1. They start begging for love like you are some kind of love miser.

All day long you give ‘em smooches and snuggles and they wipe off the kisses and push you away, but as soon as it’s time to go to sleep they start begging for love.

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As a proud public school mom of two elementary school children, I am excited to be partnering with Revolution Foods on this sponsored post to share with you how they are making school lunches healthier for kids in San Francisco and nationwide.

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Thank you to Comcast for inviting my daughter and me to the 16th annual Comcast Cares Day on April 22 at Sutro Elementary School in San Francisco and for sponsoring this post. 

It takes a lot to get me up early on a weekend morning because I adore sleep. Sleep makes me deliriously happy and yet, this past Saturday I got up at the crack of my pompis.

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David Brinkley of Yukon, Okla. overheard his wife, Alora, having a conversation with a friend about co-sleeping. Alora’s friend expressed surprise that Brinkley is OK with Alora co-sleeping with their children because apparently the friend’s husband would not be OK with it.

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I don’t know about you, but I spent a lot of time playing outdoors when I was a kid and I mean year-round, not just during summer breaks.

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I’m not just one kind of mom: I’m a good mom, I’m a great mom, I’m a so-so mom and sometimes I’m a sh*tty mom.

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Kohl’s and Latina Bloggers Connect. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Eddie the Eagle through their partnership with POPSUGAR. While I was compensated by POPSUGAR to write a post about Eddie the Eagle all opinions are my own.

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Any parent who has ever been stuck indoors with kids due to rain, illness or you name it knows that it’s important to keep activities on hand that are non-electronic and help children build their imagination and grow through play.

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Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Philips Sonicare through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about Philips Sonicare for Kids, all opinions are my own.

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DISCLAIMER: This is part of a sponsored collaboration with Minute Maid and DiMe Media. All opinions are my own.

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I’m not gonna lie, when I found out that San Francisco was rated the top trick or treating city in the nation for the fifth year in a row by the data crunchers over at Zillow I was more than a little shocked.

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I have  been compensated for this shop by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine. #MARVELSnackBar #CollectiveBias

My daughter has a thing for MARVEL superheroes in general, but Spider-Man is definitely her favorite.

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I live in a world full of curls. Gloriously gorgeous curls. Curls that swirl and twirl; curls that bounce and flounce; curls that get tangled and must be untangled.

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This is part of a sponsored collaboration with Minute Maid and DiMe Media—all opinions are my own.

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I can’t front and say I’ve ever lived the #ThugLife because I haven’t, but I will tell you that I am currently living the #MomLife and crazy as it sounds these two have something in common.

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Some mothers have eyes in the back of their heads, I have ears everywhere. By that I mean that I have this incredible ability to overhear conversations in my home that aren’t meant for my ears.

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Please know that the day I became a dirty stinkin’ sticker thief I had no intention of stealing anything much less stealing from my very own flesh and blood, from my youngest daughter.

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Before I started breeding, I thought that parents who kissed their kids on the lips were some kind of gross and clearly had no boundaries because ICK!

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