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Beginning Saturday (10/18), raffle tickets to support the new Youth Futsal League will be sold at the Saturday soccer matches at the Warrenton LCYSA Complex. The raffle prize is impressive and tickets are only $10. We plan to sell 500 tickets and draw the winner on Nov 11th. The prize includes:
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Team Picture Day will be Saturday Sept 13.
Coaches, please pick up your picture packets on Saturday Sept 6th at the Concessions and distribute them ahead of time to your players.
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Fall Rec Schedules are AVAILABLE!
LCYSA in the News
Celebrating 30 years and still KICKING!!! A special thanks to Jerry Boisvert for his passion to "keep it kicking" in Clatsop County over the years. And to all our incredible volunteers that continue to support LCYSA!
Free Soccer Jamboree -- July 12 10:00 am
Summer Soccer Jamboree: a one –day Round-robin Competition for fun!
at the Warrenton Soccer Fields Complex
June 22 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
free and fun soccer! ~for kids of all ages~ just show up and get them playing!
Players will be divided up by age group and play short fun small-sided games.
A great way to kick off the recreational season! While players and coaches are not required to attend, it is highly recommended.
Camp Kick-A-Lot & Fall League - Registration Opens May 7
Online registration for the 2014 Fall Season and the July Camp Kick-A-Lot will be open starting May 7 -- check back here then to get your kids enrolled.
Fall Recreational Soccer is the soccer league for players entering kindergarten through eighth grades. All games are played locally.
Classic Team Tryouts June 1 & 3
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Some thoughts about weaning your baby
After the physical act of birthing a baby and the initial days of discovering your baby and getting into some sort of a rhythm, to me weaning a baby is the next major event in the first year. After the first hectic months have passed, when finally there's a bit of a routine with the baby and (breast)feeding goes smoothly, then the next moment of insecurity comes… Weaning! Solids!
Out come the baby guide books again (all of them!), and there you are — back in the land of the unknown. When to start? What foods to introduce first? How to cook it? Or steam? The insecurity hits again.
When I had my fist baby, I did a lot (a lot!) of research, like I'm sure most, if not all first time mums do. Still not entirely sure what to do, I decided to follow the advise most doctors were giving at that time: I started solids after exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months. Ignoring the fact that Sara was already litterally grabbing the spoon out of my hands if I was trying to eat (which I did all day long because I was so hungry because of all of that breastfeeding)!
I started with baby rice because the guide books said so (and none of my babies liked it). Then I introduced vegetables first (I read somewhere that otherwise the baby would develop a sweet tooth!), repeated this for three days before introducing the next 'ingredient', so allergies could be discovered immediately. And then after that (although it wasn't completely clear exactly when as to avoid the dreaded sweet tooth), I introduced fruits. All of this was exclusively home cooked and organic, and carefully frozen in mini batches, meticulously labeled.
I remember my mum raising an eyebrow but cleverly not interfering (she had simply mashed up a banana for my first bites when I was around four months old).
Thankfully Sara was a good eater and the whole process went well. So for the second child, I repeated the process. So far, so good. My third baby however, refused to eat. After her first taste of baby rice, she decided that food was not her thing, and she refused to open her mouth again! (I wrote a post about it here.)
It's funny how things change. How I have changed! Even though I try to cook meals for Casper whenever possible, I do end up squeezing shop bought baby food in his mouth an awful lot of times. (Hey — it's organic!) My old me would be appalled. Also, the general advise has changed — I understand that nowadays, doctors say to start earlier — at 4 months, 3 even! — and to introduce all sorts of food at the same time, peanut butter and all.
So what is wise? To me, it seems sensible to wait until your baby shows an interest in food. When he follows your spoon with his eyes when you're eating, and is grabbing for objects and bringing them to his mouth, it might be a good time to start. Possibly with a mashed banana! And also: cooking for your baby is fun (the BabyCook is a big help I find!), and surely very healthy, but there are plenty of great, ready-made baby food products on the market that are yummy and can bring stress factors down dramatically. Finally, mashing half an avocado with half a banana and mixing it with a spoon of full yoghurt is the easiest home-cooked baby meal I have in my repertoire.
I'm very curious about your thoughts and experiences about weaning in general. And if you'd like to share your fool proof baby food recipe — yes please!
xxx Esther
Breastfeeding in public?
This weekend I was sitting in a park in Paris with Courtney and Emilie, feeding Casper. The three of us were talking about breastfeeding in public, and Courtney then took this photo of Casper and me which started up a discussion: Could we post this photo? Would we post this photo?
When I had my first baby I was much more shy about my boobs than I am today. Yes, I would breastfeed in public, but first I would find a dark corner somewhere and I made sure my boob and baby were covered with a scarf completely. I had the feeling breastfeeding in public was frowned upon, and it should be done in private.
