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Category Archives: kids
Technology and creativity: The upside
As children get older, technology can create new canvases for creativity. Continue reading
Posted in blogs, gadgets, kids, Rose Red, tweens
Tagged Child, Creativity, DC Cupcakes, Home, IPad, iPhone, Netflix, Technology
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Technology and creativity: What parents know
Much of a child’s understanding about the world is developed through the problem solving and creativity expressed in the engagement of all their senses that comes through play with people and materials in nature. I think that we as parents know this without being told. Continue reading
Posted in digital moms, kids
Tagged Board game, Chess, Creativity, early childhood development, iPhone, Monopoly, nancy carlsson paige, Sesame Street, Television, Washington Post
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The Puppet Bike: Chicago Must-See
Adorable kitties dancing to Big Band tunes. Free (well, tips accepted) and priceless. Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, humor, kids, travel, unplugged
Tagged Chicago, Puppet bike, street entertainment
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Made Me Smile: Shoes, May Crowning, Evil Ragu Kid
Shoes, May Crowning and Evil Ragu Kid made me smile this week. Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Cool Breeze, digital moms, humor, kids, Made Me Smile, shoes, travel
Tagged Cain's Arcade, Cool Breeze, Espadrilles, feed the evil one first, Footwear, Mary, May Crowning, Nine West, Our Lady of Peace, Recreation, Reef, Shoe, shopping, travel tips
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Thrifty Thursday: Outwit the Movie Theater
Here’s how I’ve been saving on movie snacks for several years: brown paper lunch sacks and cups from home. Continue reading
Posted in food, kids, movies, Thrifty Thursday
Tagged Dr Pepper, Food, Movie theater, paper sacks, Popcorn, Snack
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Here’s to the Class of Sweet ’16
Last night I took Cool Breeze to an ice cream social at the high school he will attend next fall. As hard as it was not to lead him around by the hand, I made a choice to simply stand back and watch him. Continue reading
Fifth Holy Communion and Beyond
Dirt Diver informed me on Sunday that he would be making his Fifth Holy Communion. How precious. To be fully aware of every single time you’ve received the Blessed Sacrament. Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Dirt Diver, kids
Tagged Blessed Sacrament, Blood of Christ, Divinity, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Mass, Sunday
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What’s a mediocrity?
“To be popular one must be a mediocrity,” I told Rose Red, regurgitating an Oscar Wilde quote I read somewhere on the Internet today as she complained about the latest fifth-grade power play. “What’s a mediocrity?” she asked. “Something that’s mediocre, just … Continue reading
No Longer a Skype Resister
If you’ve resisted like me, get with the program. Every laptop you buy today has a webcam. Just download the free program and get to Skyping — I guess that’s a word now. Continue reading
Posted in gadgets, kids
Tagged CrunchBase, Customer relationship management, Facebook, IPad, iPhone, Microsoft Windows, Skype, Star Trek
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Striking a Balance for Kids of the Digital Age
I read about a survey and study presented this week by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop called Families Matter: Designing Media for a Digital Age. What I got out of it is that a lot of parents are just like me when it comes to teaching, protecting and entertaining our children today. Continue reading
Digital Suburbia | Raising Kids in the Digital Age 