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Conversation

Ilinap · April 30, 2012 ·

This is what Sunday morning conversations are like in my house: Deal: "I'm Hungary." Bird: "Let's go to Turkey!" Mac Daddy: "And get some Greece!" Me: Face palm.   … [Read more...] about Conversation

Tags: Bird, children, Deal, family, fun, kids

An Open Letter to North Carolina

Ilinap · April 27, 2012 ·

I published this post on Thursday, April 26. Something happened in the world wide web to delete this post from my Wordpress dashboard and render the links useless. My savvy friend Lawrence helped me out and found the Google cached link so I am posting it again. This is too … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to North Carolina

Tags: children, community, North Carolina, responsibility, values

Born a Bookworm – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 18, 2012 ·

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Tags: Bird, books, children, reading, wordless Wednesday

New York, New York Big City of Dreams – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 11, 2012 ·

Create a photo album … [Read more...] about New York, New York Big City of Dreams – Wordless Wednesday

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, America, children, Deal, family, fun, holidays, travel, vacation, wordless Wednesday

A Walk on the Wild Side – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 4, 2012 ·

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Tags: children, family, fun, kids, motherhood, North Carolina, play

Teach Kids About Food

Ilinap · April 2, 2012 ·

Every time I eat lunch with my sons in their school cafeteria, I am amazed and saddened (and a little bit sickened) by what kids are eating. School lunch is notoriously bad. Adding pink slime to the equation is downright poisonous and an abominable disservice to our children. But … [Read more...] about Teach Kids About Food

Tags: children, education, food, health, kids, parenting, responsibility

Spring is here. – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · March 21, 2012 ·

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Tags: Bird, children, Deal, family, play, weather, wordless Wednesday

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