What is it about mustaches that make them so darn appealing? Is it their spiffy shape? Maybe.
This pair of Mr. Mustache Yellow Baby Booties is brought to you by Etsy seller Pleasantlyplumpknits. She offers them in several other colors as well.
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What is it about mustaches that make them so darn appealing? Is it their spiffy shape? Maybe.
This pair of Mr. Mustache Yellow Baby Booties is brought to you by Etsy seller Pleasantlyplumpknits. She offers them in several other colors as well.
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What do baby zombies dream about? Cupcakes of course! Brain flavored? Hmm... maybe.
This adorable baby zombie embroidered bib was made by Etsy seller Morning Tempest. I see a lot of zombies in my line of work and this little guy has to be one of the cutest I have seen in a long time. I almost wish I had a baby small enough to wear this bib. Almost.
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June 24th is Fairy Day. In honor of Fairy Day and my daughter who loves fairies I present to you this adorable Fairy Door. Above the door is a quote from Albert Einstein that reads, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Mommyblessings has a tutorial on how to make your very own fairy door. She and her husband made this whimsical little fellow and installed it on a tree stump at a local park. I wonder how many children have been thrilled to find her mini art installation?
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Mommyblessings has a tutorial on how to make your very own fairy door. She and her husband made this whimsical little fellow and installed it on a tree stump at a local park. I wonder how many children have been thrilled to find her mini art installation?
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Italian company Studio Boca has designed a fantastic kids plate. This plate really encourages parents and kids to get creative with meals. It is slightly reminiscent of the Food Face Kid's Dinner Plate and Ms. Food Face Kid's Dinner Plate currently available at the NeatoShop. This plate, however, seems to allow the parents who prep the plates and meals a chance to play too. It looks like having dinner at home in Italy just got more fun.
If you are looking for great Kitchen Stuff be sure to check out the NeatoShop.
Link via Babygadget
If you are looking for great Kitchen Stuff be sure to check out the NeatoShop.
Link via Babygadget
A teen's graduation prank gets him banned from school property for life. What was the terrible offense? He dropped his pants and exposed the crowd to his boxer shorts.
Do you think the punishment fits the crime?
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Myers Park High School honor student Nicholas de la Canal had his clothing attached with Velcro so that when he got on the stage during Saturday's graduation, he could easily make the pants slide down to his ankles.
As he bent over to pull up the slacks, he planned that his gown would split in the back exposing polka-dot boxers to the large crowd.
All went according to plan and an assistant principal quickly took de la Canal off the stage.
Do you think the punishment fits the crime?
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What do you do when you are a busy, working Mom of three who has been called and selected to serve on a jury? You freak out, because you have no idea what to do with all that downtime and you take yourself for a walk. My walk led me to the cafeteria for a cookie. It also led me right past the Free Children's Waiting Room.
Now, in my younger days, I spent a good deal of time working in a courthouse. I am pretty familiar with the environment. The Free Children's Waiting Room, however, was something totally new to me. The Children's Waiting room is essentially free daycare. It has a trained staff and a director. It welcomes children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 13-years-old. The room is open during court business hours.
The Children's Waiting Room should really be called the Children's Oasis, because that's what this place is. The room's brightly decorated windows and cheerful decor are in stark contrast to the seemingly strict and sometimes frightening courthouse interior. It provides books, art activities, and most importantly a safe and supervised environment for your child. The staff are trained.
The motive behind the Children's Waiting room is pretty simple. The courtroom or court house halls are not a great place for children. Sure they can learn a lot from an occasional visit to a courthouse, but hanging out there for the day or several days probably isn't the best idea. Kids don't really need to know all the ins and outs of their parents legal woes. Nor do they need to spend the day mingling with alleged or convicted criminals. Plus, the court house really doesn't want dozens upon dozens of kids running around it's halls while they are trying to conduct business. Thus someone somewhere came up with the brilliant solution of a Children's Waiting Room. I, for one, salute all the court houses across the country that have raised funds and have established these Free Children's Waiting Rooms.
Photo: This is not the Children's Waiting Room of the Courthouse I visited. This is an example of another Children's Waiting Room found at the Hall of Justice in Redwood City, California. Link
Now, in my younger days, I spent a good deal of time working in a courthouse. I am pretty familiar with the environment. The Free Children's Waiting Room, however, was something totally new to me. The Children's Waiting room is essentially free daycare. It has a trained staff and a director. It welcomes children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 13-years-old. The room is open during court business hours.
The Children's Waiting Room should really be called the Children's Oasis, because that's what this place is. The room's brightly decorated windows and cheerful decor are in stark contrast to the seemingly strict and sometimes frightening courthouse interior. It provides books, art activities, and most importantly a safe and supervised environment for your child. The staff are trained.
