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Category: Mom (page 7)

Atti’s little lunchbag

Posted on: May 18, 2011 Last updated on: September 25, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I’ve had to give up on a lot of good intentions in this motherhood experience of mine, but one that I’ve clung to is sending lunch to school in an adorable and ecofriendly lunchbag. Now that Atti goes to school…
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A Place for All Those Little Pieces

Posted on: April 23, 2011 Last updated on: February 18, 2026 Written by: Reese Dixon
Don’t you wish every toy came with a carrying case? I finally had enough and decided to make my own. At Atti’s birthday party a couple of months ago, he got a bunch of really cool presents that have been…
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Vinyl Splashmat

Posted on: April 8, 2011 Last updated on: September 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Man, kids make such a mess. It’s almost worth getting a dog just to clean up the mess left on the floor. 3 years into Atti’s little life, and I’m just now addressing the mess he makes at food time.…
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Homemade Pirate Chest for your little landlubbers

Posted on: December 22, 2010 Last updated on: October 4, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Any little pirate loving kid will lose their mind for this toy pirate chest. And you’ll be the coolest mom/dad/aunt/grandpa/friend ever. My newly 4 year old nephew Kai is obsessed with pirates right now, and also has a December birthday.…
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Presents for the Entourage

Posted on: April 19, 2010 Last updated on: October 17, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Wednesday was our last day with Atti’s therapists and it was awful. These women have been my support system for the last two years. Atti’s OT has been seeing him since he was 4 months old. The ladies from HOPE…
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Halloween Tree Skirt

Posted on: October 28, 2009 Last updated on: October 25, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Last year at about 4 pm on Halloween, I realized that I had forgotten to put something together for Atticus to put his treats in. Utter nonsense, of course, the little guy was eight months old and immobile, and he…
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Atti’s Halloween costume

Posted on: October 21, 2009 Last updated on: February 15, 2026 Written by: Reese Dixon
I was racking my brain trying to come up with an outfit for my little guy this year. He’s not obsessively into anything that would make planning a costume easy. I was in the middle of a phone call with…
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Rustle Bag

Posted on: August 19, 2009 Last updated on: February 15, 2026 Written by: Reese Dixon
A couple of months ago I looked over from the computer and saw this: Atti had discovered this plastic bag I use for one of my crosstitch projects and had himself a ball crinkling the plastic and shaking the threads…
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Jumbo Picnic Blanket

Posted on: August 7, 2009 Last updated on: October 25, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Late in the Spring I ventured out to a couple of thrift stores, which I really don’t do very often. They are not known for their treasures around here, a lot of people live off these stores, and California is…
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Summer Projects

Posted on: June 11, 2009 Last updated on: October 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Atti’s slowly but surely gaining enough mobility that we can start to hang out in our little backyard now. We splurged on a fancy exersaucer knowing that he’s going to be spending a lot of time in there while he…
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