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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 43

December 4, 2011 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

First and foremost, I learned not to wait until Sunday night at 9:30pm to start writing this, but I had some mad shopping/cleaning/decorating to do today. Some of it was even holiday related.

Filed Under: Everyday Lessons Tagged With: christmas, food, holidays, lessons, motherhood

What Are Your Family’s Favorites?

November 26, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

I’ve been totally overwhelmed by Christmas marketing this year. (Ironic, coming from a marketer, I know.) One second every toy I see seems like the perfect gift idea, then I get distracted by something else and completely forget about the must-have item. Then I think, my kids don’t really need anything anyway (which is true, […]

Filed Under: Tips & Ideas Tagged With: baby, Big, creativity, friends, gifts, holidays, ideas, kids, Little, shopping, Tips & Ideas

Not So Easy

December 9, 2009 by Amy, Using Our Words 1 Comment

The other day I thought it would be fun for my 3-year-old son to get in the holiday spirit with a new mother/son tradition: building a gingerbread house. When we went to buy the kit, the woman in the checkout line asked my son, “Are you going to help your mommy build this?” He looked […]

Filed Under: Mom Musings, YodelingMamas Tagged With: christmas, craft, failure, gingerbread house, holidays, Mom Musings, YodelingMamas

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