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Kids in the Kitchen: TechnoBoy Cooks Again

TechnoBoy cooked macaroni and cheese for everyone at lunch today. I didn’t realize how nervous he was about the whole cooking thing (poor thing had flashbacks to the popcorn incident) until I discovered him using a ruler to make sure he’d filled the pan...

When You’re Not the Target Demographic

I was surfing around the Internet the other day and happened upon an ad for a major jeans manufacturer. The new tagline was a bit disconcerting, but nothing compared to the photos and accompanying video on the ad campaign’s home page. Not porn by any stretch of...

10 Ways to Make School Fun for a 6-Year-Old

Sing the Hokey Pokey to learn left and right. >Spin in circles while practicing your counting to 100 Offer a choice: “Do you want to read on the red couch or the brown couch today?” Act out stories with Papo figures. Draw a picture of the story you just...

I’m Not a Food Blogger

But I’ve been writing about food/saving money in the kitchen for several weeks over at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting). What can I say? I was in a mood. First, I wrote about a way to cut food costs with a food distribution ministry that anyone can participate...

The Members Project

For those of you readers who happen to have an American Express card, today is the last day to vote in the 2008 Members Project. It started back in July with project nominations, and the top 25 were announced on September 9. I was contacted by Chessia Kelly of the...