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Google Plus & Circles for Parents and Moms and Dads and …

By now, you've probably heard of Google Circles, right? If not, it's Google's answer to Facebook…and certainly seems to be a Facebook Killer indeed. Which is why…. You will love seeing all the great primers below. 6 Bright Google Circles Ideas 40 Google Circle Tips Google Circle Cheat Sheet Google Plus Facebook Page! How To […]

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2011-07-13WorkDog

Why you WANT a dog’s life….

My mooses….to a T. Click on the comic above to see it all!

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Dreams of Excitement

Boring is in the eye of the beholder!

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Painlessly Simple Way To Make Punishments EXTREMELY Effective

Idjutness. My gosh, MamaBear *hates* idjutness. We're talking "hate" as in "despise more so than spilled gourmet coffee on one's slumbering sleeping moose". 'course, kids being kids, they're *supposed* to push boundaries and make mistakes and otherwise cause agonizing opportunities for more grey hairs to emerge on our heads, so….it's part and parcel of life's […]

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mercy1

Week 2, Day 2, Camp Ling – Squaring numbers, hacking sites

One of the things MamaBear loves about the summer is that it moves sooo quickly. Then again, one of the things MamaBear *hates* about the summer is that playdates kinda sorta (rather expected though, I might add) really screw up Camp Ling!  🙂 Still, though, it's all good. Yesterday HD2 and I became one with […]

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2011-07-12DogBall

Youth Is Wasted On The Young

What I would love to communicate to the kids…. Click on the comic above to see it all!

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Something Molly Would NEVER Be….

Hee hee!

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“Where can I find horse coloring pages?”

From the mailbag: "Dear MamaBear, My daughter is a horse fanatic!  Where can I find good coloring pages for her? Anonymous" Dear A, Gosh, MamaBear loves questions like this! Horsie coloring pages abound online! Find 'em at: Horse Coloring Pages #1 Horse Coloring Pages #2 Horse Coloring Pages #3 Horse Coloring Pages #4 Horse Coloring […]

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RANT – Why Permissive Parenting Will Destroy Your Child

Permissive Parenting. The term makes MamaBear as comfortable as "slow-roasted agonizing death by massive nuclear meltdowns." Honestly, I simply cannot understand how on earth any sane parent could even begin to embrace wishy-washy spineless gutless permissive parenting. First off, let's explore the definition of this blight on society. Permissive parenting is the indulgent, "no discipline" […]

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Week 2, Day 1 – Camp Ling! Academics start, Alegbra, Sprayground, more

Good morning! Today begins Week 2 of Camp Ling, yay! It started out grand, of course – got the clan up at 6am so we could do our morning jog like so. We jog and run the mooses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – Thursdays are morning beach days and Tuesdays, well, I let them […]

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