Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 30, 2009, 1:59 pm
... about Native Americans. Want to see what we did? During the week that the big kids were off of school, we went to two different Native American museums. They were both really small museums, but...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 28, 2009, 12:04 pm
Being at my mom's often brings back memories and feelings from back in the day. Obviously I could never send this letter... I am just venting... but what better place for it than here in my blog? ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 26, 2009, 8:00 pm
Hi everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I can't believe thanksgiving happened already... Didn't this year fly by? A busy couple of months is ahead of us. Not only do we have Christma...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 26, 2009, 7:37 pm
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter Communication. All opinions are 100% mine. If you're anticipating being broke after the holidays, this may be a good time for you t...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 24, 2009, 9:20 pm
I'm just in the mood for a meme today, so I jacked this one from Snarky Mom. 1. What do you add to your coffee? I don't generally like coffee, but if I do drink it, I like vanilla creamer!2. ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 23, 2009, 6:35 pm
The scene... a typical suburban food court in a busy mall just before Thanksgiving. Enter a Crazy, Abusive,Evil Auntie Who Is Obviously A Crackhead (CAEAWIOAC), and three children between the ages o...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 17, 2009, 10:29 pm
I mentioned in a different blog post that I recently started going to church, usually bringing Little Bear with me. I love the church because the people are so kind, to me and Little Bear and also to ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 17, 2009, 9:52 pm
The following is a sponsored post. Enjoy! Obviously, the holidays are coming up. Right now it seems like there's a little while left to prepare. But Thanksgiving is looming in the immediate ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 15, 2009, 7:26 pm
Welcome to another episode of Tot School! I've been making my Tot School posts every other week lately, so I hope you don't mind another sort of long post! Way back when Little Bear was onl...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 14, 2009, 11:55 pm
Do you ever have a day where you don't really do anything extraordinary, but then when you look back on it it seems that you had a really extraordinary day? Thats the kind of day today was. Let me...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 12, 2009, 9:15 pm
I cannot sew. I should be able to sew. My mom can. When I was little, she sewed all the time. She would often give me a washrag clipped into one of those wooden circle things people use for doing need...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 12, 2009, 3:35 pm
Rafael: "I don't really like Thursdays because we have music class." Me: "What do you do in music class?" Rafael: "We have to sing." Me: "What kinds of songs do you get to sing?" Rafael: ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 8, 2009, 10:35 pm
Some of you may know that i spent several years being homeless. So did Little Bear's dad. In fact, thats how we all became a family... Anthony and I were both eighteen years old when we met, as tw...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 6, 2009, 10:27 pm
Why do I feel so bad today? It was a good day. But sometimes I feel like this blog and my stupid Facebook games are all that keep me from letting go and flying away like an empty balloon, disappearing...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 5, 2009, 6:54 pm
I'm alarmed to report that Little Bear, Pufferfish, and Rafael have become addicted to the computer! And its all my fault! Way back when Little Bear was in preschool and kindergarten, I use...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 5, 2009, 6:04 pm
A while back, R&R Games sent my crew a whole bunch of games to try out and review. One of them was a card game called Flea Circus! The game involves trying to collect as many audience members (litt...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 3, 2009, 9:45 pm
I am working on a virtual holiday present for all of my bloggy friends! It may end up being totally stupid, but I think it is pretty cool... and everyone will be able to enjoy it! I started it in mid-...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Nov 1, 2009, 7:40 pm
I didn't have time to write a Tot School post last week, so here are two weeks of Tot School which sort of go together anyway! The first week, we learned about pumpkins. The second week, we celebr...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 31, 2009, 2:28 pm
Today has already been the strangest day! You'll never believe it! First, Pufferfish and I woke up and looked in the mirror. This is what we saw! It was so freaky! I grabbed Pufferfish and...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 30, 2009, 12:18 am
Hi everyone! I extended the giveaway until yesterday, and got a few more takers. Now its past midnight on Thursday night (or Friday morning) and I just got back from an extra babysitting job. I just w...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 28, 2009, 9:46 am
In the neighborhood we lived in last year, I sometimes wanted to boo the neighbors. I sometimes wanted to go up to their houses, ring their bells, and yell, "Booooo! You leave your kids alone all day ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 26, 2009, 10:56 pm
Hi everyone! Its late and I don't have too much to say right now. Plus I have a bad stomachache because of JIMMY! LOL... just kidding,.. it is only partially his fault because he brought me a big...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 25, 2009, 1:26 pm
Sorry for the darkness of this movie... I filmed on my digital camera, so I can't really adjust the lighting. But I think you can still get the jist of how we spent a recent rainy fall evening! ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 25, 2009, 12:43 pm
The following is a sponsored post! Enjoy! One year, when i was a kid, my brother and I got bean bag chairs for Christmas. Mine was pink, and his was blue and white. We loved them and thought them w...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 23, 2009, 7:14 pm
We had so much fun at the pumpkin patch that first day, that, the next day, when Little Bear and Rafael had a half day, we headed back for some more fun! I was just going to buy a few tickets and stay...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 20, 2009, 9:20 pm
