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Grow Up, Would You?

April 14, 2011 By momcafe 5 Comments

I just had a heated argument with my 5-year-old.  I was mature and authoritarian, and ‘adult-like’ during this interaction modeling excellent parenting techniques.  The outcome was both beneficial and rewarding for my child. Sure.  If you have one clue, it’s that the argument ended in me saying “WHATEVER!!” in the most adolescent voice any 43 […]

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Do You Get ROCKED To Your Core?

April 7, 2011 By momcafe 5 Comments

It’s 1:00am and I am in bed listening to my dear daughter cough her lungs out.  It reminds me of all we have been through with this horrible ailment they call “Asthma”.  She is in a bout, but it is mild compared to what we have been through during the last almost eight years of […]

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Spring Break In Ohio… My favorite part…

April 2, 2011 By momcafe 2 Comments

So it’s been a fun filled week of events and activities that are leading up to the “big STAYCATION” at the nearest indoor water park.  We saved that for the end of the long laborious week.  This was my idea of the ‘dangling carrot’ to keep my little pups in line and tantalize them with […]

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