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During my family vacation in Palm Springs, I noticed that I kept apologizing for my kids splashing people or constantly saying "watch out!" On our last day, I was lounging with my mom in the pool as my little one splashed around and she told him to watch out and apologized to the people. I looked at her and said, "Do you notice no one else is saying anything to their kids?"

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We had a heatwave in southern cali last week and the kids begged me to take a dip in the pool. They also decided to play backgammon while swimming, not the easiest thing to do in a pool, but they had a blast anyway.

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My husband got free tickets to tonight's dodger game so we went along with my mom. I love free anything! I had on my dodger gear to represent and had a great time. I don't know if you guys noticed or not, but you can see my mom getting closer and closer to the field throughout the pictures. We had great seats, right behind the home plate, which was awesome. I had to

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I worked on this lounge wear short set all week. Ok, I started one day earlier this week, stared at it the other days, and decided to finish it today. I absolutely love the print and I thought of relaxing in the house on a warm summer day when I bought it. Unfortunately, the bottoms were a bit tight on me so I decided to give it up. I'm no seamstress and I tend to be in

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All of the pictures were taken by my children, except for the last one. We had a great time at LACMA. There were so many awesome exhibitions we couldn't possibly show you all of them. My sister invited us to go with her since it was free that day. I would encourage everyone to go and

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  How come we can never keep equal amounts of forks and spoons? And why are knives exempt from disappearing? In my house there are currently 2 spoons and one of them looks like it lost a fight with the garbage disposal. Someone either has to wait for someone else to finish eating, or use a fork and try to scoop the soup quickly into their mouth. Here are a few scenarios I've come up 

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We let Andy have our old, but very functional, digital camera. He took to photography like fish to water. He takes it everywhere and takes pictures of everything. He especially loves taking "selfies." I'm definitely curious to see how he develops as a photographer. Keep in mind, he's only 4 years old. Not

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I'd like to think my requests are reasonable. Every woman likes to smell good so perfume is a must. We can always use a comfortable pair of boots. Caftan's are amazing and I NEED one in my laid back life. As we get older, we tend to carry more bags; A neat little camera bag never hurts. Jewelry. You can never have enough jewelry.   Last, but not

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My cousin let us borrow her curl formers. She swears they are one of the best creations ever. The feeling is now mutual. Doing my daughter's hair is quite a task and these were so simple to use, and as you can see, the results are fantastic! I know I'm on the late bus with these, but I really must invest in my own. The installation process is extremely simple, especially if

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While daddy rode his bike, we decided to hang out at Venice Beach.

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For the past 9 years, I've noticed something strange with my sons eyesight. I would take him to an optometrist and they would tell me his eyesight is fine and send us on our way.  Yet he kept doing the same awkward movement while watching television. More recently, he started to get frustrated while reading and has occasional headaches. Something is clearly not right. I took him for an

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I won't even get into Andy's behavior this morning, let's just say, it was the most polite. Anyway, when it was time to leave the house, he didn't want to budge. He put on his sad face and made it seem like every step caused him tremendous pain and agony. The kids often race to see who can be the first to get wherever we are going so I decided to see if that would work. First one to the car is a

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INSIDE MY MIND: MOM FILES: YOU BROKE MY NOSE!: Ok, no one broke my nose, but I sure thought it was broken. Ever been head butted by a toddler? No? I envy you. It amazes me how these prec...

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Ok, no one broke my nose, but I sure thought it was broken. Ever been head butted by a toddler? No? I envy you. It amazes me how these precious little children have rock hard heads. One night while I was in a deep sleep, probably dreaming of a pristine home and well mannered children, I was rudely interrupted by a pain like no other. I was a victim of a night time toddler head butting. The pain

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I found this desk at a yard sale and I couldn't resist. I've been trying to find the perfect desk for my kids room and when I saw this I had to have it. I knew I needed to sand it first. Home depot didn't carry the type of sander I needed, but they recommended a place by my house that has all kinds of tools for rent called quality equipment rentals. They were kind

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Sooooo, at the beach, some crazy guy punked us (really, the kids while I stood there dumbfounded) into creating their own drum circle. Then some guy was offering jiffy peanut butter samples right out the jar with a knife. There was the buff, greased up guy in speedos. Then there was the old, ashy, knock kneed guy in speedos. Police questioning people and police getting cussed out by some drunk

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Once again, I had a crazy dream. I honestly don't know what sparked it. Does a little mango at night bring out my crazy subconscious? Anyway, I think if it was developed properly, it would be an awesome movie. On my way home, I stopped at a gas station and heard people talking about the governments recent plans. Initially, I didn't pay much attention.  When I approached the cashier,

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This was before the makeup, obviously. I spent today hanging out with my family for my nieces 5th grade culmination.  After the celebration, we had the bright idea to play with hair chalk and makeup. I got so many compliments on both my hair and makeup today. I had a lot of fun. Thanks Danyell and Amahri and congratulations Ndey.

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Normally, we don't allow the baby, Andy, to bathe with Sadie.  Today, however, Bryce took his bath without his brother. I call myself trying to cut the time and water by allowing him to bathe with her real quick. When bath time was done, Andy came downstairs to get dressed and shared a gem with us. Andy: "Sadie has big nurples!" (If you watch chowder, you know what I mean already) "I was

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I want to preface this by saying I believe all of these people being found that were kidnapped years ago is taking a toll on my psyche. It was night time and the kids had just had their baths.  For some reason, Andy decided to run outside completely naked and giggling.  Daniel quickly took chase because we were concerned about him getting sick. Unfortunately, that wouldn't be the

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I've been wanting to create a sewing chair for the sewing table my mother bought me.  I received some folding chairs from my in-laws and decided to reupholster one of them.  Why not use what you already have, right? I used a staple gun, staples (of course), two cans of  Montana Gold acrylic paint in dolphins, and one can of varnish gloss, spray adhesive (not pictured), and

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                            So I thought I was going through a special journey in my life and decided to lock my hair.  I call myself following in my parents footsteps. I imagined myself with long locks flowing down to my knees. I felt like I was finally able to wear hats too, weird, I know.&

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Last night, I had another one of my crazy dreams, obviously. I'm definitely going to look up the meaning of this ridiculousness. And so it begins... My sister and I are walking down the street.  I'm not sure if we are going to the store, or if this was for exercise purposes, but we were definitely getting our stroll on.  All of a sudden, this guy in a red shirt pulls out a gun and

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Don't ever tell your husband you are afraid of being alone at night. Last night I made the mistake of telling my husband that I was kind of afraid to be home alone all night. The kids were gone and he had to go to work.  I don't know why I was so afraid.  We live in a gated building and we installed one of those latches like they have at hotels.  The latch, by the way, was for

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