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Sprinklers, Hydrants, and Other Non-Pool Wet Things
When I was a kid growing up in Iowa, we didn't always get to the swimming pool. Sometimes the car was dead, and sometimes I think my mom was just too lazy. Those were the days she would hook up the Willy Waterbug or the Wet Banana and we'd go crazy all over the back lawn. Nothing like having those little pieces of grass stuck between your toes to signify summer. Even though we now have a ... Read more >
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Games to Play at Worlds of Fun
We took my four-year-old daughter to Worlds of Fun for the first time earlier this summer. We did the twilight pass, and because she's less than 48 inches tall, she got in free. The twilight pass costs about half of the normal pass, and we found it to be perfect because a) not as hot after 4 p.m., b) a lot of people were leaving just as we were arriving and c) we could only handle about four ... Read more >
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Your Preschool Reality Television Star
Hot? Check. Bored? Check. Sunburned? Check. Time for a new game. When you're in preschooler, anything out of context is fun. Actually, now that I think about it, this works for adults, too. Which is why beer in the office is so awesome, if you can ever achieve it, even though it just makes you cranky and tired an hour later. But I digress. So if you're seriously out of energy and ... Read more >
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Dressing Up Is Never Boring
As you're getting ready to put away the summer wardrobe, why not let the kids have at it with all your faded, torn, stained or generally disgusting clothes? It's dress-up time, baby! Break out the Bedazzler and do up your old 5k t-shirts and out-of-style shorts, then stage a fashion show on the patio. My daughter loves to play dress up with my shoes and '80s gold jewelry. If you've got ... Read more >
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Rita Arens
Rita Arens is a writer and editor living in Kansas City with her husband and daughter. In addition to authoring Surrender, Dorothy, she is a contributing editor for BlogHer and the editor of Sleep Is for the Weak: The Best of the Mommybloggers, Including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and More!...Read more >
Jenny Meade
Jenny is a blogger and a freelance advertising/marketing consultant living in suburban Kansas City with her husband, two rambunctious little boys, and a giant poodle. She is the author of We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto, where she blogs on the joys and pains of raising an active family as a working mom. ...Read more >
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Wise Words to Remind You to Watch the Amazing Show of Childhood
One of the most dog-eared and spine-cracked books on our Savvy Parenting Shelf is Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee . This month's look at the big picture of parenting and childhood prompted yet another return to the wisdom in Dr. Mogel's pages:
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