The motive behind the Children's Waiting room is pretty simple. The courtroom or court house halls are not a great place for children. Sure they can learn a lot from an occasional visit to a courthouse, but hanging out there for the day or several days probably isn't the best idea. Kids don't really need to know all the ins and outs of their parents legal woes. Nor do they need to spend the day mingling with alleged or convicted criminals. Plus, the court house really doesn't want dozens upon dozens of kids running around it's halls while they are trying to conduct business. Thus someone somewhere came up with the brilliant solution of a Children's Waiting Room. I, for one, salute all the court houses across the country that have raised funds and have established these Free Children's Waiting Rooms.
Photo: This is not the Children's Waiting Room of the Courthouse I visited. This is an example of another Children's Waiting Room found at the Hall of Justice in Redwood City, California. Link
Last week (week 91) we took the kids on a little trip so I didn't get the chance to report on The Baby's progress. Suffice it to say you didn't miss much. Week 91 was a total flop on the Mommy front.
Now on to week 92. It is now 92 weeks and counting since The Baby was born. She still has a big personality, she is still beautiful, and she still refuses to say Mama.
This is a condensed list of the other wonderful things The Baby has learned to say this week:
Ouch: The Baby has very unruly hair. When The Baby's hair is happy it forms into beautiful little ringlets. When her hair is angry it is wild and goes everywhere. I tried to cut The Baby's hair, but that was a mistake. The cutting of the hair just made the hair very angry and it stayed angry for weeks. Therefore, I have taken to putting her hair up in ponytails or pigtails. The hair seems to be okay with this. The Baby's hair and I had established a truce.
The Baby has never really complained about having her hair brushed. Her older sister, on the other hand, always complains about hair brushing. This week The Baby has decided it's funny to mimic her older sister and say ouch whenever you come near her with a hair brush. She says it so much it's hard to tell if she is really in pain or just faking you out. This turn of events has caused me to let her run around with wild hair more often than I care to admit. My truce with The Baby's hair appears to be over.
Bed: The Baby, against my wishes, is being moved into a toddler bed this weekend. She's more than ready for the transition. I am not so ready for the transition.
The toddler bed is in the garage. The Baby has seen the bed. The Baby has screamed for the bed. The Baby has cried and begged for the bed to be brought into the house. The Baby loves the new bed. I hate the bed.
Am I still feeling optimistic that The Baby will start to call me Mama? Yes, yes I am. It's bound to happen eventually. She can't call me "Boss Lady" forever. The Baby is one smart cookie. One day she is going to realize that she can you use the word Mama to her advantage and that will be the day that she caves. I just have to bide my time. Week 93 may be that week. I will keep you posted.
Now on to week 92. It is now 92 weeks and counting since The Baby was born. She still has a big personality, she is still beautiful, and she still refuses to say Mama.
This is a condensed list of the other wonderful things The Baby has learned to say this week:
Ouch: The Baby has very unruly hair. When The Baby's hair is happy it forms into beautiful little ringlets. When her hair is angry it is wild and goes everywhere. I tried to cut The Baby's hair, but that was a mistake. The cutting of the hair just made the hair very angry and it stayed angry for weeks. Therefore, I have taken to putting her hair up in ponytails or pigtails. The hair seems to be okay with this. The Baby's hair and I had established a truce.
The Baby has never really complained about having her hair brushed. Her older sister, on the other hand, always complains about hair brushing. This week The Baby has decided it's funny to mimic her older sister and say ouch whenever you come near her with a hair brush. She says it so much it's hard to tell if she is really in pain or just faking you out. This turn of events has caused me to let her run around with wild hair more often than I care to admit. My truce with The Baby's hair appears to be over.
Bed: The Baby, against my wishes, is being moved into a toddler bed this weekend. She's more than ready for the transition. I am not so ready for the transition.
The toddler bed is in the garage. The Baby has seen the bed. The Baby has screamed for the bed. The Baby has cried and begged for the bed to be brought into the house. The Baby loves the new bed. I hate the bed.
Am I still feeling optimistic that The Baby will start to call me Mama? Yes, yes I am. It's bound to happen eventually. She can't call me "Boss Lady" forever. The Baby is one smart cookie. One day she is going to realize that she can you use the word Mama to her advantage and that will be the day that she caves. I just have to bide my time. Week 93 may be that week. I will keep you posted.
Many people think a diagnosis of severe autism means never seeing the child graduate high school, but that's not true. Take a look at 17-year-old Alexander Myers. With the constant care and love of his mother Alexander has beaten the odds and graduated from high school.