Now, 8 years and 4 babies later, I don't feel that I have to cover myself completely anymore. I'm so much more comfortable! I feel I am breastfeeding my baby, which is a very natural and beautiful thing to do, and I think I shouldn't have to be shy about it. I also have the feeling that these last years, breastfeeding in public has become a bit more acceptable; people are getting used to it now and the general feeling about it seems to be more relaxed. Which is so great!
So, I decided to be bold and bare (!) and post a photo of me feeding Casper in a public park in Paris. Is it too much you think? Do you breastfeed in public? Would you? I would love to hear your thoughts about it.
xxx Esther
PS Joanna Goddard, who just had her second baby (a beautiful little boy called Anton), wrote a great post about breastfeeding in public here.
PPS Following up on our discussion in the park, Emilie sent me this link — a fabulous poem by Hollie McNish which helped me decide to indeed post this photo here. Nobody should have to feed her baby in a public restroom.
Sleeping with your baby
This is a post I have been thinking about in my head for months now! It's a post I have wanted to write, then changed my mind and thought I shouldn't write, and then have come back to it again. I want to talk about sleeping with your baby. Not because it's what I think you should do… but because it's what works for us.
I have always slept with my babies, usually from birth until around 10 or 12 months when they start to sleep through the night. It's not that I feel strongly one way or the other about co-sleeping, it's just what has always felt more natural, and frankly more easy, to me. In fact, with every pregnancy I would set up the moses basket before the birth thinking that's where the baby would sleep… but once the baby was born, I just never felt comfortable putting them into their own bed. My husband and I both felt more at ease having the baby in our bed, close to us, to be in tune with their little bodies and sleeping rhythm. (I'm a very light sleeper and wake at the teensiest sound or smell or touch.) Also, I just find it easier to nurse my baby in bed, often in a hazy half sleep/half awake state — I find it less disruptive to my sleep than getting up out of bed to feed and put the baby back into her own bed. Perhaps sleeping with my babies has come out of pure laziness!?!
The funny thing is, that while it feels completely normal and natural to me, it doesn't seem to be common practice, at least not amongst my friends or the other mums at my children's school. I remember when Marlow was a baby, even just a few weeks old, I was constantly asked 'how is she sleeping?' or 'is she waking in the night?' or even 'does she sleep through?'. (It must be one of the most common questions a new mother is asked!) When I told people that she sleeps with me and that I feed on demand sometimes up to four times a night, I would get such shocked replies. For a while I even started to doubt our co-sleeping ways! But then I read this post about co-sleeping on A Cup Of Jo, and I also read this guest post on The Littlest blog by James from Bleubird where she shares how she sleeps with her baby. It made me feel comforted to know that other mothers do the same… and it made me wonder if perhaps it's not really so rare?
Marlow is 7 months old (today!) and she's still sleeping in bed with us. I usually put her to bed in her own bed around 7pm and she goes to bed willingly. Around midnight (sometimes even 1 or 2!) she will wake and I will bring her into our bed. She usually feeds a couple times through the rest of the night and then we usually wake up together around 7am. Of course I would love to have a full night of uninterrupted sleep, and some days I really do feel so tired… but I love waking up with Marlow in my arms, and I love nursing her in bed, and the way our bodies fit perfectly together like a puzzle piece. Some day… we won't fit together as easily, and when that day comes, I will miss these wonderful sleep-deprived nights.
So anyway… I would love to hear from all of you. How goes it in your family? Do (did) you sleep with your baby? Or does your baby sleep in his own bed (or even bedroom)? What works for you? Please do share!
xx Courtney
The man behind the Bugaboo
I read this article today and thought it was really interesting. Courtney, Esther and I all had/have Bugaboos and I actually never thought about how much design, engineering and development goes into designing a push chair! So funny thinking that someone spent years coming up with a concept that I take for granted…
I also thought it was interesting that the Bugaboo was originally designed for men, which is such a clever approach to the buggy market. I will never forget buying our first buggy before Coco was born. We went to this baby section in a big department store in London. In all the sections the women were in charge: picking up breast pumps, outfits and furniture. All sections, apart from the buggy section. There, the dads suddenly came into their own and were testing wheels and suspensions and velocity of all of these buggies, as if they were cars. Hilarious!
– Emilie
Thoughts on children's personalities…
Before I had children, I genuinely thought that when I had children I would be producing miniature clones of myself. Even after I had them, the thought lingered on. After all, I had two girls, they looked similar to me, why would they not be similar in character?
Fast forward 7 years and I cannot help laughing about how wrong I was. Not only are my two girls nothing like me, they are also nothing like each other. One of them can pick up a stick and give it a complex life story that is longer than a Harry Potter novel. The other one will see the same stick and see nothing but a stick, and have a great time poking random things with it. Experimenting, she calls this.
