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Letters from camp, what they say or don’t say about your child
The New York Times has this column from a mom about the texts and letters she’s gotten this summer from camp. Read it here. One of Ben’s more goofier moments at camp. I am very blessed that my children...
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Thinking about working at home? Here’s one way to do it
Ryan Levesque has built his marketing and consulting company around the culture of working at home. As kids are getting ready to go back to school or as you think about another year of day care, you...
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We’re all about back to school all the time here
I just finished our Back to School package, which will run in print on Aug. 8. Following my own advice, below, I looked up such things as when do my kids have orientation and discovered that egad, my...
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Save money for back to school
We’re getting our Back to School issue ready for Aug. 8, but why wait for this information?: Save on clothes Avery Ellis-Byerly looks through the racks at Savers for the right outfit.Nicole Villalpando...
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Some back-to-school finds to pick up
We are gearing up for our Back to School issue of Austin360 next week. Here are some new products and an event to consider Whole Foods, PBS Kids team up to help the Whole Kids Foundation PBS Kids and...
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Summer Stock Austin’s “Tortoise and Hare” a moving lesson in tolerance,...
“Tortoise and Hare” is Summer Stock Austin’s family show at the Long Center. Kama chases Harper as Kama trains for the race.Summer Stock Austin Summer Stock Austin’s family musical “Tortoise and Hare”...
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Want to win Circus Chickendog tickets? Find out how
Circus Chickendog takes on “The Wizard of Oz” in “The Wizard of Dogs.” The performing pooches holding center ring in Austin’s Circus Chickendog are four rescued Papillions and two breed-indeterminate...
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Another reminder to infant caregivers to check the back seat before leaving...
As part of Child Passenger Safety Week, Safe Kids Austin sponsored a free child car seat inspection. You should always turn around and check for your child before leaving the car even if you don’t...
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First day of school still 12 days away and we’re already tired
This week we’ve got back-to-back school orientations, one for middle school and one for high school, dentists and doctor appointments, one parent orientation. Next week it’s another parent orientation,...
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Last week before school. What are you going to do?
We’re filling this week with doctors, dentists, orthodontists and more. I’m already exhausted and it’s only Monday. So, what are you doing this week? Morgan Shirley, 7, leaps into Mabel Davis Pool in...
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YMCA MEND program helps Austin families learn to be healthier together
The MEND program at the YMCA of Austin teaches families how to have fun exercising. Norma Villegas and her daughters Ailyn, 11, and Liliana, 7, were like many families. They were eating out a lot and...
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How to get rid of lice: a primer
Head lice look like this.Credit: University of Massachusetts There’s a story circulating about super lice. If it comes to your house, here’s my lice guide that published a few years ago: Lice. You read...
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Last weekday before school starts. What are you doing?
This was Ben Villalpando at the start of the school year last year. Monday he heads to high school. We’ve hit the doctor’s offices, but hopefully, you’re actually doing something fun before the daily...
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First day of school hooray!
Driving Ava to middle school for the first time. Today Ben started high school and Ava started middle school. Yes, it really is happening. They are teenagers. For the first time in nine years I did...
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Are kids playing anymore? Study says not once they reach age 9
Dea’wntanique Sorrells-Walker, 9, works out during the KnockOut Club Volleyball Camp in July. As kids get to age 9, they are playing less. You have to find more organized activities. Joe Harrington/...
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Evidence that I now am the mother of two teenagers
Skipping the elementary school drop off on Monday and heading to middle school should have been my first clue that we really have hit the teenage years. But this week there’s been even more proof. I’m...
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Study: Parents want to hear more from teachers, teachers want to hear more...
Second-grade teacher Meredith Scaggins writes her name on the board for students on the first day of school at Eanes Elementary School. Teachers want to know what is happening in their student’s home...
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Looking ahead to Labor Day weekend: Ideas for your family around Austin
This first school vacation day can be rough. We’re just getting in the groove of school; now we get three days of togetherness. Here are some of the things happening around Austin this long weekend:...
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Austin mom Jennifer Bourgoyne’s solution to C-section scar pain: soft, padded...
Jennifer Bourgoyne founded Czela Blue, a company that creates underwear for women that have had C-sections. Austinite Jennifer Bourgoyne found a solution to something that no one probably wants to talk...
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Mark the milestones with photo cards
You will want to celebrate when Baby does sleep through the night for the first time. Miffy Milestone Cards will help. The first kid had a baby book that made it through maybe the first nine months....
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