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  Time to Play: Swing States

  From Guest Blogger on May 22nd, 2012

  Our latest source of marital friction stems from my wife’s desire for a swing set. Rather, it started out as a swing set, then morphed into a jungle gym. Now the plans include a sand pit, cargo net, monkey bars, catwalk, turrets, and slide. Basically, my wife wants to turn our back yard into a [...]

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  Time to Play: Surviving Kindergarten Orientation

  From Guest Blogger on May 15th, 2012

  It’s the night before Kindergarten Orientation. Yes, in May. It snuck up on me. It’s not that I didn’t have the date highlighted in hot pink or anything…I did. It’s just that when you’ve spent almost 5 years glued to a certain little girl, you don’t exactly believe the date will ever arrive. She’s never [...]

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  Time to Play: How to Save Money on Toys

  From Guest Blogger on May 8th, 2012

  We’ve all been there. (Many still are!) You’re walking the aisles of your local toy store and your little munchkin looks up at you with those big, beautiful eyes holding a new Barbie doll, or a light saber. Maybe it’s a pack of Pokémon cards. You’re on a tight budget but, come on, parents aren’t [...]

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  Time to Play: Three Ways to Make Spring Cleaning Fun for Kids

  From Guest Blogger on May 1st, 2012

  It’s the weekend and if the first thing out of your mouth isn’t, “Who wants pancakes for breakfast?” but rather, “Who’s up for Spring Cleaning?,” chances are you’ll see the family scatter faster than ants at the end of a picnic. So here are three ways to get your kids involved in Spring Cleaning without [...]

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  Time to Play: Take the Stress Out of Planning Dinner

  From Guest Blogger on April 24th, 2012

  When you become a parent, you worry about a lot of things – their health, safety and happiness. But there is only one thing that stresses me out on a daily basis …. making dinner! For some reason the thought of making dinner for my very picky eaters raises my blood pressure every day. And [...]

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  Time to Play: 5 Ways to Feel Less Guilty About Your Child’s Screen Time

  From Guest Blogger on April 17th, 2012

  Your kids are going to be playing with more electronics. There I said it, let’s just get that out in the open. Remember the original iPhone commercials where they mentioned pretty much any activity and then said “yeah, they make an app for that too.” Flash forward to 2012 and now you can pretty much [...]

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  Time to Play: The Best Job Ever

  From Guest Blogger on April 10th, 2012

  My children have this knack for knowing the exact moment my thoughts have come into focus. Since becoming a mom, I’m not going to lie, I walk around in a hazy fog about 90% of the time. In fact, I think it’s incredibly likely that my mommy brain is significantly worse now that my kids are a [...]

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  Time to Play: Make Time for Family

  From Guest Blogger on April 3rd, 2012

  Everybody is busy these days, but we should all be making time to spend quality time with each other. Unfortunately, that can be easier said than done with everyone’s schedules and let’s face it: we’re all too tired at the end of the day. However, I believe that the old saying “Families that play together, [...]

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  Time to Play: Making Time to Play with Your Kids

  From Guest Blogger on March 27th, 2012

  I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a get down on the floor and play kind of mom. I love spending time with my five year old daughter, but you probably will not see me playing Barbies anytime soon. Also, being a work from home mom, sometimes I get lost in work, while she [...]

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  Time to Play: Birthday Party Planning Inspired by Pinterest

  From Guest Blogger on March 20th, 2012

  Pinterest and kids’ birthday party ideas go as well together as chocolate and peanut butter. I use this analogy since a good portion of my Pinterest includes recipes with these ingredients. If you’re new to Pinterest and can afford another online addiction, sign up and immediately create “boards” or categories such as “Makes Me Smile,” [...]

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