Shanna on March 30th, 2009

Are your children on a swim team? Do they love to swim? Swimming is superb exercise and is low impact. I enrolled my children on a swim team and they love it. They swim for an hour, 4 to 5 days per week. They have already learned proper freestyle, back stroke, breast stroke, and the [...]

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Shanna on March 23rd, 2009

Kids love surprises. Finding an unexpected note in their lunches, backpacks or on their pillow is so much fun and it means so much. Sending a letter or a card in the mail to your child can also be exciting. Children love to receive items in the mail. The best part about this is you [...]

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Shanna on March 21st, 2009

The statistics say that heart disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S.   I just checked out WWW.GOREDFORWOMEN.ORG.  There is something there for everyone, whether you want to support the cause, know someone with heart disease, or you want to improve your lifestyle to help avoid heart disease. I love life and I [...]

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Shanna on March 14th, 2009

Reading is something that the average American learns to do as a child. What a privilege it is to be able to read! I realized how privileged I was in a waiting room and a gentleman sitting next to me mentioned he couldn’t read. He couldn’t read any of the signs hanging in that room! I [...]

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Shanna on March 13th, 2009

Here are some very basic ideas that may help improve your child’s study habits. 1. Have a specific place to study, away from distractions such as the television and other family members who are not studying. 2. Study time should be when your child is most conducive to learning, not when they are hurried and [...]

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Shanna on March 4th, 2009

Today is an exceptionally windy day.   On our way to swimming (my kids are on a team) there were huge tumbleweeds blowing everywhere.  They were hitting the car with a lot of wind power behind them and one stuck to the front of the car for a few seconds.  It was wonderful because it is so rare [...]

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