A Tractor Playground

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Life in the Pacific Northwest is wet. This winter has also been cold and has kept my son, who loves the outdoors, inside. Creativity is spurred on by limits is it not? While my son longed for his near frozen sandbox in order to play with his new favorite mini tractor...

Giveaway Winner!

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Congratulations Karen S.! You have won “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria” by Tatum. Thank you to all of you who emailed and commented to celebrate Blended’s First Anniversary!

Blended One Year Later And Giveaway!

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Today I celebrate the one year anniversary of Blended. I am so grateful to all of my faithful readers who have been with me since the beginning of Blended and am honored that this blog has gained such a wide audience not only in the adoption world but also with...

A Blended St. Patricks Day

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A funny thing happened on St. Patrick’s Day. I realized with a jolt of happiness that my kids are comfortable in their individual ethnic identities. It was such a benign thing – sweet thing – funny thing that was happening for my girls that at first it didn’t...