It's winter here in the Midwest.
There WILL be days stuck inside with kids who didn't come with a volume control button and whom would happily turn into computer screen savers if given the chance.
Here's one un-plugged way to keep them entertained long enough for you to take a shower or dare I say read something other than Harry Potter.
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Meredith is a small-town girl turned city mom, currently living with three quirky guys on Chicago's North Shore. She hung up her teacher hat after having kids and now writes about daily life as a full-time mom of two little boys and wife to a guy who makes reality TV shows.
She also writes "A Mom's Life Top Five," a monthly column for
Chicago Parent, and does frequent mom-related television
segments for Chicago news stations, and keeps a video blog at
www.Hoo-dee-Hoo.com.
She also writes "A Mom's Life Top Five," a monthly column for Chicago Parent, and does frequent mom-related television segments for Chicago news stations, and keeps a video blog at www.Hoo-dee-Hoo.com.
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