One girl is easy going and off with the fairies, the other one is headstrong like a bull. As my grandmother once said, at least I was not boring and did not mass produce. Not quite sure where I am going with this, but I am quite interested to hear if you were as naive as I was and thought you were going to produce mini versions of yourselves.
Emilie x
P.S. Quick disclaimer: I am incredibly glad that my children are nothing like me, that would be sooo boring!
P.P.S. The above photo was taken last week when we were in the south of Spain. On the left, headstrong Violette, on the right dreamy Coco.
Mum & Baby yoga
As I mentioned in this post, I took my first yoga class when I was pregnant with Marlow and after just one class I knew it would become an important part of my life from then on. I don't know what took me so long to start up yoga, but I am so thankful I finally did. I loved taking pregnancy yoga classes when I was pregnant, and I am so convinced it helped prepare me mentally and physically for the birthing experience I had always longed for.
When Marlow was 8 weeks old we started taking yoga classes together. Once a week the two of us hop on a bus and head over to Triyoga in Primrose Hill for the Mummy & Me yoga class with Nadia Narain. It is always a highlight of the week for both of us! I love that I get to practice yoga even though I have a little baby who still can't be left with a sitter, I love that every Wednesday I wake up and my muscles are slightly sore from the previous day's work out, I love being surrounded by other mums with young babies and chatting to them about motherhood and baby stages, and I love ending the class with a little dance with Marlow – a special time for the two of us to share with each other. Marlow loves the bit at the end when we sing songs (Incy Wincy Spider is her favourite!), and she loves checking out all the other sweet babies in the room — I'm certain that she loves our yoga class as much as I do.
x Courtney
p.s. Marlow's romper in the photo above is from Marie Puce.
An easy nightmare remedy. It might help!
Our son Pim (he just turned 6) recently went through a period in which every night he would stand next to our bed because a nightmare had woken him up. The nightmare was very consistently about bears, and would leave him very scared, the poor boy. During the day he would sometimes ask me if there really are no bears here in the Netherlands! (There are not, in case you were wondering.) Of course I tried to comfort and reassure him, but the dreams kept coming back.
After a few weeks I suddenly remembered something my sister-in-law once told me after my nephew had a series of bad dreams when he was around that same age: she had given him a toy sword in his bed to fight of his bad dreams, and it worked like a charm. That night, I taught Pim the following magic spell to empower the bears that would surely come to haunt him in his dreams:
I am Pim
And I say:
All the bears
Now go away!!
That night, he didn't have a nightmare. And ever since, he has been sleeping very well. No nasty bears in his dreams anymore! And when a few weeks ago wild boars were threatening to disturb his sweet dreams, we simply changed the magic spell, and again, it worked!
I think the secret is to give the child a way to empower whatever scares them in their dreams. For Pim, the spell worked wonders, for my nephew the toy sword did the trick, and Courtney has told me that for her 3 year old daughter Ivy a magic princess wand was all that it took.
I just thought I'd share this little trick in case your child has been suffering from bad dreams. I hope it helps! And if you know of another magic remedy — please share!
xxx Esther
PS The above illustration is of two of the creatures that were haunting Pim's dreams recently: a bear and a boar are having tea together under a table — it's by Lieke van der Vorst, and part of this poetry poster. I love it!
Parenting your third child versus your first…
The other day I was riding the bus with Ivy when she pointed out another passing bus. "There's the C11 bus," she said, "The C is a letter and the 11 is a number". I was so impressed she knew the difference between letters and numbers, that I nearly fell out of my bus seat! And then I realised that I have been so bad at sitting down with her to work on her letters and numbers. I have completely relied on her nursery school to teach her those things. And the fact that I didn't know she was able to tell letters from numbers is really a testament to how un-involved I have become. Sigh.
With my first child, I remember teaching him his colours, numbers and letters at such an early age. I would sit with him for hours and do puzzles, read books, play with letter games and practice flash cards. He knew every letter by the time he was 18 months! And here I am… four children later… and my 3½-year-old doesn't even know all her letters.
I know this is probably a very common parenting issue, the difference between parenting your first child and your third, but I totally remember thinking I would never be that mum who runs out of time to devote to all her kids. I suppose the reality is… there is simply not enough time in the day. And also, I've realised that if Ivy doesn't know all her letters yet, she will learn them when she starts school next year. And that all kids eventually learn to read and write, so it doesn't really matter if they learn them when they're 18 months or when they are four. Right? Or have I become one of those mums?
p.s. Alphabet Flash Cards available here .
One-on-One time with kids
This weekend Violette was invited for a sleep over so Coco and I were all alone. We ran some errands, grabbed a cup of tea together, she had a friend over, we talked a bit about school and life, we then did some crafting and went out for some food. Nothing extraordinary… but at some point in the middle of this, she turned to me and said: "You know mommy, it is quite nice to be just the two of us", and she was absolutely right. Though I obviously love her little sister, it is really nice to spend one and one time with my big girl and I really don't do it often enough.
