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Tara's World: October 2010
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Saturday, October 02, 2010. My Free Range Mom Moment. Lately I've been enjoying the blog, Free Range Kids. The basic premise of her blog is that we hover (helicopter parent) over our children and they don't get to experience life as we did. Kids need to be free to experience a few bumps and scrapes. They need to get dirty and entertain themselves. I encourage you to read the blog Free Range Kids. View my complete profile.
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Tara's World: February 2013
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Friday, February 01, 2013. Reviving the Blog for a Book Review! Hello, Dear Neglected Blog! While another outlet has been slowly eating away at my blog (hello, my name is Tara and I'm a Facebook junkie! I was given the opportunity to write a book review on my blog. Each chapter is only a few pages long. Long enough to sneak in during nap time, but engaging enough to feed your soul for the day. These short chapter...I am ...
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Tara's World: WFMW: Break the Dawdling
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Wednesday, October 19, 2011. WFMW: Break the Dawdling. I have an idea that has worked wonders for my dawdler and thought I'd share. Toby (6, 1st grade) is a dawdler. He would literally take 8-12 minutes or more just to get his pajamas off in the mornings. DH asked me to come up with something to encourage him to get a move on! So instead we're rewarding for being fast. Double bonus points for that! Hes not even asking fo...
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Tara's World: December 2009
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Thursday, December 17, 2009. Hello dear neglected blog. I'm sorry. I have lots of excuses! This morning I had three extra kids, and wanting to have something for them to do, I sent Jim to the store last night to purchase ingredients to make cinnamon Christmas tree ornaments. 4 cups cinnamon (get the dollar store version, MUCH cheaper! 2 big spoonfuls of cloves (or not, whatever). 1/2 cup glue (more or less). I am a Chris...
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Tara's World: Lengthening the Leash
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Wednesday, January 05, 2011. My little daughter was positively beaming from ear to ear when she returned from her little errand! She then trotted off happily to an area of the library where older kids (elementary aged usually) sit and read. I guess she thought if she was old enough to check out her own library books without mommy right behind her she was old enough to sit where the big kids sit! They are 8 and 10. I am a...
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Tara's World: Computer time for kids
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Computer time for kids. All summer I've been chasing my kids off the TV and off the computer. It drives me nuts. I devised a simple way to keep track of how much time each child spends online and which kid has had his online time! No, there are no roll-over minutes. This ain't AT&T! They lose it all the next day. Yup I'm so mean. So far it's worked great! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tara's World: WFMW: Laundry update
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Back in the spring I started a laundry system to tame the monster that was my laundry room. I wrote about it *here*. I have since made a few tweaks to the system and have found that it works even better for us! Here's what I do now. I still use the triple laundry sorter. I have made a few adjustments to the "laundry buddies". Monday: Dad and Aidan. Tuesday: Mom and Toby. View my complete prof...
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Tara's World: My Free Range Mom Moment
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Saturday, October 02, 2010. My Free Range Mom Moment. Lately I've been enjoying the blog, Free Range Kids. The basic premise of her blog is that we hover (helicopter parent) over our children and they don't get to experience life as we did. Kids need to be free to experience a few bumps and scrapes. They need to get dirty and entertain themselves. I encourage you to read the blog Free Range Kids. And what a great time we...
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Tara's World: June 2010
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Just a couple quick bullet points. 1 I am so thankful for Vacation Bible School! 2 I just got back from my pre-screening appointment at Mayo to determine if I'm a good candidate for a research study in the endocrine department. Turns out I am, so I'm now up for four overnight visits over the next four months. It's a paying gig, so we're not complaning. Thursday, June 10, 2010. If I homeschooled yo...
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Tara's World: August 2010
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It Coulda' Been Worse. Rocks In My Dryer. The recipe group blog I post to sometimes. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Computer time for kids. All summer I've been chasing my kids off the TV and off the computer. It drives me nuts. I devised a simple way to keep track of how much time each child spends online and which kid has had his online time! No, there are no roll-over minutes. This ain't AT&T! They lose it all the next day. Yup I'm so mean. So far it's worked great! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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