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Entries for December, 2006

Why Happy Feet did not make me happy

We took the kids to see Happy Feet a couple weeks ago. Amazing, stunning animation. Great soundtrack. Funny Characters.
I was not a fan of the whole the humans are killing the penguins subplot. I could have also used less realism in the scary, violent scenes. Geetle made us cover her [...]

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Carnival of Family Life News

Just a quick reminder to get your posts in for this weeks Carnival of Family Life. You can submit your posts here.
This week’s Carnival will be hosted by Michelle at Scribbit on Monday the 18th.
Keep the great entries coming.
Also, if you haven’t read this last week’s carnival, stop by GNMParents.
And, finally, if you have [...]

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Winter Craft- Santa Claus masks

Our kids like funny hats and masks, so this was a good craft for them.
To make a Santa Claus mask you will need:

1 cheap white paper plate
red construction paper
pink construction paper
cotton balls or fiberfill
glue

Then follow these steps:

Cut the center out of the plate, leaving just the 1 1/2 inch rim.
Cut a red triangle for a [...]

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How do any hamsters survive in the wild

So, Winnie the Hamster #1 died a while back . We went the sitcom route and replaced Miss Winnie with a slightly bigger, similar looking new Miss Winnie, who just happened to be a boy. Shh. Nobody is on to us yet.
We had Winnie the Hamster #2 for about 10 days until (s)he decided not [...]

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Teaching kids - Beyond 100

Pookie can count to 100 without any help now.
He has such in interest in numbers and counting that we are trying to figure out what to work on next. I don’t really see much use in learning to count more than 100 right now and he seems pretty happy with stopping there for a [...]

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