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Where the Moms are - Pacific Theatres' Monday Morning Mommy Movies
Before my eldest was born, I never even considered how easy it was for me to go to the movies. It didn't take long, however, for me to realize that my movie going days were over, at least for the foreseeable future. The first movie I watched several months after Caius was born (The Devil Wears Prada! Mmmmclothes) was also the last one I watched that year. It's been me and Netflix ever since. If ... Read more >
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Weekend Warriors: Summer Solstice Edition
Today is officially the longest day of the year. Even better, LAUSD closed its magnificent doors on our children yesterday and today is the official first day of summer. That means that this weekend is going to be a very, very long weekend, which is a good thing right!?! But what are you going to do with all that extra time? This Saturday from 1-3pm, kick off the summer by celebrating the summer ... Read more >
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Weekend Warriors
Help your children learn about going green at Venice Eco-Fest this Saturday from 10am-7pm at Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. They will have a special Kid's Explor-o-rama featuring animals, stories and music. It's also a great opportunity to safely dump everything from old computers to defunct cell phones. For those who can't manage to wait for Fourth of July of fireworks, Santa Monica ... Read more >
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Weekend Warriors
It's been a long week, hasn't it? I'm really feeling the whole TJIF sentiment today. Even better, this weekend my family will be heading down to my parents' home in the South Bay (free babysitting! Woohoo!). In that vein, we'll start the edition of Weekend Warriors in Redondo Beach, right smack in the heart of the South Bay.On Saturday, why not drive down Redondo Beach? You can spend the day at ... Read more >
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Weekend Warriors - Disco anyone?
This is a weekend where you're not going to want to stay at home. With everything from disco for babies to circus performances to those uber-celebrities of the preschool set (I'm talking about Diego and Dora, don't you know) coming to town, you're preschooler is bound to have fun.On Saturday morning at 11, head down to Topanga Canyon's Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum for Creative Playground's ... Read more >
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Green Parenting - Simple Steps to Raising Environmentally Aware Children
Today we welcome guest poster Jennifer Taggart, who runs the website TheSmartMama and provides eco consulting services to reduce toxic chemicals in the home, including testing toys and household goods for lead, cadmium, chromium and other elements using an XRF analyzer. She is an environmental attorney focusing on consumer product labeling, former environmental engineer, mom of 2 and ... Read more >
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Weekend Warriors
It seems like just a few weeks ago when I was heralding in the first day of summer, the longest day of the year and the end of the school year. And now suddenly you want to tell me that summer is nearly over? That this is Labor Day weekend? No!Okay, okay, so denial is not the most effective tactic against the onslaught of autumn. Perhaps I should just try and take advantage of what's left of it. ... Read more >
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Nina Moon
Nina and her husband Charlie live in a lovely little condo in West LA and sometimes dream of running away to the 'burbs for a house, a yard and a white picket fence. But mostly they love the city-livin' with their two sons, Caius, who is two and a half, and Cedric, who has still spent more of his existence inside Nina's belly than out of it. Nina makes her so-called living as a writer and...Read more >
Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject
Oh, the tough stuff. Life with preschoolers means wading right into the hard stuff, sometimes on a daily basis. And what's perhaps most striking of all is just how much tough stuff there is!
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