From the monthly archives:

December 2012

New Year’s Fun with Family

December 28, 2012

Let’s face it… New Year’s Eve parties after kids just aren’t the same.  You’re either paying a small fortune for an overnight babysitter or you’re leaving a party early to get home before the ball drops and everyone screams with joy.  Or you’re like me and said “screw it” to the NYE party and go [...]

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Getting One More Year With Santa

December 27, 2012

At Easter, my son told us that the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa Claus were not real.  I’m sure he had heard it from his school friends, but he missed the part about your parents being the lead actor in those starring roles.  I shrugged it off as best I could and decided [...]

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Happy Holidays to You, Mom!

December 24, 2012

T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… Except for Mom who was stocking the stockings, taking all the presents out from their hiding places, and remembering to eat that cookie left out for Santa. We know who does all the work… YOU!  All to see our kids [...]

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Even Lego Neighborhoods Get Jazzed Up for the Holidays

December 21, 2012

Love driving around looking at the holiday lights, then try walking around a Lego version of the Bay Area, complete with holiday decorations. It’s a Lego lovers ideal way to see holiday lights. The Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto has brought back it’s popular Living Lego-cy display. The Lego display is open to [...]

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Is Imaginary Gun Play Still Okay?

December 20, 2012

When my son was born, he brought with him this natural interest in guns and explosives that my daughter did not have. I let it go, mostly amused that the first word he wrote was TNT. I knew stopping it was pointless – everyone knows a kid who turned toast or some other food into [...]

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The Magic of Christmas

December 19, 2012

The post I was originally going to write this week was about trying to figure out when and if I should tell my kids the truth about Santa. You see my son is nine, almost ten, years old. I know he has his suspicions. But for the sake of both his younger sister and his [...]

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When School Holiday Parties Are Not Inclusive

December 18, 2012

Yesterday, my son’s Room Mom sent out an email about a class party this Friday.  The kids just finished reading The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author of the Christmas book The Polar Express.  The kids are going to read The Polar Express on Thursday and then get to watch [...]

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Did You Talk to Your Kids About Sandy Hook?

December 17, 2012

On Friday morning when I heard the news coming in on Facebook and Twitter about *another* school shooting, I honestly tried to pay as little attention to it as I could.  The first 24-48 hours of the news cycle on these events seems to be filled with lots of speculation rather than facts.  I get [...]

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Kidpower’s Tips for How to Talk to Kids About School Violence

December 14, 2012

Instead of our regular fun activity suggestions for the weekend, we’re going to end this week with wise tips from an organization we strongly support. Kidpower is a local group that helps educate children, parents, schools, and other adults on how to use their own power to be safe and build confidence. In times of [...]

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Ride the Holly Trolley for FREE in San Jose

December 13, 2012

Both of my boys are train lovers.  When my oldest was our only child, my husband would ride the light rail to downtown San Jose and back with our son just for fun.  They’d ride for a while, get off, turn around, and ride back home.  My son loved it.  Now that my second is [...]

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