From the monthly archives:

February 2011

framing kids’ art

February 28, 2011
kids art framed floating frame for childrens art work

I know you have stacks and stacks of artwork that your kids have drawn, painted, stamped, cut and pasted. I have them too. The good news is that when framed, these priceless pieces can proudly hang in any room of your home. How to display children’s art: 1. Find a frame: My favorite frames are [...]

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a boy and a one-eared burro

February 22, 2011
instagram picture of boy on burro from iPhone boy on burro

I have a new iPhone app obsession. Thankfully, it doesn’t include trying to think up words using 7 vowels that can stretch over a triple word score. It is Instagram. You take a picture with your phone and then click on a variety of magical filters, and you look all professional-ish. The other cool thing [...]

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i bought gyro bowl

February 14, 2011
gyro bowl

I saw the gyro bowl commercial: Ooops!  Uh-oh!  Watch Out! Let’s face it kids spill stuff, but now parents can relax whenever kids snack. I want to relax! Introducing the gyro bowl.  The first ever snack bowl that spins and spins and stuff stays in. The gyro bowl is 100% totally absolutely kid proof. 100% [...]

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and then we lost to some girls

February 13, 2011
Thumbnail image for and then we lost to some girls wii waiting for player to join

Last night there was a war. It crossed state lines and pitted Texan against Californian. Mommy blogger vs. mommy blogger. The battle ground was Wii’s Mario Sports Mix…basketball, hockey and dodge ball. I wanted to be competitive so I chose my partner carefully.  I chose Ryan(9).  I knew his hours of video game training would [...]

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girl talk

February 8, 2011
boy talks about girls

As I have mentioned before, my three boys are staunchly anti-girl. There isn’t anything about a girl that is redeeming. Nothing. Nope! Since I have a little life experience, it has been my expectation that at some point these three boys are going to cave. Sometime in the future girls might be a little bit [...]

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open letter to jerry jones

February 4, 2011
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Dear Jerry, Dallas is in the midst of a series of plagues.  It appears God is trying to get your attention and I beg you to make things right. The Plagues upon Dallas The 2010 Cowboy football season. The 2/1 ice storm. The 2/1 school closure. The 2/2 temperatures unlike anything Dallas has endured in [...]

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