Pufferfish and I have been very busy the last couple of days! We had some events with our playgroup. Yesterday, for instance, we went to the zoo! (Thanks to Shari from Two Times The Fun for tipping me...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 18, 2009, 5:41 pm
This has been a pretty involved week of Tot School! Our theme for the week was outer space, and we did a lot of real learning about it! I made a new magnet board set for the week. Its not exa...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 18, 2009, 9:36 am
The other day I wrote about PlanToys, and I mentioned that I would be reviewing the Circus Playset that they sent to Little Bear and Pufferfish. I pretty much expected that the kids would love it, bec...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 16, 2009, 11:40 pm
Diana, Jimmy, Sarah, Monkeyboy, Little Bear, Pufferfish and I went to the mall tonight, because the little girls needed new winter jackets, and Monkeyboy wanted to buy a Sweetest Day gift for his girl...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 8, 2009, 7:53 pm
For a while now I've been wanting to start doing some reviews on this blog. I thought it would be fun for the kids, and fun for me as well! I sent out a notice to a bunch of toy companies, invitin...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 5, 2009, 5:10 pm
Pufferfish: "What's this?" Me: "Its oatmeal!" Pufferfish: "No, what's on it?" Me: "Strawberry syrup." Pufferfish: "No, right here! Me: "It's strawberry syrup, Pufferfish!" ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 4, 2009, 4:27 pm
I've become totally addicted to Goodwill! Its kind of weird, because when I lived in Denver as a teenager, I used to buy just about all of my clothes and stuff at Goodwill or Salvation Army. In...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 3, 2009, 7:22 pm
Me: "Rafael, get your shoes on! We gotta go to school!" Rafael: (looking at clock) Already? But its only seventy-fivey-oney!"
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Oct 1, 2009, 7:40 am
OMG, everyone, I've gotten a blogging award from Tanya over at Teen Autism! This award is given to bloggers who seem to have a great attitude and make the best of things! Tanya is one of my favori...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 29, 2009, 7:11 pm
The other day at the grocery store I bought this ABC puzzle for a dollar at the grocery store. I'm thinking of creating an Alphabet Box and filling it with ABC-related toys, and I figured this sim...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 27, 2009, 1:17 pm
We've been doing Tot School on a regular basis, but since I haven't had the Internet for the past few weeks, I wasn't able to post about it! Thanks to DIana's awesome mom, I'm back...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 25, 2009, 8:48 pm
So... since Jimmy and his brother, who were the cooks of the house, have been gone, I've been getting a lot of stuff like fish sticks and chicken nuggets and microwavable burgers and junk for dinn...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 24, 2009, 7:31 pm
Hi everyone!  A few years ago when I volunteered at Camp To Belong, I met this awesome little girl named Tory who was there spending time with her little brother Joey. Tory is older now... she's ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 22, 2009, 9:52 pm
Diana's awesome mom has borrowed us a laptop that actually works wonderflly, and so now I can blog again from the comfort and safety of my own home! I am loving it! It runs fast, all of the keys w...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 19, 2009, 3:55 pm
Has anyone noticed that I have mysteriously disappeared from the Internet? Here is the reason... I used to have a wireless card through Verizon, but because of my lack of funds, I switched to a Cricke...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 9, 2009, 1:05 pm
I love this town way more than our old town! At Little Bear's new school, she gets to go to art class each week. I found out that one very cool thing the art teacher does is to register each stude...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 7, 2009, 5:39 pm
So its been over a week since the crazy night, after which I wrote to you that something bad had happened and things had gotten horrid. I still can't go into details about it... its not that I don...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 6, 2009, 9:55 am
Hi! Pufferish and I finished our second week of Tot School, and I'm excited to show you everything we did! Wanna see? On our first day, Sarah, Pufferfish and I visited a functioning farm that is ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 3, 2009, 10:03 pm
Things are getting somewhat back to normal around here... although we're still all a little shellshocked! Sarah has been my Godsend this week. Her school is under construction and doesn't star...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Sep 3, 2009, 9:35 pm
If you're getting sick of your current cable company, insted of just switching to yet another cable company, why not try out Direct TV? Its different from regular cable, because Direct TV Service ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Aug 30, 2009, 5:24 pm
Going through a crisis in the family. I can't really write about it because there are so many people involved who would probably feel like their privacy has been invaded... but I wish I could tell...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Aug 28, 2009, 7:27 pm
It seems like, in the past, I've planned most of our activities with Little Bear in mind. Pufferfish has just been a tag-along, participating however she could in the things that Little Bear did. ...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Aug 28, 2009, 4:25 pm
The school year has started, and since Little Bear and Rafael are in school most of the day now, I've been lookin for some extra kids to take care of along with Pufferfish! As it is, I watch Rafae...
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Aug 28, 2009, 7:41 am
Me: (after Pufferfish has run to show Jimmy her art project) "What did Daddy say?" Pufferfish: "He said clue!" Me: "Clue???? Oh, you mean cool?" Pufferfish: "Yep!"
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Nicki M. posted an article on Slow Down, Gym Shoe! - Aug 27, 2009, 1:06 pm
Me: "Pufferfish, can I do your hair now?" Pufferfish: "No! You can't! It's impossible!"
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