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2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Special Needs Kids

2 Dec ’16 By

On the podcast this week, I shared my frustration about how our kids with SMA intellectually outgrow babyish toys, but don’t gain the strength a typical child has in order to operate more age appropriate toys. This is never more a challenge than at the holidays, when friends and family–while thoughtful and generous–buy our kids […]

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I Made a Gift Guide for Preschoolers, So You Don’t Have To!

24 Nov ’16 By

As you may remember from this post, my sister and I both have an older singleton and then a set of twins. My twins are nine years old now (when did that happen??), but hers are just 2, and the sad fact is that’s a challenging age to shop for unless your kids are currently […]

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A Shape Mag-nificent Summer!

17 Aug ’16 By

Listen closely–do you hear that? It’s the sound of a quiet house! You know what that means? The kids are back in school! Obviously, I love my kids and appreciate their cherubic charm at all times, but I also appreciate a peaceful cup of coffee with Kathy & Hoda and it’s been three months since […]

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How to Get a US Passport for Your Child

31 Mar ’16 By

We recently had the opportunity to take our family to the all-inclusive resort, Beaches, in Turks & Caicos. Neither of my girls had passports, so I set out on a quest to figure out how to get them. It’s a pretty straightforward process, but I’m divorced from their father, so that added another layer of […]

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Springtime Updates for Your Child’s Living Space!

16 Mar ’16 By

We recently had the pleasure of talking Spring DIY with the good folks at Trulia, your home for real estate! As we noted last week Spring Break is almost upon us–what about using some of this time to collaborate with your children to refresh their bedrooms (and maybe even, coughcough, some spring cleaning)? We are […]

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Brace Yourselves–Spring Break is Coming!

10 Mar ’16 By

Spring Break: It’s like summer break, but only lasts one week and we parents still want to pull our hair out three days into it. Do you remember when we were kids, and Spring Break was a glorious week of no school, of sleeping in while Mom & Dad went to work and left us […]

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