But things are a little different in ...
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7.21.10
It's amazing that the summer is halfway over. It feels like it takes so long for summer to finally arrive and then, once it does, it flies by in an instant! But you know what they say about time flying. And what fun have we been having!
Summer Memory #1: The ...
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7.20.10
Remember my post yesterday about how I found this great exploration camp for Oldest? Well he hated camp. In fact, he hated it so much he had a huge outburst when I picked him yesterday afternoon. I could tell by the look on his face as he walked to the car that ...
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7.19.10
My kids start school in about 3 weeks so summer is basically over at the Jonesie house and so far the kids have not attended a single camp. I decided last week it's do or die time because they are stir crazy and making me crazy. We've done reading groups at the library, Vacation ...
Posted in summer, toddlers, vacations | 6 Comments »
7.14.10
This morning, the kids and I trekked into downtown D.C. to meet up with fellow bloggers Mamma Loves, Scrappin' Michele, Parentopia Devra, JessicaAPISS, and GoonSquad Sarah to share some goodwill on behalf of 77Kids. The ever-fabulous Emily and Cooper of The Motherhood selected a group of us to celebrate National ...
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7.13.10
For the July 4th holiday weekend, my family took a trip down to Myrtle Beach, SC to hit the beach. The trip was only 4 days long, but it felt like much longer than that. Why?
I was unplugged.
I intentionally left my laptop at home (even though I knew the hotel would ...
Posted in family moments, Family Vacations, holidays, me time, Permission Slips, Saying No, social media, technology, vacations | 4 Comments »
7.12.10
The ladies of Mamalaw have been involved in a fun and worthwhile campaign with Popsicle (more posts to come) and we would love for you to join us on Wednesday night on Twitter for the official Slow the Melt Twitter party.
Campaign: Popsicle® is partnering with National Geographic Kids™ to help ...
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7.10.10
I don't know what came over me but I agreed to let Oldest get his Facebook account. I must have had a moment of weakness caused by the guilt I had for missing an entire week of my kids' lives while away on my trip. Oldest must have sensed that this was the right ...
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