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Life With Ladybug

Life with Ladybug: Dream a little dream

09/01/2011 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam Somebody pinch me. “It’s like a little miracle every night,” I told my husband on Wednesday. My daughter has gone to sleep within 15 minutes of getting into her bed for the […]

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The Rockwood Files: Pow! Right in the kisser.

08/27/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got a phone call a few weeks ago when 4-year-old Kate was at a gymnastics day camp. The teacher told me there’d been an accident […]

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Getting Healthy For Good

Getting Healthy for Good: School lunch news!

08/25/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall School time! The tax-free weekend was taken advantage of, a new package of socks and two pair of sneakers were purchased for the boy-child (his first pair of Converse!) and his dad […]

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The Rockwood Files: The back-to-school quiet zone

08/20/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A calm settled over the house this morning at 7:45 a.m. It hasn’t been this quiet here since early June. I can hear the hum of […]

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Military Mama

Military Mama: First day of kindergarten jitters

08/17/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone It never fails. Every year back to school time comes around and I never seem to be as fully prepared as I always say I will be “next year”.  I’m a teacher […]

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The Rockwood Files

The Rockwood Files: Verbal filter failure

08/13/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tucked deep inside the human brain is a part of the anatomy yet to be officially documented by modern science. It’s a small, round filter – […]

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The Rockwood Files: Life Lessons from Looney Tunes

08/06/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Teachers often warn parents about summer “brain drain” – when weeks away from school cause multiplication tables and state capitals to fall right out of kids’ […]

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Life With Ladybug

Life with Ladybug: My new best friend

08/04/2011 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam Gwen and many, many other friends (and family) have teased me for several years now about my stupid phone. I mean, the thing couldn’t even take pictures. And I also didn’t text, […]

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Military Mama

Military Mama: One in the same

08/03/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone Well, if you are returning from last time, you know that I recently went to a conference in Houston and spent quite a bit of time in an airport, giving me plenty […]

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The Rockwood Files

The Rockwood Files: The tomatoes made me do it

07/30/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I feel guilty. I’ve done a bad, bad thing. And yet I can’t say I wouldn’t do it all over again given the opportunity and the […]

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