The last weekend that my daughter will be 9. It's not phasing her at all. It's another weekend, another day to her. She just looks forward to Monday and her presents. She doesn't want a bought cake, since really none of us are big cake eaters. So her sister and I will bake a cake, she'll ooh and ahh over the homemade cake that will be pitiful looking, she'll cut herself a ginormous piece, which she'll take about 2 bites of and then scrape some icing off to eat and the rest will be trashed....

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So this is the last weekend that you'll be 9 years old. And you're anxiously awaiting the movie on the Disney Channel, Camp Rock. That's all I've heard about for several days now. It has the Jonas Brothers in it. Between you and your sister, I feel as if I know the Jonas Brothers personally. Or at least I should! Let's see, there's Kevin, Nick and Joe, right? One of them is 18 and doesn't drive. One is 20 and wants to get married soon since his parents got married at around 21 or 22. How...

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So our countdown is continuing. Each day as I watch my daughter, I see her personality blossom. She's outgoing as I've mentioned before. She has a sense of humor. And at this very stage in her life, she's boy C.R.A.Z.Y. My oh my, when will that end? When she's 18 or 19?? Every boy she sees that's under 20 is cute to her. Whether in a magazine, on TV or in real life, boys are the stuff her world is made of right now. It's funny, it's almost cute at times but boy does it worry me. I just...

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I've finished the birthday shopping, wrapped the gifts and in the spirit of Christmas, I set them in the living room so my daughter will have to look at them until her birthday! She says it's torture, pure torture. Yes she is the drama queen in our house. She owns and wears the title nicely.
I ask my daughter some questions and these are her answers:
Favorite Food: pizza and corn nuggets
Favorite Color: blue, pink and purple
Favorite Singer: Jonas Brothers (though...

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Today I will share the memory of when my oldest daughter started school.
I had been a SAHM since my oldest was born. She had been with me, never going to preschool or Mother's Day Out or any other program, since day 1 of her life. In fact, she had spent very little time away from me. She had spent the night with my parents some but overall my daughter was by my side day in and day out.
So when the time came to send my precious girl to school, it was hard. Very hard. I shed many...

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