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Blogging {Or Not} With Sick Kids
[Saturday morning] It’s prime blog prep time for the working mom. Time to pack up the kiddos and run to Hobby Lobby or the antique store or the grocery store to purchase whatever supplies I need for...
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My Parties: Twins Top Ten Birthday Party (a Favorite Things Party)
My twins are now ten, which is just crazy to think about. I’m ready to shrink them back to three! But they are pretty darn excited about being double-digits and I guess I don’t have much choice in the...
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Tutorial: How to Make a Ribbon Wreath
I tend to think a party is not complete without a rocking front door wreath. Sweet Georgia Sweet makes some of my favorite ribbon wreaths, but this year I didn’t have time to order a wreath from...
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Tutorial: Confetti Party Favor Bags
For my daughters’ 10th birthday party — we called it the Twins’ Top 10 — I went old school with the party favor bags. We decided to have a party favor bar. We stocked it with five of the girls favorite...
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Guest Party: Mermaids and Mommies Birthday Party for Twins
Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Tracy Allen of Sweet Peach Paperie back to the blog, sharing her twin daughters’ darling mermaids 5th birthday party! (You can see Tracy’s Sea Turtle Twins Birthday Party...
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Guest Party: Boy Girl Twins Prince & Princess First Birthday Party
As a mom of twins, I have it fairly easy when it comes to birthdays. Two birds with one stone and all that. I get to be a little more extravagant than I might be for a party of one. And of course, it’s...
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{How Not To} Take Your Christmas Card Photo
There’s the Christmas card photo, and then there’s what it took to get the Christmas card photo. A quick shoot, one afternoon post-school … probably not the best idea. Mommy: Girls! Miss Lissette will...
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Sandy Hook: One Year Later
This weekend, I’ve thought so often of Sandy Hook Elementary — those families who are facing their second Christmas without 20 precious children. I’ve dwelt on what may be the best way to remember...
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A Little Pie, A Little Snow, and Two Little Helpers
One of the best parts of running a children’s party planning biz is that I can do so much of this work with my children. They brainstorm and vet party ideas. They put on first coats of paint. They look...
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My Parties: Selfie Scavenger Hunt Birthday Party
When my twin girls were about to turn 11, they couldn’t agree on a joint party theme … like, at. all. But, I discovered there was one activity they could agree on. Apparently, it was very fun to swipe...
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