What's next for Alexander? College of course.
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At just two years of age, doctors were already writing off Alexander Myers.According to his mother, Veronica Tess, they said, "'It is inevitable he will be institutionalized.' They say by the time he's in middle school, you won't be able to let him live with you that the behaviors would have gotten that far out of wack. I was determined that would not be the case."
Instead of resigning to the diagnosis, the single mother focuses on helping him learn how to function in society from counting his money to ordering his own food.
She's even walked side-by-side with him to school almost every day since kindergarten.
What's next for Alexander? College of course.
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Decipher The Doodle Contest #5 Winners!
The Answer: According to the pint sized artist this is a picture of his Dad and his baby sister (AKA The Baby). It is a beautiful day. Mr. Sun is out. There is a rainbow and a blue sky. The letters on the right are the artist's signature. Daddy is the bigger figure. Daddy is sad because The Baby spilled his coffee. The Baby is the smaller figure. The Baby is happy because she spilled Daddy's coffee. The artist thinks the drawing is hilarious!
This not a depiction of an actual event. This is just how the 3-year-old artist views the family dynamic.
The Most Correct Answer: This was a hard one. No one really came up with the most correct answer. So, we are going to give t-shirts to the two funniest answers instead.
The Funniest Answer:
The pic is actually flipped horizontally- and is an illustration to this:
It was raining quite hard, but the sun was still sunny
I saw a rainbow and thought it was funny
Then blue lighting came down and hit Dad in the eye
And he shouted "scha!" - but I don't know why
- Maxxx
Congratulations! You win a I Heart 8 Bit Video Games T-shirt.
The Other Funniest Answer:
This appears to be Thor and his brother Loki, Moments after crossing the Rainbow bridge. They have just returned to the bright sunshine of Asgard after leaving behind the icy realm of Jotunheim. Loki is the one smiling, knowing his devious plans are coming to fruition. Thor is frowning because while leaving Jotunheim he spied the vulgar graffiti the frost giants had wrote about him in their native language, concerning him and where they suggest they store his might hammer, Mjolnir.
- Chad Huskey
Congratulations! You win a Mosaic Skull T-shirt.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We hope you had as much fun as we did. If you didn't win don't worry! We will be back with another Decipher The Doodle Contest in a few weeks.
The Answer: According to the pint sized artist this is a picture of his Dad and his baby sister (AKA The Baby). It is a beautiful day. Mr. Sun is out. There is a rainbow and a blue sky. The letters on the right are the artist's signature. Daddy is the bigger figure. Daddy is sad because The Baby spilled his coffee. The Baby is the smaller figure. The Baby is happy because she spilled Daddy's coffee. The artist thinks the drawing is hilarious!
This not a depiction of an actual event. This is just how the 3-year-old artist views the family dynamic.
The Most Correct Answer: This was a hard one. No one really came up with the most correct answer. So, we are going to give t-shirts to the two funniest answers instead.
The Funniest Answer:
The pic is actually flipped horizontally- and is an illustration to this:
It was raining quite hard, but the sun was still sunny
I saw a rainbow and thought it was funny
Then blue lighting came down and hit Dad in the eye
And he shouted "scha!" - but I don't know why
- Maxxx
Congratulations! You win a I Heart 8 Bit Video Games T-shirt.
The Other Funniest Answer:
This appears to be Thor and his brother Loki, Moments after crossing the Rainbow bridge. They have just returned to the bright sunshine of Asgard after leaving behind the icy realm of Jotunheim. Loki is the one smiling, knowing his devious plans are coming to fruition. Thor is frowning because while leaving Jotunheim he spied the vulgar graffiti the frost giants had wrote about him in their native language, concerning him and where they suggest they store his might hammer, Mjolnir.
- Chad Huskey
Congratulations! You win a Mosaic Skull T-shirt.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We hope you had as much fun as we did. If you didn't win don't worry! We will be back with another Decipher The Doodle Contest in a few weeks.
We took the kids to a crowded amusement park last week. While we were walking around I spied a little girl wearing a heart-shaped dog tag. It was looped through the button hole on her shirt. At first I thought it was odd, but after mulling it over I have decided it was a pretty brilliant idea. As vigilant as you are with your kids sometimes things happen.
I am reminded of a story from my childhood. When my little sister was about 3 or 4-years-old she wondered off in a department store. Security found her and asked her what her name was. I don't know if she was shy, scared, or both, but she gave them the wrong name.
Dog tags are pretty cheap and easy to come by. In fact, most chain pet supply stores have machines that can make a dog tag in a matter of minutes. They have enough room for important information like a name and a cell phone number.
No, I haven't made dog tags for my kids yet, but I might.
