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Kids on the Internet

August 23, 2011

Hooray! A guest post! Thanks to Heather Chou for shar­ing her arti­cle, Kids on the Internet. Is it okay to let my kids play on the inter­net? Sure. As soon as your tod­dler is able to manip­u­late to mouse or press keys on the key­board, he can begin inter­act­ing with the com­puter. By the time […]

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Info about the upcom­ing Ashburn MOMS Clubs’ preschool forum is quickly spread­ing through var­i­ous moms groups through­out the county. The announce­ment fol­lows. The MOMS Clubs® of the Ashburn Area are pleased to present: Ashburn Preschool Forum Saturday, January 23, 2010 9:00am – 12:00pm The Mills Recreation Center 43895 Grottoes Drive in Ashburn Village Are you […]

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Seafoodwatch.org

January 25, 2009

We vis­ited the Monterey Bay Aquarium on our recent trip to California and were intro­duced to the Sea Food Watch pro­gram there. The pro­gram seeks to edu­cate lit­tle and grown folks alike about the envi­ron­men­tal impacts of our fish choices through their inter­ac­tive exhibit and web­site.  Sea Food Watch also offers a well-researched and regularly […]

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Happy belated Thanksgiving! We snagged a great book from the library recently! In A Plump and Perky Turkey (writ­ten by Teresa Bateman and illus­trated by Jeff Shelley) the turkeys all skip town before Thanksgiving and the town-folks try to trick them back, but (after pages of engag­ing illus­tra­tions and rhymes that please me) they end […]

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If you’re look­ing for a way to sim­plify your hunt for local foods in Virginia, you’ll want to check out the buylocalvirginia.org site cre­ated by the Piedmont Environmental Council of Charlottesville, VA. The site con­tains a wealth of infor­ma­tion, includ­ing: why it is a good idea to buy local events and news con­cern­ing the local food scene a search­able database […]

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Meetup.com

July 16, 2008

Meetup.com is a great resource. If you are new to moth­er­hood or just get­ting set­tled in a new neigh­bor­hood it is worth search­ing for groups in your area. Meetup is not just for moms… so if you are look­ing to con­nect with other aspects of your iden­tity you may even find a non-mommy group. If […]

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Got allergies?

June 28, 2008

I remem­ber try­ing to find places to shop when we went dairy free, and I have seen many more moms go through the same tran­si­tion when aller­gies took over their pantries. Now that we have grown out of our dairy issues I have found the per­fect resource. Check out the Loudoun Allergy Network for lists […]

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227 Maple Avenue Vienna, VA 22180 (map it) (703) 255‑1566 Now that I have been to three of the week­day morn­ing Tot Rock shows that Jammin’ Java offers, I feel some­what qual­i­fied to talk this venue up. I get the sense that Jammin’ Java would be a great place for a night out sans kids, […]

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Like many oth­ers out there, we are try­ing to do the impos­si­ble: min­i­mize the price and fuel usage and max­i­mize the pas­sen­ger capac­ity and dura­bil­ity or the vehicle.

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