Monthly Archives: January 2010
Posted at 6:08 am on January 14, 2010 by Catherine
Haiti Earthquake Relief
Calling all Moms! Mandie and Amy at Just We Moms are trying to motivate moms to give any dollar amount toward Haiti Earthquake Relief. They’ve chosen Samaritan’s Purse as the charity to give funds to. Samaritan’s…
Posted at 7:08 am on January 13, 2010 by Bethi
Okay, if you live anywhere near Chicago, IL you must try this restaurant. It is called India Palace. You can check out their website: HERE (although their site is a bit primitive, it is a great way to check…
Posted at 6:28 am on January 12, 2010 by Catherine
As I sat down tonight to post about the top 9 books I read in 2009, I logged into GoodReads and was dismayed to discover that I read just over 20. With that size of a pool almost half of…
Posted at 6:46 am on January 11, 2010 by Farrah
I might be mistaken, but I am pretty sure that one of the reasons my hubby fell in love with me so many years ago was that I knew just as much about football as he did. I had my…
Posted at 5:45 am on January 8, 2010 by Farrah
My boys love to play pretend, especially the 3yr. old. We are constantly acting out different stories and plays from his mind or pretending to be an entire zoo full of animals. Yesterday, we reenacted the entire story of
Posted at 5:58 am on January 7, 2010 by Farrah
Since this is the first full week of the new year, I wanted to refresh our memory about some of the amazing posts we have had on DupageMamas in the past few months. Starting this blog for our community of…
Posted at 6:34 am on January 6, 2010 by Catherine
Did you know that officially Christmas is not a one day event, but a 12 day event? That’s right – hence the song 12 Days of Christmas. That means today is the first day that is NOT Christmas, which means…
Posted at 6:31 am on January 5, 2010 by Catherine
I survived 10 hours, 3 airports, and 2 planes worth of traveling alone with my two boys yesterday, by the skin of my teeth. Although I was alone, because I was alone, I couldn’t have done it on…
Posted at 12:25 am on January 4, 2010 by Farrah
Everyone I know is pregnant. Really. OK, not really. But it feels that way. Between my real life friends and my bloggy friends and my facebook friends, I know at least 20 preggos right now. Maybe the lackluster economy is…
Posted at 7:08 am on January 1, 2010 by Farrah
All parents know the “joy” of taking toys out of the ridiculous amount of packaging these days. Is it really necessary to use all those twistie ties and industrial strength tape? Well, my littlest guy must have got a bit…