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Spring cleaning? 5 tips for managing toys

Toys are not fun when they’re all over the house. If you’re stepping on green army men, threatening to sell wayward dolls on eBay and are using items like daddy’s lighter as a body doubles for game pieces, the toys have taken over.

Your children’s toys aren’t evil, they’re just a little misguided.

Here are five ways to manage toys in your home so that they feed your children’s imaginations and not your trash cans.

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Should We Have A Fourth Child?

The answer is, yes. We knew the time had arrived when every billboard between home and southern Illinois flashed the word “pregnancy” or “baby” at us, only to morph into Philosophy or Body Shop upon closer inspection. Baby number four has been on our radar for the last six months. We’ve turned the question over [...]

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