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Time For A Blog Vacation

May 13, 2012

From all of us at IBC, Happy Mother’s Day! We’re giving ourselves a luxurious gift this year – We’re taking a little blog vacation for the next couple of weeks. (We wish we were heading to the beach. Anyone want to host this crazy group of writers?) We’ll post a couple of our old favorites [...]

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Fight cancer: slather on sunscreen (and other tips to keep your kids and yourself safe)

May 11, 2012

I am one in a million, but I’m certain that you don’t want your child(ren) to be one of this million. More than one million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year, and I recently found out that I have it. I’m fortunate to have the “good” kind, basal cell carcinoma, and although I’ll [...]

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Walk a Mile (in my sticky, blotchy, cereal-encrusted shoes with bubblegum on top)

May 10, 2012

A friend of mine, who does not have children, recently posted this poll: “Ok, FB friend..help settle a debate. This is especially directed to parents with young children. Is it rude to tell someone that they or their kids are being too loud in a restaurant, coffeeshop, business,etc.? How would you, as a parent, react [...]

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What We’re Reading This Week: May 9th

May 9, 2012

Join us each Wednesday for a collection of stories, blog posts, and whatever else we’ve found interesting to check out. HUMOR New York Observer: Ice Cream Anti-Social: Slope Parents Fear Playground Popsicle Pusherman Guilty Squid: Ways To Amuse Yourself With Door To Door Salesmen NEWS Washington Post: Best Place To Be A Mother? Not The [...]

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Good Mothers

May 8, 2012

Today we welcome back one of our favorites, Risa Nye. Here’s a little about Risa – and when you have a chance, check out her other posts here and on her own site as well. You’ll enjoy the reading! Risa Nye has an MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California. Her articles and essays have [...]

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Home and Away: The Follow Up

May 7, 2012

I promised I’d do a little follow up after surviving the ten days with my hubby away on his first big business trip so here I am! I had no idea if I’d be writing something humorous or serious and in actual fact the time he was away was pretty uneventful all in all. We [...]

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Hip Hip Hooray Parade

May 4, 2012

My kids love a good parade, don’t yours? At our house we like to create our own parade out in our yard. We don’t have any spectators, but the kids love it just the same. The best part of creating your own parade is the preparation. It is a must at our house to include [...]

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Best Laid Plans

May 3, 2012

We are putting aside Thursday’s usual humor to participate in The Mom Pledge’s series, Giving Birth: A Defining Moment. This is OneStrongMama’s story. We hope you’ll take the time to visit The Mom Pledge to see some of the other stories as well. I had an uneventful pregnancy. I stayed very active, didn’t gain much [...]

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