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    Mama Moments

    Of Toilets and Tornadoes

    Last week Missouri held a special severe weather test day and sirens blared in sync across the state. There is a notification tower next to my son's school and he has commented that the sirens are super loud during normal weekly tests, but this was a surprise drill, so I thought it might catch the kids off guard. When I picked up my tornado-skittish son from school that afternoon, I offhandedly asked him if that day's siren was loud. I thought the extra warning may have startled him a bit because the entire school did the full-press severe weather run-through. I didn't expect the response he gave, but we both…

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    Celebrations

    Creating a Birthday Balloon Bonanza

    My baby boy turned double digits last week, so his dad and I created a balloon bonanza to celebrate his special day. Armed with a small helium tank and my husband's lungs we created a whole hallway full of festiveness to great our little man on his birthday.

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    Mama Moments

    Perks of Preseason Football

    Yes, we are officially trying to cram as much fun into the last few days of summer vacation as humanly possible, so when my son and I were offered tickets to last night's Chiefs preseason football game while we were still making our way home from a four-day trip to Branson we naturally said yes without hesitation.