The thing is, Coco and Violette get on very well and the three of us have a really good rhythm going on, so I have suddenly realised I have the tendency to regard them as a unit. Doh! (as Bart Simpson would say)! So this is my new resolution: trying to sometimes take a day with each kid individually. It a good resolution and hopefully I can stick to it! I am actually curious, do you manage to spend one-on-one time with each of your children?
– Emilie
PS The photo above of Coco and me was taken by Esther when we visited her in the Auvergne last summer. Happy Times!
The onesie trick
It was only when I had my third baby (Ava) and was struggling with one of those typical nappy explosions, that someone shared with me a little secret. Something so simple, I couldn't believe I'd never been told this before or that I never thought of this myself.
As all new mothers of all new babies know: nappies don't always do the job properly. I will spare you the details, but baby poo can seriously end up in their necks at times. (In our case this happens multiple times a day.) Which makes nappy changing a messy affair!
So here's the trick: onesies can also be pulled down, over the shoulders. Instead of taking them off over the head, you can take them off over the bum. Which makes a huge, huge difference! I can't believe I didn't know about this trick for my first two children. Did you?
xxx Esther
PS Casper is demonstrating the trick with a super cool onesie from Hello Apparel!
Real Love
There are a thousand great things about being a mom, but one of the best things can be the total undulated love you get from small children. I have heard the rumours it changes for a couple of years when they get older but I am still privy to my kids thinking I rock. Now, I do also get my fair share of insults: "You are not nice" is often said straight to my face or, when they really mean it: "You really, really are not very nice".
But there are moments I am put on a pedestal and it makes me very happy and warm inside, all at the same time… I recently tried to do some trapezing and even an elephant would have looked more elegant than me. I was afraid of the height, I had no upper-body muscle, I could not summersault down – it was a catastrophe. And yet a while later when we went to see a trapeze performance with artists literally flying through the air with the greatest of ease, Violette turned around to me and said in awe: " Look mommy, just like you!!!".
Now that is real love, a bit delusional, but real love none the less. Do you ever get showered with love just because you are someone's mom?
– Emilie
P.S The above photo was taken by the super talented Sarah Gardan this summer in the place des Vosges!
Stick significance
Right next to our front door there's an ever present collection of sticks. Our 5-year-old son Pim is like a dog, seriously! Every time we go to the park, he will find a stick and insists on taking it home. Some of them are too big for him to carry alone, so he has to convince his big sister to help him.
Because I don't allow them in our house, the sticks are displayed right next to the front door — which is the closest the sticks will get to his bed, because he would take them up there if he could, I am sure about it. My husband once threw away all the sticks, which was a mistake — Pim was inconsolable and I admit that even I was upset. Those sticks seriously meant so much to him!
Emilie sent me the link to this interesting article in the Guardian last week. Hannah Evans is a mother of three boys and her article did shed some light on my little boy and his stick obsession. I quote:
'And thus, sticks. For I have learned that boys like, nay love, sticks. But a stick to a boy is far, far more than an inanimate object. A stick is a toy, a weapon, a friend and a foe. A stick is adventure, possibilities, destruction and danger. A stick is, in the right time and place – or even better, in the wrong – everything.'
'"Stick significance" is part and parcel of being a boy. And so, "Will you put that bloomin' stick down … it's only a bit of wood!" is a bit like telling me that my coffee would taste just as good out of any old mug.'
And so they stay, the sticks, next to our front door. And the collection grows. Do you have a son (or daughter) who collects sticks too?
xxx Esther
Welcome sweet Francesca!
Right around the time Elizabeth started contributing to Babyccino, she became pregnant with baby number two. She and I quickly discovered that we were both pregnant and due on the same day! It was so fun for me to share a due date with someone, and to bond over similar pregnancy milestones together (morning sickness, 12-week scans, breech babies, etc.). I've never actually met Elizabeth, but it turns out we share so much in common, the pregnancy being a big one.
Elizabeth welcomed her beautiful baby girl, Francesca, on October 30th, one week early. I loved reading about Francesca's birth on Elizabeth's blog (her breech baby never did turn around and she ended up having a beautiful, peaceful c-section birth) and I can't get enough of all the photos of that sweet baby on her Instagram feed. What a beautiful family she has, what an inspiring mother is, and what a thoughtful friend she has become. I hope to someday meet Elizabeth and to introduce our babies to each other!
Congratulations Elizabeth, and welcome little Francesca!
xx Courtney
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After having me, my mother had a series of ectopic pregnancies, which sadly made her unable to have more children. So I grew up as an only child (although according to my dad, I counted for ten). I've often been asked if I ever missed having siblings. Truth is, that as an only child, you simply don't know any different. I had a very happy childhood, without ever realising I was missing out on being part of a big family. I was always welcome to bring friends over to our house, and had loads of cousins to play with and share vacations with. I have fond memories of the many craft projects I did with my mum, and my dad often took me to work with him (he was a country vet).
