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Monday, August 22, 2011

First Day - Awesome

Last night at dinner Miss O raised her hand and asked if sh could go to the bathroom. She told us all that was the rule in school. One day of school and she was already applying all the things she learned. Her first day was awesome for her. We took her and walked her to her class. Her first stop was to the potty than finally...

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

School Days - Part 2

Becky 10:22 AM 0 Comments

Today is the day before I officially have a kindergartner and it is exciting. We have talked about what she is going to pick for her first day and what she wants to take for lunch. We went Thursday night and had the parent orientation which made me honestly - very nervous. But I have gotten over it since than and feel...

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

School Days- Part 1

Becky 8:14 AM 0 Comments

I know for many of us we are sending our kids to school for the first time, or a second and even third are about to start school. We start on Monday and I am a ball of nerves about it and am working very hard not to show it to my soon to be kindergartner. I know for this to go smoothly, I have to remain calm when we go...

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

What it costs to raise a kid!

Becky 11:52 AM 0 Comments

So I was wandering around the parenting.com website today and I found this calculator that calculates what it costs to have a kid. I typed in Miss O who was born in 2006 and her cost from birth to 18 was nearly $561,000. Alone it is estimated that her first year was nearly $26,000 which I can believe between formula, diapers...

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Mommy Confessions

Becky 1:48 PM 0 Comments

So I sat down and watched the Today show this morning because they were talking about how us Mom's deal with the everyday as well as confessing our deep down secrets about how we really feel about motherhood. You can read the article and see the piece here: http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/08/09/7318658-whats-your-deepest-darkest-secret-moms-confess-in-our-survey?GT1=43001 I...

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