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" What&amp;#039;s the best part of your day?  Taking the kids [Stella, 8, and Nolan, 6] to school and getting them settled. My mom died when I was 4, so for me it&amp;#039;s the little things that my mom couldn&amp;#039;t do with me. What are three ways you&amp;#039;d describe yourself as a mom? &amp;quot;Easygoing,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;happy,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;a good listener.&amp;quot; I really try to pay attention. Is there a parenting rule you never break? They have to brush their teeth every night. They&amp;#039;re supposed to floss, which is such a pain, but we do try.  How about one you always break? Lots! Sometimes I let them watch cartoons in my bed while eating a bowl of cereal.  How would you describe your kids? Mischievous. My dad grew up as a real trickster, and I passed that on to my kids. They like to think of tricks to play. Once my son put an ice cube under my pillow. What are you reading?  I read the New Yorker, which is like a book a week with the best writers.  What are you reading to your kids right now? We read Diary of a Worm and Shel Silverstein books a lot. We started James and the Giant Peach, but Stella got scared, so we had to put it away.  A favorite family ritual? We don&amp;#039;t work on the weekends \u2014 that&amp;#039;s family time. What&amp;#039;s the one beauty product you can&amp;#039;t live without? Moroccan oil for my hair. I put it in while my hair is wet; it&amp;#039;s so shiny after I blow it dry. How do you take a time-out for yourself?  I go running every day, which makes me feel good.  What&amp;#039;s your ideal date night?  Dinner and a movie with my husband [artist Fritz Chesnut]. And there&amp;#039;s nothing better than staying in and relaxing once the kids go to bed.  Any deal-breakers for your girlfriends?  I don&amp;#039;t like flaky or neglectful people. If I feel like I&amp;#039;m chasing someone, then they&amp;#039;re out.  Your biggest guilty pleasure? Dipping french fries in mayonnaise, and Real Housewives. What are the key values you want to pass on to your kids? To be silly and wild. When they&amp;#039;re older, it&amp;#039;ll be much more serious. But now I want them to have fun \u2014 make mud pies, get dirty, ride bikes. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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