I always wanted to be a mum, and I always thought I would have at least three children. And now I have four! It's wonderful to see the interaction between those four. There is already so much love and support between them… Sara and Pim are so fond of their little siblings — and vice versa. Even though I know that only children enjoy equally happy childhoods as children from bigger families (and score higher in measures of intelligence and achievement!), I must say I love seeing what it is like to have siblings.
Of course, having (more) children isn't always an option. We have plenty of friends with no children, or 'only' one child because of their age, infertility problems, divorce, etc. Or simple because they want to, of course!
There are cons and pros for smaller or bigger families. Are you from a bigger family, or from a small one? And how many children do you have, if you have any at all?
xxx Esther
PS All photos are by Sue Cowell. Find more of her photos here and here.
Us — by Sue Cowell
On the brink of giving birth we asked our super talented photographer friend Sue Cowell to shoot some photos of pregnant me with my family. It is, after all, my last pregnancy! I really like the outcome of the shoot — I love how natural Sue's style is, the moments she captures are just full of character, and nothing is too 'over-posed' or 'perfect'.
Here are some of the photos of the shoot — such a wonderful documentary to have for all of us! (I also asked Sue to come after the birth and shoot some images of the new baby and us — so more photos to come soon!)
Check out Sue's website here, and her blog too with even more beautiful photo. Sue lives in Amsterdam but is British and travels around a lot, so don't shy away of contacting her if you would like her to capture the essence of your family too!
I love how Sue came in the morning and stayed while the kids got dressed, capturing daily moments like Ava waking up with her dummy and 'bearbear', the kids getting dressed in their bedroom, Sara putting on her tights on her bed, me in the kitchen preparing sandwiches for a picnic…
Teacher gift: personalised tote bags
My husband was class rep of Quin's class last year, and when it came time to decide on the end-of-term teacher gifts he wanted to make the teachers something special they would treasure (and also hopefully use!). He decided to make them a personalised tote bag with all the kids' self portraits and names on it. He asked all the kids to draw a picture of themselves and write their names above. He then used photoshop to get all the drawings together, and sent the pdf file over to the printing company. The most difficult part was finding a company with good, sturdy cotton bags, but after lots of research he ended up finding them at The Clever Baggers and they are really great quality.
Aren't the bags so cute? We gave them to the teachers and they loved them. We then ordered more for all the parents because we liked them so much, and I've been toting ours around every day lately and receiving lots of cute comments.
x Courtney
Choosing baby names
I am having the most difficult time choosing a name for our baby! I think it is especially difficult when you don't know your baby's gender… maybe because you can't really visualise your baby, or maybe it's just because you don't know what your baby is, so you don't become too attached to either the girl's name or the boy's name. The minute I think of a girl's name I like, there is something in the back of my head that says 'but it might not be a girl, so why don't you focus on a boy's name…'. And then I'm back to the starting point again. Ugh!
It's also tricky when you already have children. You have to make sure the new name goes with the other names, that it flows when you say all the names together, and that it isn't completely in a league of its own (not easy when you already have three kids and you've already used up your favourites).
I did pick up a copy of Baby Names Now after reading the review on A Cup of Jo a few weeks ago, and I do find it to be quite helpful. I like how frank the authors are about the names, reminding you of the possible bad nicknames or suggesting good alternatives to the more common names. Hopefully it will inspire the perfect name! I'm waiting for it.
xx Courtney
p.s. If you have name suggestions, please share!
p.p.s. Maybe we should create a book with all the baby names we all liked but didn't end up using! I have so many great ones from previous pregnancies and a whole long list of names for this baby that we won't end up using. It would be fun to hear everyone else's un-used baby names! There must be so many good ones. xx
The pregnancy 'club'
Being in the final stages of pregnancy, walking around with a nice plump bump, I'm reminded of that wonderful, sweet secret of pregnancy: there is some sort of unspoken yet certainly acknowledged 'club' that pregnant women belong to. Other pregnant women will always acknowledge you, even if it's just in their eyes, and you feel this comfort in knowing that someone else understands what you're going through. It's a special bond you can have with a complete stranger, someone you have never even seen before…and there's something so wonderfully supportive about it.
What I also love is that everyone, strangers even!, become so much more friendly. There seems to be different rules of engagement whenever pregnant women are involved. You suddenly become so much more approachable. People will smile and ask you how much longer you have to go. Are you having a boy or a girl? How are you feeling? etc. It's so nice! I really wish it were always like this.
