Brick Fest Live! Lego Fan Experience: A Joy Makin’ Mamas Review
This was my family’s first time attending a Brick Fest Live! event. Everyone here is a massive Lego Fan. (I am told by my children that the correct terminology is …
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Moody Cow Meditates helps kids know what to do with big feelings
Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean can help little kids cope with big feelings. Kids are still learning to manage their emotions, and they need to know that this …
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Black Beans and Rice is a busy weeknight dinner in a snap!
Even the best of us have had a day that got away from us and realized that everyone is hungry and there’s nothing in the fridge but a few paltry leftovers that won’t quite make a full dinner for the family and the last of the milk. Oops. Time for some PB&J, or to pull a rabbit out of the hat. If breakfast for dinner is getting old, you can throw together this (meatless!) Black Beans and Rice in less time than you’d wait for delivery, and entirely from pantry staples.
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You are an oak
Oak trees are famous for strength and indomitability. They have a very hard wood, and they live a long time. Their acorns feed many forms of wildlife and occasionally people. …
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Back of the pack, and proud of it. #IPlayLikeAGirl
Even “small” competitions in any sport require preparation. Sometimes weeks. Sometimes months. Celebrating every competitor is not a celebration of “losing.” It’s a celebration of dedication. Even if I actually am the slowest land mammal on earth, (probably I’m not, right?) the weeks of sticking to my training schedule that have allowed me to finish a race- first, last, or anything in between- makes it impossible for me to be a “loser.”
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National Arboretum offers all the beauty with fewer crowds
For those of you who aren’t local, the DC cherry blossoms are more than a little bit of a “thing.” The trees in bloom are so famously beautiful that they …
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