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Last weekend we thought it would be fun to take Lola to the Disney Baby Store so she could experience a small taste of Disney magic. If you are ever in the Glendale, California area I recommend going. The staff is very friendly and they have darling products for the littlest of Mouseketeers. Now that she is bigger shopping trips involve a lot more than me peeking in the stroller to see if she is still snoozing. At 7 months not only is she most often wide-awake but she wants to play, babble with us, and be a part of the action. It has been at least 7 months since I've taken a "quick trip" to the store but I wouldn't have it any other way.Some of my favorite errands to run include shopping for my girls. Because shopping for baby while with baby tends to be a regular occurrence for us mamas I thought I'd share some tips that have made it a bit easier for me. If you also have some tips to share please do! By Krishann Briscoe
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Jim Bob and Michelle DuggarQuestion from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan: How do the Duggars do spring cleaning?
Michelle: Well, we don't exactly do spring cleaning any more. Spring cleaning was the way I did things years ago when I was the main one cleaning and organizing. Now, with so many of us, it's not really spring cleaning. We clean continuously throughout the year. It's a non-stop process. It's not like we're messy, it's just that life happens.
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De-cluttering is really important, for starters. I always tell the kids that if stuff comes in the house, we have to take other stuff out. We give things to friends that can use them or sell them at a yard sale. There's just not enough space for everything.
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For the cleaning, we all pitch in. We have jurisdictions; these are our areas of responsibility for the kids. For example, the playroom is one person's jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions have
Read More »from Michelle Duggar's Spring Cleaning SecretsApril is usually known as Autism Awareness Month, but this year there's a movement to re-brand it Autism Acceptance Month. For me, this resonates a lot more than Autism Awareness Month. I'm already very much aware of autism. Two of my four kids have Asperger Syndrome, and I've been living and breathing autism awareness for quite some time now. So have my husband, our two kids with ASDs, their siblings, our entire extended family, and our friends. Awareness months are important. They remind us to take action. But I'm not sure I need my community to take personal action, as much as I'd like people to just accept my kids they way they are. Acceptance requires a very small shift in thought. Why should you talk to your kids about autism? Because statistically speaking, your child knows at least one kid with autism and interacts with him or her on a daily basis. Because the more we talk to our kids about accepting and understanding differences, the less likely they are to bully other kids.
Read More »from More Than My Label: 7 Things I Wish Your Kids Knew About AutismOn your mark, get set... play! Spending time together as a family is great - having fun together is even better. Make your next family game night extra special with these ideas. By Denisse Icaza
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40 things ...
A whole decade has passed. Where did it go? An amazing husband, multiple careers, a recession, two incredible children, and the blink of an eye later, I'm 40. There are many subtle yet life-changing differences a decade makes. (This may not be as sentimental as it's predecessor, but hey, I'm a humor columnist).
By 40, you should have…
1. Access to a great therapist, a great dry cleaner, a great hair stylist, and a great lawyer... but mostly a great therapist.
2. Cellulite that you play with when you sit "criss cross applesauce."
3. The knowledge that the position I just referred to was once un-PC-ishly called "Indian Style."
4. Enough videos and pictures of your children to fill a credenza.
5. A credenza ... or at least know
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Black is definitely slimming: We barely see the bump in this April 6 photo, but Halle Berry's rep confirmed to Yahoo! that the actress, 46, is definitely pregnant. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Halle Berry is as shocked about her pregnancy as everyone else.Berry, who confirmed her pregnancy to press on Friday, revealed that it just, well, happened the old fashioned-way—no planning involved. Have we mentioned she's 46?
"I thought I was kind of past the point where this could be a reality for me," said explained. "So it's been a big surprise and the most wonderful."
Berry already has a 5-year-old daughter, Nahla, with her ex-boyfriend, Canadian model Gabriel Aubry. This baby-on-the-way is her first with fiance Olivier Martinez, 47, whom Berry has been dating since 2010.
Considering how much pressure women face to beat their own body clocks, it's shocking to learn that we can still get pregnant late into our 40s without even trying. Then again, this is Halle Berry—a woman who defies all logic of aging.
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Read More »from Halle Berry's pregnancy was a "surprise." What are the odds?There comes a time, about 3 or 4-years-old, when your children seem to be so curious about everything. You'll grow tired of hearing "why?" and "how come?" and you'll be used to answering question after question while multi-tasking. Conversations like these are important for you and your children. It opens the lines of communication, and shows your kids that it's okay to discuss anything with you. This will come in handy when they start asking questions that are a little more… sensitive. We've all heard of the "birds and bees" talk. It's usually expected to be a very embarrassing talk around the time puberty hits that gives the cliff's notes version of what to expect. No one looks forward to this talk, but it doesn't has to be as awkward as we think. Here are 7 tips for talking to your kids about the birds and the bees. - By Devan McGuinness
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Ethan Clos, 5, was suspended from kindergarten after he showed up with this hairstyle last week. (Photo: WHIO-TV)When 5-year-old Ethan Clos showed up at school with a short, spiky mohawk last week, his fellow kindergarteners thought it was cool. But administrators at Reid Primary and Middle School in Springfield, Ohio, deemed the edgy cut too disruptive, and ordered him home until he adopted a tamer style.
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His mom, Keshia Castle, said that school officials suspended her son on Wednesday. After he begged her for the hairstyle, she finally let him get it over spring break.
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"They seen his hair like it was," she told WHIO-TV on Friday. "All the little kids were going over and feeling on it and everything."
Superintendent Gregg Morris says that's exactly why they had to send little Ethan home.
"Our dress and grooming policies are designed to ensure that clothing and hairstyles do not cause a distraction to the learning environment," Morris said in a statement.
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Avoid these 10 things when you're As mamas of young children, we all have our moments where we are so tired that nothing makes sense. Do you know what I mean? It's when the baby has been up eight times in the night, for so many nights you can't even keep track anymore, or when your toddler is teething (again) and needs to be carried everywhere, every single day, and you fall into your bed in a heap before you can brush your teeth at night. Chances are, if you're a mom, you've been there, and you'll probably be there again. I find that I can wade through the tired feeling and keep my kids safe and mostly happy even when I am utterly exhausted, but there are a lot of things that I just shouldn't do. Here are ten of my don'ts for those super tired days.
1. Trim your bangs
Maybe you've walked by the mirror and noticed that in your exhaustion, you'd forgotten how long it had been since your last trim. Stop right there. Do NOT get the scissors. This will only end in a painful bang-growing-out period.
2. Trim your child's
