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3 Reasons Cleaning is Dangerous

September 10, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 1 Comment

“I’m gonna vacuum our room!” Five glorious words I thought I’d never — ever — hear came rolling out of Big’s mouth one Sunday afternoon this summer. I have no idea what inspired it, but I certainly wasn’t going to question the universe rewarding me for nine years of the exact opposite behavior from this […]

Filed Under: Everyday Lessons, Mom Musings Tagged With: baseball, cleaning, house, housework, injury, mess, preschool

Pink’s Birthday Letter to Me

July 6, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

Last week, Pink gave me a sweet, homemade birthday card. Since she can’t quite spell, but loves to write, she spends quite a bit of time each day making different combinations of letters and translating them for us. But in the case of my birthday card, she just handed me the sheet of paper without […]

Filed Under: Mom Musings Tagged With: birthday, humor, preschool, words

Playdates, Playgrounds & Just Plain Play!

June 10, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

Forget the calendar and the rain—it’s summer! Yes, by 11:45am today, we’d kissed preschool, kindergarten, and 3rd grade goodbye! Thanks to end-of-year parties, baseball playoffs, and ballet recitals, I’ve been much more of a cheerleader than a writer lately, but I do have a couple things to share. MEET AVERY & AUSTIN A couple of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Avery and Austin, Dot Complicated, giveaway, kindergarten, play, playdate, preschool, review, summer, summer fun, The Mid, third grade

15 Things I Learned, Um, Lately

May 20, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 3 Comments

If you go to blogging conferences and read blogs about…well, blogs, you know that you should 1) post daily, 2) post themed writing (like my lessons) on the same day each week, and 3) hmm, I don’t remember. (No wonder I stopped going to conferences…) As much as I love following rules, I have things […]

Filed Under: Everyday Lessons Tagged With: ballet, baseball, kindergarten, lessons, mother's day, preschool, Radio Disney, religion, snow white

Preschool Fashion Week, *Sponsored by Totspot*

March 11, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

I’m excited to partner with Totspot for this post about how we recently celebrated Preschool Fashion Week in our house. (Ok, that’s not really a thing. But it should be. Because it would be far more entertaining — and maybe even more outrageous — than the runways in NYC. Right?!) If you know Pink, you […]

Filed Under: Belly & Baby, featured, Mom Musings, Sponsored Post, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: app, apps, baby clothes, clothes, dancing, fashion, kid clothes, preschool, preschooler, tips, Tips & Ideas, toddler clothes, Totspot, work from home mom

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