By Genny Heika As I write this, my daughter is playing Monopoly with a friend, and my son is in his room driving a remote control car around. I just finished doing some writing for C2BU and was wrapping up a few things on my computer when I looked at my calendar and saw...
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By Lisa Page I looked at GOTG’s recent calendar of events and realized just how quickly, and by how much, my life has changed since becoming pregnant. I usually attend Grape Escape, for example, but cutting wine out of my diet makes paying the price tag associated with the event less appealing, so I...
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By Julie Jones I love to walk with my kids, and my kids and I really enjoy a good park. I think parks are a great way for my kids to burn energy in a contained area where I can keep an eye on all of them. My kids love the swings and they love...
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By Rachel Michelin One of my biggest struggles as a working mom of two is how to make sure my kids eat healthy. This hits close to home for me. For the past eight years, I have worked on a grant to encourage families to make good food choices by eating the recommended number...
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By Molly DeFrank How do you go about making mom-friends? When you’re a kid, making friends is easy. In fact, it’s practically unavoidable. You spend every single day stuck in a classroom with the same 30 kids. One day in 2nd grade you trade your granola bar for Sally’s fruit roll up. Bam, best...
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By Rachel Michelin My family has become what my five year old calls a Wii Family. Yes, we got a Wii for Christmas. Really it was my gift. My husband bought Wii and Wii Fit for my Christmas present. I had tried it out at a women’s conference I was at and really liked...
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By Rachel Michelin My daughter just got cast in her first theater production. She is in the Macron cast of “The Great Cookie War.” It is a production put on by the El Dorado Musical Theater (http://www.edmt.info/) and I must say their productions are really good. We took our girls to see their last...
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By Rachel Michelin With the holiday season upon us, now more than ever, it is essential that we keep our wits about us. With 2 kids, a husband and a full-time career, I find the easiest way to stay sane is to spend quality time (however infrequently) with my best girlfriends. And what better...
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