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January 2002

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Here is what you’ll see in this issue of MyBabyConnection.com Newsletter

1. Article: “Help in Planning a Child’s Birthday Party” by Robin Nobles
2. Advertisement: Special Event Candy
3. Article: “Moments for Mom” by Elizabeth K. Corcoran
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5. Inspiration/Humor
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Help in Planning a Child's Birthday Party
By Robin Nobles

Are you tired of the same old birthday parties at fast food restaurants
every year? Are you ready for some new ideas? Let's see what resources
we can find on the Internet for getting help in planning a new and
exciting birthday party for your child.

We'll begin at Disney's Family.com site, which offers resources galore
for planning birthday parties. You'll learn how to host am Puppy Party,
a Mermaid Party, or a Spy Party, complete with inexpensive ideas for
invitations, decorations, welcoming activities, games, food, goodie
bags, and even thank-you notes. Discover how to have theme-related
parties for one-to-three-year-
olds, or learn how to put together the world's greatest goodie bags. The
site offers photo ideas, tips on birthday manners, and ten
party-planning pitfalls.


http://family.disney.com/Categories/Activities/Features/
family_0000_01/dony/Parties/Parties.html

At Holidays, Birthday Parties & Celebrations, you'll learn that your
three areas of focus for planning a birthday party are crafts, food, and
games/activities. The sites offers several tip and fact sheets for
hosting successful parties, in topics such
as Guidelines for Age-Appropriate Birthday Parties and Birthday Parties
Needn't Drive You Bonkers.

http://www.parenting-qa.com/cgi-
bin/members/detail/holidaysbirthdaypartiescelebrations/birthdayparties /

More ideas for theme-related parties can be found at Boardman's Birthday
Party Ideas. At a Bug Party, you'll make a caterpillar cake and go on a
bug hunt. At a Backwards Party, the kids will come dressed backwards,
and you'll print out a banner to read backwards. The ideas at this site
are really cute!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5631/

If you need some craft ideas for your birthday party, visit Kids Crafts
Bulletin Board. Post a note to the board asking for advice, or look
through the messages to see if any of the ideas appeal to you.
http://www.wwvisions.com/craftbb/kids.html/

Maybe you don't have time to dash all over town looking for invitations,
favors, and party hats. If so, stop by Birthday USA where you can order
everything you need to have your party. The site offers over 50
different party theme packages, from Dress Up Minnie to Jungle Fun. You
can even download a free birthday
planner at the site.
http://www.birthdayusa.com/

20 Fun Things to do with your Kids offers some adorable birthday party
ideas, such as Paper Bag Guess, where kids try to guess what's inside a
paper bag, or a Jelly Bean Hunt.
http://www.waidsoft.com/funkids.html

At the Party Planner, you'll learn ideas for age-specific parties,
recipes for fun party food such as ice cream clowns, directions for
making piņatas, and even a birthday party checklist.
http://www.lfpress.com/partyplanner/Default.htm

Pillsbury offers some wonderful mealtime ideas for a Children's Birthday
Party, such as Crescent Dogs or Corn-on-the-Cob Pops. Or, if your child
loves pizza, you'll find some unusual pizza recipes, like Fanciful Fruit
Pizza.
http://www.pillsbury.com/seasons/casual/mouse.html

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Robin Nobles is a freelance writer whose articles on surfing the Web are
published in six newspapers regularly. She also writes articles about
the Web and Internet in publications such as Internet Newsroom,
InfoAlert, WebVantage, CompuNotes, ChipNET, The Sunshine Post, Bridges
Initiatives, and more. She
can be reached at rob-@robinsnest.com or through her website: Robin's
Nest for Writers and Web Surfers - http://www.robinsnest.com/

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Moments for Mom

If I were to ask you to picture your closest friend, does one particular
person come to mind? Is it a female??? I would like to share a lesson
with you that I am currently working on…our husbands are our friends.
Some of you may be thinking, ‘Duh? Of course he is…that’s why I married
him.’ But is he really? And if he isn’t, why not? Are you possibly
the hindrance in the friendship? I read somewhere that you are your
husband’s best friend. Even if you can’t picture that, look around his
life – more than likely he is sharing more with you and depending more
on you than he is anyone else. For him, you’re it! What are you doing
on your end to be his friend?

A girlfriend was sharing with me how she noticed that when she talks on
the phone with her husband, she was matter-of-fact and curt, even
showing disappointment with him. But that when she talked with her
girlfriends on the phone, she was lighthearted and kind. I asked my
husband a while back what I could do in our marriage for him to be
happy. His answer (that cut through my heart and pride), ‘be nice to
me’. Ouch. Why is it that we forget so quickly that the guy we married
– you know, the one we eat with, sleep with, spend with, worship with,
have kids with – is actually our friend?

So here is something I am currently working on --- I have resolved to
myself just recently that I will share with Kevin first. I’m not just
referring to stuff about Kevin or our marriage, but church stuff, friend
stuff, things I’m struggling with. If I haven’t shared it with Kevin, I
won’t share it with anyone else.

As far as specific marital problems go – please don’t share these with
all of your friends. Either seek out counseling if it’s serious enough
or if you just feel stuck, or find a woman you can trust who can mentor
you in your marriage. Don’t allow yourself to get together with your
girlfriends and husband-bash. It really does no one any good.

So bottom line - ladies, we need to go to our husbands first. Your
husband needs to be the most important person in your life. And I don’t
say this lightly - no matter the state of your marriage relationship.
We are called to be wives before and long after our calling to
mothering…so please commit with me to make this a priority in your heart
and with your time.


Ķ Elisabeth K. Corcoran, 2002
Elisabeth K. Corcoran is the author of Calm in My Chaos: Encouragement
for a Mom’s Weary Soul (2001), which can be purchased directly through
her publisher, Kregel Publications at #1-888-644-0500, online at
amazon.com or through your local Christian bookstore. This column is
original and not excerpted from her book. You can catch Elisabeth at
the National Conference of Hearts at Home in Bloomington, IL this March
15-16. She’ll be speaking on “Calm in My Chaos” and “When Life Feels
Harder Than You Think It Should Be”.


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Just a little humor to brighten your day:

A mother and her young son returned from the
grocery store and began putting away the groceries.
The boy opened the box of animal crackers and spread
them all over the table. "What are you doing?" his mother
asked.
The box says you can't eat them if the seal is broken,"
the boy explained. "I'm looking for the seal."



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Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents. At
bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when
the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs. "I PRAY FOR A
NEW BICYCLE... I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO... I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR..."   
His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said,
"Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf." To which the
little brother replied, "No, but Gramma is!"

    
These little gems were passed along to us. If you know the source,
please let us know so we can give credit where it's due

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