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Twins born minutes apart to be separated by an entire school year

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 10th 2008 9:02AM

Being a twin always seemed really great to me. In a romantic notion, I pictured having a twin meant being able to share pretty much everything together. So it would seem to most people. For Lexus and Amber Conway, however, twins born one on each ...
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Labor day - day of last chances?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 30th 2008 5:02PM

For pretty much everyone, Labor Day signifies the last day of summer. Never mind that most kids go back to school either the week before or after Labor Day, which many feel like is the real end of summer. Never mind that the actual end of summer is ...
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Are your field trips free?

by Heather Craven, Posted Nov 2nd 2006 11:30AM

Last night while talking to a friend of mine who is a third grade teacher in the local public school, we wandered on to the subject of field trips. She was venting her frustrations about the fact that although there are so many wonderful things to do ...
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Bloggin Baby Sleepover: Tuesday, August 29

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 29th 2006 9:00PM

It's that time of year when many of us are packing up lunches and sending our bundles of joy off to the return of the school year. For some it is a time of letting go as they send their wee ones off to their first tastes of an institutional ...
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Packing a lunchbox? Skip the lead

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 4th 2006 11:30AM

Ever year at about this time those of us who have school aged children start to think about what we need to do to get the kids ready to return to the classroom. This means going through closets and drawers, weeding out the smaller clothes and ...
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How to be a lazy mother when school starts...

by Jen Creer, Posted Jul 26th 2006 7:32AM

For some reason, nobody in my town can figure out when school actually starts. Last night, before karaoke (which is a weekly event for all of our friends, because that is what we do here), my neighbor asked me when school starts. I said, "August 22 ...
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