And, as I remember from previous babies, the funny thing about it is that… boom! the minute your baby is born, you are no longer a part of this 'club'. Pregnant women will no longer send you that little knowing, comforting look, and you suddenly feel like you've lost a whole support system, just because you no longer have a baby bump. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? I remember very specifically after my first pregnancy, trying to give a pregnant mom 'the look' and she just looked up and looked down, and there was nothing in her eyes that showed we shared anything in common. Isn't that so interesting? I quickly learned that if I wanted any sort of supportive 'I know what you're going through' looks, I should specifically look for other new mothers.
Please share your experiences. Do you know what I'm talking about, or have I just imagined it all? I would love to hear.
xx Courtney
Mom…. you are embarrassing me!!!!
A few weeks ago, Esther and I and our oldest girls were in the South of France visiting a local market. At one of the market stands, some great, cheesy Euro 80's pop music was blaring out of a little stereo. Of course, we launched straight into some rather impressive dance moves (if I may say so myself). The interesting thing was the children's reaction: Violette, who is 4, joined us with great enthusiasm. Meanwhile Sara and Coco, 7 and 6, started cringing with embarrassment. And just like that, without realising it, Esther and I have moved into a new dimension of motherhood: we are now potentially embarrassing mothers. Up to now we could do no wrong; now we have become a occupational hazards.
I still remember this feeling of embarrassment vividly. I was embarrassed by my father's favourite overcoat, by my mother's French accent, and by numerous other ridiculous things. I also remember my parents noticing that I was embarrassed and being amused by this, which, at the time, I found very, very unfair. I never took into account that this would come full circle and I would become the object of embarrassment myself. And once the ball has started rolling, there is no turning back; it is now a slippery slope all the way toward the teenage years.
The hilarious thing is that I am reacting just as my parents did, as it is quite amusing seeing Coco cringe at my actions. It is certainly not going to stop me from playing air guitar in public whenever the opportunity arrises!
– Emilie
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He expects the company to grow 40 per cent annually in the near future.
The CEO of the hospital chain says he is looking at acquiring mid-large size hospitals.
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The chief of new realty PE firm Nisus says REITs have been mistimed.
Acquired by Sanofi, WHO had previously delisted its flagship product but approved it again this year.
Effective today, the co-founders are no longer associated with management of the IT giant.
The venture debt firm will invest Rs 5-15 crore in a portfolio firm.
The new plant coming up in Mysore will have a production capacity of 7.5 million bottles a month.
MakeMyTrip's strategy is different from Info Edge, which has gone beyond its verticals in external investments.
He says PE firms need to make a longer term bet to reap rewards from low-cost housing.
Tiger says investors like BPO sector as it's an underpenetrated large market and offers long-term growth.
The firm is projecting sales of around Rs 2,600 crore this fiscal.
Piramal Fund is signing cheques worth Rs 600-800 crore a month.
Khan is positioning Orios as an entrepreneur-friendly fund which will not take more than 30 days to write the cheque from the day it meets an entrepreneur.
TA Associates-backed Fractal competes with Mu Sigma, among others.
The firm's focus is on expanding geographically and getting further into specialties, he says.
The chief of the clean energy firm says that the twin PE funding this year would be enough to take the firm to a mature stage.
The chief of the med-tech firm says the market has not grown as expected but will expand exponentially over the next five years.
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Target reported a 2.1% same-store sales increase for the month of June that was toward the low end of the company's expectations.
The Food and Drug Administration is asking companies to stop manufacturing and distributing unapproved drugs containing the painkiller oxycodone, the agency said Thursday.
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M.I.A. Solidifies Madonna, Nicki Minaj Collaboration
In a somewhat incomprehensible tweet, Sri Lankan spitter M.I.A. confirmed a collaboration with Nicki Minaj and the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna.
In a somewhat incomprehensible tweet, Sri Lankan spitter M.I.A. confirmed a collaboration with Nicki Minaj and the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna.
Oh Twitter. You unite as much as you divide. The latest divas to engage in a war of the words confined to 140 characters are Nicki Minaj and Cher. To be fair, it wasn't exactly Minaj and Cher directly exchanging words or verbal barbs. It was Minaj's Barbs — her pet name for her fans — who started spouting off to Cher. It had the makings of a mini feud, but the drama between these wig lovers seems to have died down with relative quickness.
The pink ladies rule this awards season! Idolator reports that Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj are slated to present at 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night.'
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Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin both tweeted the new promo shot for their MAC Viva Glam campaign, which donates proceeds to the MAC AIDS fund. MAC is known for catering to all races, sexes and creeds and what better pairing than Minaj and Martin to take the reigns to promote the line, the cause and the aesthetic?
Nicki Minaj and Willow joined forces to shoot the video for 'Fireball' in Los Angeles over the weekend. This is the 'Whip My Hair' singer's latest single from her upcoming still-untitled debut LP. Minaj stayed true to her 'Pink Friday' motif with her teddy bear-adorned skirt and pink-colored hair, while Willow was dressed in a black-and-gold outfit with boots.
