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Cool idea from Austinite: Weeva memory books
Austinite Kim Gorsuch created Weeva two years ago after her father became ill with myocarditis, a virus in his heart. She realized her family would lose the stories about her father one day if they...
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Get ready to play outside as a family
The horseshoes come in a case with all the game parts. On this last day of school, here’s an idea. Instead of kids that are playing on video games all summer long, let’s have kids that go outside and...
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A solution to the kids wall of fame photos: wallpaper photo wall
This playroom uses a wall of WeMontage photo wallpaper instead of framing all the photos individually. Many homes have them. It’s the hallway or staircase with dozens of photos of the kids in frames....
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Reflections on leaving elementary school
Ava Villalpando tries to look grown up and mysterious as she takes her last picture in front of the entrance to her elementary school. Then she shakes her teachers’ hands as she graduates. Nicole...
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Take lice precautions before sending kids off to camp
Sending a lice prevention shampoo like Vamousse with your child to camp could be one way to prevent lice from coming home with her. Our 18-month lice nightmare started at Girl Scout camp, when a...
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Teachable moments: How to watch the Women’s World Cup with your kids
Soccer Shots offers this guide to watching the Women’s World Cup with your kids. The next U.S. game is 7 p.m. Tuesday against Nigeria. Abby Wambach #20 shakes hands with Alex Morgan #13 of the United...
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For Father’s Day: A book that teaches you to calm down, parent with humor
David Vienna has written a humorous, no-stress parenting guide called “Calm the (Expletive) Down.” David Vienna, who has a day job in Los Angeles producing online shows for Fox, drew the attention of...
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A couple more Father’s Day ideas
Give Dad a spa gift, membership Treat dad with a massage for Father’s Day at Away Spa.Photo by Dillon Magnuson Hiatus Spa + Retreat is offering these Father’s Day packages throughout June: The Best Dad...
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Teach kids gardening, farming at local camps
This from Carolyn Lindell, who writes about gardening for us: Camille Cline runs the Gardenheads program. Photo by Carolyn Lindell Using trowels, spoons and other hand tools, a small group of kids...
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Looking for something indoors to do today and tomorrow? We’ve got some ideas
Blanton docent Gary Kattner, right, reads a book for Mandy Kutz, and daughter Effie, 3, Cate Bowman, 3, and mother Jillian Bontke Bowman during a Storytime tour in the Blanton Museum of Art in 2014....
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The “Minions” are coming; I’ve got tickets
The Minions are back in the summer family film “Minions.” Universal Pictures Who is so excited about “Minions”? I know we are in my house and I suspect many of you are looking forward to the...
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New app Choose Healthier wants to help families be healthier
We all want our kids to be healthier, right? To eat well, exercise every day, get plenty of sleep. Yet, we’re not always successful. Dr. Stephen Pont, medical director of the Texas Center for the...
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Head off to camps, play dates with allergy wristbands
Beware Bandits sell for $6.99 each. If my kids were younger and had a serious allergy or life-threatening condition, Beware Bandits might be for us. Summer is a time when kids are heading off to day...
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Girls can get creative this summer with cool shoes from Austin’s Valentina
Everyone loves a pair of new summer slip-on shoes. Austin-based Valentina shoes from the mind of Tina Hambly expanded to allow girls to personalize their shoes. Girls have created everything from a...
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Fireflies are back. Go enjoy them
You can catch lightning bugs in a jar again. This from Patrick Beach on his new weather blog: It’s not your imagination, according to Wizzie Brown, an extension program specialist in Austin for the...
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Heading to a pool this weekend? Consider pool safety, sunscreen
Brigitte Decato, a swim instructor with the Swim Safe program at the YMCA, works with Octavio Ruiz, 5, (center) on the backstroke. 2007 Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN Today, the American-Statesman...
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Another great patriotic idea
On Saturday, my Raising Austin column offered many tips on how to teach your kids about patriotism beyond just seeing fireworks on the Fourth of July. You can read that column, below. Send kids a voter...
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Who wants tickets to “Sarah the Dinosaur?”
“Sarah the Dinosaur” comes to the Long Center this weekend. Pollyanna Theatre Company kicks off showings of “Sarah the Dinosaur” this weekend. I have two sets of four tickets to give away for the 11:30...
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Interesting story: Screen addiction and its affects on children
Too much screen time can take its toll. Monday, the New York Times posted this story on screen time and our children:...
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How-to survive parties, school, camps in a gluten, dairy and egg-free world...
Amy Fothergill is a chef who knows how to cook for gluten-free kids because she has two. San Francisco-area chef Amy Fothergill had to put her training to use in a different way when she had two...
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