Category: Kids
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Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week is upon us. This year, it runs from September 22 – 28. I’ve loved this week-long celebration as if it were Thanksgiving since I was in high school. On the Monday of this most joyous of weeks, my favorite teacher would wear a sweatshirt that declared “Celebrate Freedom! Read a Banned Book!”…
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Beach Time
This week we were at the beach. Econ Husband and his college friends are having a Significant Birthday with Zeroes this year so they planned a beach getaway. And I was all for it. The trip overlapped with his Significant Birthday so I made a chocolate coconut cake. Everyone raved about it. I used my…
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College Dorm Supply Shopping
My entire mom-ing career, I thought I was at peak school supply acquisition efficiency. One trip to Target, one trip to Staples and Boom! Done. Notebooks (the cool kind), binders, pens, calculators that cost more than my first car–I purchased all of it with ease. But that’s nothing compare to college school supply shopping. Shower…
Mindy Carlson 