I am reminded of a story from my childhood. When my little sister was about 3 or 4-years-old she wondered off in a department store. Security found her and asked her what her name was. I don't know if she was shy, scared, or both, but she gave them the wrong name.
Dog tags are pretty cheap and easy to come by. In fact, most chain pet supply stores have machines that can make a dog tag in a matter of minutes. They have enough room for important information like a name and a cell phone number.
No, I haven't made dog tags for my kids yet, but I might.
My kids have been invited to their very first family wedding. I am now on a quest to find a tie for my 3-year-old son that matches the dresses I have yet to buy for my daughters. I confess, I have become tie obsessed. The good news is that this new mission has led me to this great site that has a wonderful faux tie tutorial.
Here's what you need:
The pattern is available on the site. I might just have to make one (or a dozen).
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Here's what you need:
1/4 yard of chose fabriccoordinating threadsewing machineneedle for hand-stitchingthe rest of the random stuff in your sewing box (scissors, pins, etc)
The pattern is available on the site. I might just have to make one (or a dozen).
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Hello Neatoramanauts and welcome to our fifth Decipher The Doodle Contest. This doodle was created by my 3-year old son. I dare you to delve into the mind of this pint-sized artist and tell me what his doodle means.
We will award 2 prizes. One to the first person to come up with the most correct answer. The second for the funniest but ultimately wrong answer. The winners will win a T-shirt from the NeatoShop and be featured in next weeks post.
Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess (suggestion: Science T-shirts / Funny & One Liners). If you don’t include a selection, you forfeit the prize, okay?
Happy commenting!
Update (5/24/2011): The contest is now over. The winners will be announced shortly.
Do you know what your kids are posting on Facebook? You might want to play close attention or they could end up being visited at school by the Secret Service.
Vito now plans to be a bit more careful with what he posts.
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After Osama bin Laden was killed, 13-year-old Vito LaPinta posted an update to his Facebook status that got the Feds attention.
"I was saying how Osama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers," says LaPinta.
A week later, while Vito was in his fourth period class, he was called in to the principal's office.
"A man walked in with a suit and glasses and he said he was part of the Secret Service," LaPinta said. "He told me it was because of a post I made that indicated I was a threat toward the President."
Vito now plans to be a bit more careful with what he posts.
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It is now 90 weeks and counting since The Baby was born. She still has a big personality, she is still beautiful, and she still refuses to say Mama.
I thought for sure this would be the week I would be able to officially announce the end of this post, but no. The posts continue. On the plus side I have discovered that The Baby has a wicked sense of humor.
How do I know the Baby has a sense of humor? This is how:
BREAKFAST TABLE - EARLY MORNING
It is early morning in any family kitchen USA- soft morning light filters through skylight above. Cartoons are heard softly in the background.
Our view moves closer. Sitting at a black, weathered kitchen table are two children. One child is 4-years-old. The other child is 90-weeks-old, The Baby. A Mother crosses the room and sits down between the children. She looks at The Baby.
I thought for sure this would be the week I would be able to officially announce the end of this post, but no. The posts continue. On the plus side I have discovered that The Baby has a wicked sense of humor.
How do I know the Baby has a sense of humor? This is how:
BREAKFAST TABLE - EARLY MORNING
It is early morning in any family kitchen USA- soft morning light filters through skylight above. Cartoons are heard softly in the background.
Our view moves closer. Sitting at a black, weathered kitchen table are two children. One child is 4-years-old. The other child is 90-weeks-old, The Baby. A Mother crosses the room and sits down between the children. She looks at The Baby.
MOTHER
What do you say we play a game? Can you say, "Hi Maddy?"
THE BABY
Hi Maddy!
THE MOTHER
Can you say, "Hi Mama?"
THE BABY
Hi Poo-poo!
The Mother glances at the 4-year-old. The 4-year-old can't contain her laughter.
4-YEAR-OLD
She said hi Poo-poo!
The room is filled with laughter. Our view moves away. Scene fades to black.
Okay, so I am no screen writer. Regardless, I think that pretty much paints an accurate picture for you. I really tried not to embellish it too much.
Anyway, Despite this minor setback I am still feeling optimistic. After all my 3-year-old is now potty trained and it felt like that would never happen either. Week 91 will be the week The Baby says Mama. I know it! I will keep you posted.
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A Mother admits administering Botox to her 8-year-old daughter. Why? So that the daughter is more competitive in child beauty pageants. The Mother claims that it helps with the daughter's wrinkles. You can see the Good Morning America interview above.Below is a picture of what the little girl looks like shortly after receiving Botox injections. I'm have never had Botox, but it looks pretty painful to me.
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