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Disney World – thanks to Papa & Nana

This blog post is a tribute to my cool parents. Papa and Nana are madly in love with their family. I’m the youngest of four, 2 older brothers and an older sister. We have the coolest brother & sister in laws in our family and 14 amazing grandkids/nieces & nephews. Bear & LoveBug are the [...]

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How Your Anniversary Changes when you Have Children

My husband and I have this ritual, every anniversary we alternate on who plans our “weekend adventure”. We were encouraged by a close friend when we got married to put a plan in place on our Honeymoon regarding “how” we would celebrate our anniversary every year. If you don’t put a plan in place…you will [...]

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Imaginary Friends…when has it gone too far?

(Bear pictured here with her best buddy/cousin in their matching STEWART T-Shirts)
Everything you read about parenting says encourage kids to be creative and use their imaginations. My question is; when has it gone too far? Here is the reason for asking. Bear (now 3 ½ years old) has two imaginary friends Stewart and Dunkin. Anyone [...]

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Don’t Compare Your Children…Really?

How many times do we hear, no two children are alike? It’s just so hard to believe and even more challenging to refrain yourself from comparing. My husband and I have been writing journals for our girls since we were pregnant with them. We write at least two to three times a month. Cute stories, [...]

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I CAN Swim!!

I took a lot of abuse in this office over enrolling our daughter in Survival Swimming when she was 2 years old. After talking to neighbors and reading about it – my husband and I were intrigued with the idea of 2 & 3 year olds learning how to get themselves to the water’s surface and [...]

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A Purpose Driven Company

Our vision is to enrich every family’s journey, nurture & protect every child’s development. A vision is meant to be an aspiration, something we strive to do. It is extremely rewarding to work every day on a brand and business that has a heartfelt purpose, it’s even more rewarding when you share this same passion. [...]

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Tantrums at One Year Old?

Seriously, how is this possible? Our little Love Bug who appears to be quite innocent is throwing all-out temper tantrums at one year old! At times we find it to be quite hilarious, at other times my husband and I are completely baffled by it.

Well here is just a small sampling of what sets off [...]

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Dance Baby Dance

This is an event I have been dreaming about for years — our Bear’s FIRST DANCE RECITAL! I know this can be a dreaded event for many out there, but for me it was somewhat of a ‘dream come true’. Why? It’s hard to explain. Maybe because part of me thought it may never happen. [...]

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Traveling Mommies

Okay, I’m going to admit I dread long international trips for work.
As I’m looking at my travel calendar for August and September, I have a whirlwind couple of weeks ahead of me. So I decided to explore this Skype thing.
I’m actually in Japan now for the week and did my first Skype call this [...]

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And the Award Goes To…

We have a fun (and extremely productive I might add) Global meeting that we conduct twice a year. It is our Global Category Review – where we discuss Innovation Road Maps for all of our product categories around the world. At this meeting we highlight a team that has delivered incredible product innovation [...]

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