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Children and Random Gift Requests

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 8 Comments

I love random gift requests! Leo has been drafting his Christmas wish list and it got me thinking: what is the most out-there thing that your children have put on their wish list? What is the weirdest, most random thing that they have asked you for? When Leo was two years old, the nurse at…

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5 Must Have Memory Keeping Tools

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 5 Comments

5 Must Have Memory Keeping Tools

I am a hoarder. No, you will not find my home stacked floor-to-ceiling with dusty collections, cats’ eyes peeking from shadowy nooks. My hoarding is not as obvious, not as glaring, and yet I still scramble to save and preserve it all. I am a hoarder of memories and moments. I take mental snapshots and…

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Laundry Fairy??

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 2 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that my children are obsessed with all things fairy right now, especially Leo. This is fascinating to me because Leo has doubted the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus in the past, but he is convinced that fairies exist. He will pour over fairy books, take copious notes on fairy behavior, rush out…

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Gift Ideas (without the buy buy buy)

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 8 Comments

FTC Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.* ‘Tis the season for crowded malls, UPS and FedEx deliveries, and an influx of you-must-buy-this-thing-right-now commercials. Are you tired of all the accumulating stuff in your life? Are you looking to get in the holiday spirit but avoid the buy-buy-buy this year? Well, we here at My Little Poppies…

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An I Spy Epiphany

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An I Spy Epiphany

FTC Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.* You guys! I had an I Spy epiphany just now as I was changing the kids’ sheets (and gathering library books). I cannot believe it hasn’t occurred to me before this moment, but Leo’s room is a veritable I Spy book waiting to happen. This is especially fitting because Leo…

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Black Friday isn’t so black after all

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It’s a true Black Friday here, folks. We lost power Wednesday afternoon and have yet to get it back. This is not unusual for our neck of the woods here in New England. The first couple times it happened, Schizz and I were childless. The outages were fun, memorable, romantic even. We’d play board games…

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poppies Hi, all! I'm Cait. I'm a school psychologist, wife, mom to three amazing children, writer, bookworm, nature lover, coffee drinker, Chesney fan, board game nerd, and now- suddenly-unexpected homeschooler...and podcaster!
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