Lisa

Lisa
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Differences Make Us Alike

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There comes the inevitable day when your child begins to realize that not everyone is the same. It's bittersweet, really. I love the innocence of interactions when children don't know or care about looks...

Read all about it!

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How many times have you read your child's favorite book, over and over again? When I get tired of our same ol' stack of books, it means a trip to the library is in order....

Dallas Fun: Up up and away!

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Both my boys have been semi-obsessed with balloons. Which is why, every fall, we kick off the new season with a trip to the Plano Balloon Festival. The festival is happening this weekend, so...

Oogieloves: A Different Kind of Entertainment

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I'm vaguely new to the preschool media scene. My family is conservative and we are picky about the media we screen for our kids. My son's been in the theatre for a movie once,...

Off to Preschool: The First Backpack

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My three year old is starting preschool for the first time. He's ready. I'm not sure I am. The trickest part of all of this: The Backpack. The very bag that my little one packs...

Dear Dallas Mom,

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  Dear Dallas Mom, You there, the one who feels like she can't keep up. You're busy, busy. You schedule classes for your 14 month old. You work all day- either at home or not at...

Check your batteries!

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Well, ladies, two weeks ago I was That Girl. The one at Northpark with a dead car battery. I had just dropped off my kids and was sitting in the parking lot of the mall...

When Baby’s in the NICU, part 3

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This is the final entry in a three-part series. Here are parts one and two. My son Kyle stayed in the NICU just under a week. Lightning-short compared to an average NICU stay. Once we...

When Baby’s in the NICU, Part Two

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This is the second part of a series on the NICU experience. Part one is available here. When a friend or family member has a baby in the NICU, it feels very helpless to watch....

When Baby’s in the NICU, Part One

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My son Kyle has a story, already, at 7 months old. At day two of life he had a 5-minute seizure. His blog is here, but the short version is that he got a...

Dallas Fun: Spring Creek Nature Area

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Four years ago I ran the White Rock Half Marathon. I was fully one of those running "crazies" and had two training buddies. We spent months together, pounding pavement. We also became incredibly good...

FAIL.

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So last week I had not one but three of those events. You know the ones. You start off at playgroup, rough morning, but you made it. You are all dressed improperly for the...