With all her recent success, it's hard to imagine energetic hip-hop star Nicki Minaj ever having a bad day. But in the years before she made it big, the quirky singer often was so down on herself that she even once contemplated suicide.
Willow's back for her next attempt at achieving 'Whip My Hair'-level success, but this time she's brought along hip-hop princess Nicki Minaj to up her game.
Both stars trade rap verses on the recently released 'Fireball,' where the 10-year-old multimedia magnate kicks things off by asking "Um, hello? Can we get this party started?"
Move over Nicki, this girl is gunning for you! We've seen Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez rap a little Super Bass, but this girl has the moves to go along with it. So cute.
We all know that Taylor Swift is a huge Nicki Minaj fan. Well she brought Nicki out with her on stage at her 'Speak Now' concert in L.A over the weekend, I'll leave it up to you on how she did in her solo performance from earlier in the year and her duet on stage from over the weekend, both videos are after the jump.
Pop princess Selena Gomez apparently has some rap skills. Gomez surprised fans at a show earlier this summer by randomly busting out part of Nicki Minaj's hit 'Super Bass.' Fans apparently loved the cover - what do you think?
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If you're a Nicki Minaj fan and can't wait another minute longer to see her new 'Fly' video, then you're in luck. The rapper will release a sneak peek on Aug. 28 during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show.
Rihanna will also appear in the video, since she lends her vocal skills to the track. Minaj had the privilege of working with director Sanaa Hamri, who has also worked with Christina Aguilera, Greyson Chance and Jay-Z.
During an energetic performance on Friday's 'Good Morning America,' colorful rap and R&B star Nicki Minaj revealed a little too much to her fans — and to the cameras — when she bounced out of her tiny top, giving audiences a very good morning indeed.


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What makes for a good life? I've been asking people that recently, and I've been surprised by some of the answers. The most unexpected came from an 87-year-old lapsed Catholic, who said: "I think a good life is one where you find out who you really are. We are all so different. "
November 17, 2014
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November 10, 2014
Among the many masterful moments in J. F. Powers's 1962 novel Morte D'Urban is a Sunday afternoon party where the protagonist, Father Urban, tries to interrupt an argument between two businessmen about the parable of the unjust steward (Lk 16:1-13). Father Urban steps in: "I'll grant it's a difficult text, but rightly understood...." But he has nowhere to go from there. In fact, he himself finds Jesus' teaching rather hard to stomach.
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Like many people, I hear the words of Pope Francis as an invitation to query what new things the Holy Spirit is doing today. There must be a million ways to structure this inquiry, a million lenses. I'm not choosing the most common lens—what Francis might mean for the institutional church—but rather what he might mean for a personal call to holiness. Like many people, I am a middle-class North American spouse and parent, in a country with a troubling amount of fragmentation and want. My...
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As many as 300,000 people marched in New York on Sept. 21 to call for the United Nations to take action on climate change—four times the number that organizers predicted. In the interfaith bloc, behind a wooden ark on wheels and a giant inflatable mosque, I marched and sang with nuns and seminarians, friends and strangers, sharing our love for the planet we all have in common.
October 13, 2014
Its new war on the Islamic State puts the United States in the middle of the multiplying fault lines in the Middle East. Polls show that most Americans support it but doubt it will be any more successful than our previous war in Iraq, which bred instability and the Sunni jihadists overrunning Syria and Iraq whom we are now seeking to destroy. I turned to an array of Mideast scholars and experts to learn more about the mission the United States has set itself...
October 6, 2014
Some people believe that Jesuits can be characterized as follows: We all have doctorates; we all know the pope personally; and we all travel to Rome frequently. But, like many Jesuits, I do not have a Ph.D.; I've never met the pope; and the last time I was in Rome was decades ago—in 1994, on my way home from a two-year stay in Kenya.
September 22, 2014
'The faith is Europe," Hilaire Belloc claimed a century ago, "and Europe is the faith." To say the same today might provoke laughter or confusion. When we think of Europe, is the first thing that comes to mind Christianity?
Now, quick—say the first word that pops into your head when you read the word after the colon: Africa.
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There is still no consensus in the United States about whether caring for children is a worthy expenditure of women's time. In surveys and in their concrete choices, women express and demonstrate strong interests in caring for children. At the same time, the federal government and influential interest groups insist, in the context of their three-year-old campaign in favor of the Health and Human Services' "contraceptive mandate," that the power to avoid...
