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Dreams for this New Year: Resolution Making for the Whole Family

The gifts have been opened, the toys have been broken, the decorations packed away (except for those still hanging, looking forlorn), and Cabin Fever is sleep-deprived and overfed and suffering from a season of excess. Don't get me wrong: we've had ...

Do You Save Wrapping Paper?

When I was a kid we always saved the bows from our presents and put them into a big pile we'd then take a picture of (for posterity, I guess) before hauling them back down to the basement to live for another year before they made their next ...

DailyDish - Let the Kids Set Their Own Thanksgiving Table

This Thanksgiving, save time and sanity (yours) by letting the kids decorate and set their own table. ...

Do you buy anniversary gifts according to tradition?

Back in the old days, folks celebrated tying the knot and keeping it tied with some pretty basic, household use-type anniversary gifts. The first anniversary, paper was exchanged. The second, cotton, the third, leather, and so on. It wasn't until ...

Teen named pen-spinning king

A sixteen year-old Japanese boy has been crowned the king of pen-spinning. Rkuyi Omura a high school student was named champion of a, uhm pastime, I guess you'd call it. Pen-spinning occurs when a pen is maneuvered between the hand, little ...

How to win at Rock-Paper-Scissors

The Daily mail has some tips on winning RoShamBo, the kid's game that is taken surprisingly seriously by an awful lot of people. The game is simple enough -- each player makes a hand symbol at the same time representing one of either a rock (a fist), ...

Harry Potter goes green

With 12 million copies of the hardback version alone planned, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows could have trees everywhere shaking their leaves in fear. Scholastic, however, in cooperation with the Rainforest Alliance, has announced that this ...

Stained glass projects for everyone

My sister and I appear in one of my favorite photos, about 5 and 3 years old respectively, groovy outfits and messy wispy hair all over. We're posed in front of our red Buick convertible, its windows are covered with "stained glass." ...

Blogging Baby Size Six: last-minute Easter craft ideas

For those who procrastinate, or who just found out a bunch of kids are coming over for Easter, here are several quick crafty ideas that can be pulled off by tomorrow, or can be done by the kids themselves with few ingredients. And none involve dye! ...

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