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June 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

A Kid-Friendly Kitchen Cabinet

PROBLEM:

  1. My kids were too short.
  2. My kitchen cabinets were too tall.
  3. And I was too lazy got tired of getting the dishes down for my kids all the time.

SOLUTION:

When I happened upon this two-door cabinet for $15 at a garage sale, I snatched it up and moved it into the kitchen.

Then I filled it with kid-safe plates, bowls, glasses, utensils, crackers, snack items, peanut butter, syrup, honey, and breakfast cereal.

Now the kids don't have to bug me politely ask me to get the dishes down from the kitchen cabinets for them. Everything they need is now completely accessible to them—and we're talking both for getting the dishes out and putting clean dishes away!

For more kitchen tips, visit Tammy's Recipes.

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We're sitting here watching Nashville Star. Actually the rest of the family is—I'm blogging. Jaden, my 10 year old, was commenting on the singers he liked and the ones he didn't particularly care for.

And then he made this comment about one of the earlier female singers he didn't like at all, explaining exactly why he didn't like her:

"All she did was come out and shake her bootie and her boobs!"

And we laughed and laughed and laughed.

And his face proceeded to turn a very bright shade of red.

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