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When Your Tweens Travel Alone: Tween/Teen Tuesday

Tween Teen Tuesday

Welcome to Tween/Teen Tuesday at OurCrazyBoys.com! I’m doing my best to remind you to laugh a little when it comes to raising those not-so-little and not-so-big kids of yours. Today we’re chatting about the big day when your tweens travel alone – maybe on a school trip or a summer vacation to Grandma’s house! Please [...]

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Playing Hooky From Tween Tuesday

You know those times when life gets in the way of life? I’m having one of those weeks months. Oh, February is over? Ok, well I guess I’m having one of those years. I have two posts started and can’t complete them. I don’t know if they’re ok to post. Maybe they share too much about my [...]

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Five Ways To Protect Your Kids In Every Scenario #CoxSecurity

protect your kids

I’d do just about anything to keep these guys safe. Safe from disease, injury, and bad guys. From hurt feelings, embarrassing moments, and disappointments. As a parent, you can control a lot of what your kids come in contact with, but not everything. Since my husband refuses to let me place the boys in a bubble, I [...]

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel {Author Interview}

The Third Wheel Book 7_ABRAMS

You’ll never guess who I spoke with last night. I’ll give you a hint: No, not Greg. Though we kind of love Greg in this house. I was able to speak with Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series! Michael was 7 when the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book [...]

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Mini-Comedians {Tween/Teen Tuesday Linky}

Welcome to Tween and Teen Tuesdays at OurCrazyBoys.com! I hope you’ll come share your posts about your not-so-little-but-not-so-big kids with me. Tweens are funny. They’re not little kids, but not big kids. They’re still learning their way and deciding who they are. This? This leads to funny conversations. Our pre-tween (ages 6-10 are considered pre-tween) [...]

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Halloween Crafts And Recipes From Spoonful.com!

Halloween Craft Ideas, Halloween Recipe Ideas

Halloween is a great time for crafts, and you all know that we have a crafter in this house! Spoonful (a site that I love just as much as their predecessor, Family Fun) recently contacted me to share some of their Halloween crafts and recipes, and I wanted to round up some of our favorites [...]

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A Fun Gift Idea For Someone About To Get Braces {Tween/Teen Tuesday}

Tween Tuesday Linky, Teen Tuesday Linky

Welcome to Tween and Teen Tuesdays at OurCrazyBoys.com! I hope you’ll come share your posts about your not-so-little-but-not-so-big kids with me.   ____________________________________________________ We have… braces! Well, bottom braces and a top retainer. The week before his appointment, he got this bag o’ goodies from Mom and Dad: Beef jerky, Skittles, caramels, a Snickers bar, [...]

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Dear Moms of Boys,

 Somewhere along the line, your little boys will… um… grow up. They won’t ride dinosaurs at the park anymore. They won’t ask for pushes on the swings. They’ll ask for Frappuccinos from Starbucks and Ramen noodles and clothes from Tilly’s. They’ll build towers out of Axe and you will always buy them more because you’ll [...]

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Concerts With Tweens. Not What You’d Think.

Pitbull-Concert

This summer, I have had the opportunity to take both of my boys to concerts – separately, because Michael wouldn’t be dragged into Demi Lovato and I wouldn’t let Jack anywhere near Pitbull. My observation? Concerts with tweens are tricky – Concerts attended as an adult are completely different than concerts attended as the adult. Jack and [...]

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