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Kids Out of School Means I Have More Money!
Kids are expensive -- especially older teenagers -- so with school out and them leaving home or finding summer jobs I've got more money in my wallet!
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$1 Kid Movies at Regal Cinemas for Summer 2013 in Tri-Cities
The Regal Summer Movie Express on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this summer offers your kids the chance to see a movie for only a $1! A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Will Rogers Institute. Here's the schedule:
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Watch My Friend’s Toddler Fall Asleep on His Motorcycle [VIDEO]
My friend gave her son a 49 cc quad motorcycle when he was 18 months. That sucker topped out at 35 miles an hour but she governed it down to about 5 mph. He loved that thing and would always ride it while his dad mowed the lawn. One time dad noticed that DJ would start, then stop. Start, then stop. When the quad would stop, the helmet would bob. Dad ran up and saw he had been riding for hours and was falling asleep in the seat! You can't see it in the video, but when DJ falls he gets a face full of grass!
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Making Your Child Hold a Sign in Public as Punishment – Too Humiliating?
A child misbehaves and as punishment, the child is humiliated by having to hold a sign in a public area stating what they had done wrong. This kind of scenario has risen in popularity as numerous forms of social media become more popular
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See the Child Drummer Playing With Brad Paisley on ‘Good Morning America’ Friday
Six-year-old drummer Avery Molek has a hot Youtube video going viral (watch it below). "Good Morning America" played the video during a spot when Brad Paisley was visiting. He asked the producers if they'd find the Pennsylvania kid and ask him to play along with Paisley during his GMA concert in Times Square. You can see the performance on ABC this Friday.
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‘Kids Area’ Sponsored by A-One Refrigeration & Heating
A-One Refrigeration brings you the "Kids Area" at Your Friday Fix. A mix of hands-on activities, playground equipment and fun stuff each week! We'll offer different features each week. Your kids will find something new and different every Friday.
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How Much Should I Pay a Tri-Cities Babysitter? [POLL]
The other night I asked a couple people -- including a stranger -- how much we should pay the babysitter if the kids were asleep the whole time. They all said, "Nothing." WHAT?! I know that's not right, but how much is fair? We usually end up paying between $13-$16 for three kids age 6 and below for between 2-3 hours (they're usually asleep for at least some of it). Is that good? What's fair?
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Who Remembers Tri-Cities Junior Soccer?
I've been nostalgic for my childhood lately and was remembering the way youth soccer used to be in Tri-Cities. My kids are too young to play now, so I can't compare and contrast, but here are my favorite things about the way things used to be:
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Watch Sandy Hook School Children Perform a Moving Rendition of ‘Over the Rainbow’
It's Tuesday, so you probably need a good cry. Here, watch this video. It's children from Sandy Hook Elementary performing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' on 'Good Morning America.' The kids recorded the song, with folk musician Ingrid Michaelson, at the home of former Talking Heads members Tina Weymouth and Christ Frantz.
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Best (Free) Indoor Playgrounds for Kids in the Tri-Cities
If you're like me, you've got stir-crazy kids asking to play in the back yard, go on a walk, go to a park -- anything outside. But it's RAINING! It's cold, drizzly, cloudy! That's when I turn to indoor playgrounds. A couple of gymnastic facilities have awesome playgrounds, but they can also be pricey. Fast food is my solution. For the price of a small fry or dollar burger I buy admission to the play area and let my kids get out their wiggles.
A few weeks ago we asked what your favorite free indoor playgrounds were. Below are the answers in the map. Below that is the survey where you can leave your own suggestion.
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Greg’s Son Wants to Be a USAF Pararescue Jumper – Diving Into Hell ‘That Others May Live’
My son is joining the Air Force in a few weeks. I was surprised when we got a call saying he had been accepted to try out for the Pararescue Jumpers. I didn't know what that was, so I looked it up. Hooooly Cow!
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10 Adorably Bratty Christmas Kids
Little kids are the best. They're pro photobombers and make super weird raps about McDonald's, and that's just scratching the surface. But munchkins can also be the worst. Don't get us wrong-- their adorableness usually overrides any of those 'tudes they try and pull, and you know how we're suckers for anything remotely adorable. But sometimes that awful side emerges in those rare moments of brattiness, and we're left sort of dumbfounded.