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Fun Together: Dipping Valentine Treats

January 30, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Celebrate!, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Mandy Ehman at Life…Your Way, is offering Valentine links all this week for you to enjoy with your families. Today, her feature is treats and crafts for kids, so I thought I’d share a fun kid-friendly treat I made with my boys over the weekend.  (Click here to see all of today’s links!)

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Weekend Reads 1.28.12

January 28, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Uncategorized, Weekend Reads 1 Comment

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Pondering Praise

January 24, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 18 Comments

Because I follow the brilliant Janet Lansbury on Facebook, I have come across several interesting posts about praise recently.  In one of those, Lisa Sunbury of Regarding Baby shared her thoughts in  Praise Not , a read I would recommend.  All this reading got me thinking about praise.

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Weekend Reads 1.21.12

January 21, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Uncategorized, Weekend Reads 4 Comments

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Is that Fair?

January 20, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 37 Comments

“We treat everybody the same.”

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Weekend Reads 1.14.12

January 14, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Uncategorized, Weekend Reads 4 Comments

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The Secret to Potty Training…..

January 10, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 24 Comments

Whenever I start to feel guilty about the fact that I spent the majority of my Christmas vacation wearing my pajamas, I remind myself that I did in fact accomplish something very monumental, right there in my worn-out flannel bottoms and time-softened jersey shirt.  Well, rather, I should say my son accomplished something very monumental.  We cleared the first hurdle of potty-training.

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Resolve: Get Organized

January 5, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Uncategorized 8 Comments

Maybe it’s the new year.  Maybe it’s the unseasonably warm January temps.  Or maybe it’s early nesting as we await the arrival of baby number 4 later this year.  Whatever the reason, lately I’ve been consumed with the desire to clean, organize, declutter, and simplify.  I’ve spent the past few weeks setting up stations, systems, and solutions for the hot spots in my home.

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Top Posts from 2011

January 3, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Celebrate!, Child Development & DAP, Uncategorized 6 Comments

Welcome Back!  I hope you all enjoyed a nice break during the holidays.  I know I certainly did.  Taking a break to focus on my family was well-appreciated, though I’ve begun to crave this outlet for processing my thoughts and getting them down into print.  And I’ve missed hearing your thoughts as well.

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Guest Post: Simple Activities for Excited Kids

December 20, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Celebrate!, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 1 Comment

You can find me over at Simple Kids, writing about a few activities that will keep those excited hands busy as the excitement of the seasons build!  Here’s a little taste:

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