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr whose feast day is November 25th. She is the patroness of philosophers and preachers. St. Catherine is believed to have been born in ... continue reading
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The name Gabriel means "man of God," or "God has shown himself mighty." It appears first in the prophesies of Daniel in the Old Testament. The angel announced to Daniel the prophecy of the seventy weeks. His name also occurs in the apocryphal book of Henoch. He was the ... continue reading
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UofL Law Review Announces 2008-09 MembersPosted June 3rd, 2008 by Anonymous
The University of Louisville Law Review has selected members for 2008-09. There were nearly fifty very talented applicants, and the selection process was extremely difficult. Thank you to everyone who applied, and congratulations to the new members of Volume 47:
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Summer Classes--Last Day to Drop with 100% Tuition ReductionPosted May 14th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Journal of Law and Education extends deadline to April 25Posted April 24th, 2008 by Anonymous
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The application packet simply contains a personal information sheet and a small sample case for which you will write an abstract. Applications are due on Friday, April 25. If you have any questions, contact Kevin J. Graves at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you and good luck.
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James Boskey ADR Writing CompetitionPosted April 15th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Different rules between English teachers and Arabic teachers made kids very confusing, Arabic teachers and assistant teachers had favoritism on kids, even principal did not give fair treatment on the kids, example : 2 kids were playing on lesson time at their desk while principal was observing in the classroom and he did not talk with both kids, he chose one kid to give a lecture instead of both kids. Terrible management, disorganized and teachers are not getting along each other instead of helping each other or team work. Teachers were criticizing each other, so sad to see that. Now I hired the Arabic teacher at home to teach my kids and put them in public school, they were very happy and they could tell the different between medina and public school because they got to go to advanced class in public school which Medina did not have that option. Arabic teachers, Assistant teachers made kids to become low self esteemed and I am so glad that my children were out of this school and I saved money and not wasted at this school.
at the very least this school teaches Islamic studies along with the regular subjects. School staff is disorganized. No active communication b/w parents and teachers
Medina Academy is one of the best schools I have ever experienced for my child. My daughter is going there and I wish they had enough room to accommodate my son as well. May Allah give all of the staff at MA more strength and patience to succeed further in serving the Muslim kids.
This so called Islamic school kicked out my child because he is mildly autistic. They also allowed parents to ridicule a child with undiagnosed aspergers. My son was denied an Islamic education, and lost his friends (and friends are hard to come by for those on the spectrum). I offered to pay for an aide, work for them for free, or to "school him myself" in the hallway with a desk so that he could remain in the Islamic school and play with his friends at recess. They also denied him this. My son today prays every prayer, urges me to be kind, helps others, and has memorized several Suras IN SPITE of being deemed unworthy of an Islamic education. The children in the school also lost the opportunity to learn about differences, develop compassion, and understand that Allah/God created us all, even those people deem "not perfect". I pray that the school has changed. My son will live with the scars from Medina for the rest of his life.
What a blessing this school is dedicated teachers sound morals it is a gift from God 3 kids attending ( 1st began in 2003)
Great school and WONDERFUL staff. My sn loves waking up and seeing ALL the staff at Medina. He is excited everyday to school. I did the best decision and enrolling him in Medina preschool. He has memorized Quran surah's, dua'as, and songs thst I couldn't teach him. Totally recmmend Medina!
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My daughter has gone to Medina Academy for three years PreSchool,Pre-K and Kindergarten. The academic level of this school has proven to be excellent so far. The WASL scores on the website www.medinaacademy.org give an idea about the academic standing of the students. In most areas they exceed state standards. Kids get to learn Arabic and class rooms are multicultural. Most parents who pull their kids out opt for free public schools since it can get expensive when there are more than 2 kids attending private school.
Fantastic school. My son loves going to Medina academy, he looks forward to it each and everyday. The teachers are wonderful, caring and attentive. They develop really strong relationship with the children and makes such a big difference. The Islamic and Arabic knowledge is heart warming, the school is doing exactly what it says it will and more. I wish it went beyond the 6th grade though, or else, I would've kept my son enrolled till he graduated from high school
My daughter went to medina academy last year and we're very impressed. She learned sooo much in a short time. The teachers are great and the environment is wonderfully Islamic. May allah continue your success.
My son was in a private preshool and was playing all the time, when he moved to MA he can write,read,and even do homework without any help. I'm so proud of him.
Our experience at Medina Academy has been very positive. Against all the odds the school is growing and severing the needs of our community. My daughter is doing very well and I will definitely enroll my other Kids to Medina Academy. Keep up the good work Medina Academy. MRA
Very nice environment. Caring staff. Solid curriculum. My son went to Medina Academy for several years prior to going to public schools. Medina Academy prepared him very well for Junior High academically, socially and emotionally.
This was a Muslim based private school on the Eastside of Washington State. Their is about 70 kids in the K-6 part of the school. What I noticed is enrolled children came MAINLY because of the religion basis but many were disappointed in the lack of organization, application to Islam in their daily lessons and the lack of response to families concerns as time went on.... When comparing this school to other schools both public and private in the sorrounding area many families moved on last year~
There is a lack of organization in everything. There are no innovation in class methods, there is lack of physical spaces, the children materials are a mess.
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