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About me - Danielle Friedl

I am a full time mom to three wonderful little girls and am celebrating ten years of marriage to my husband, Jim. We tend to move around a lot and writing is my way of staying grounded.

This year I took on the role of Girl Scout Leader to my oldest daughter's

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Hobbies & Games > Board Games How to win at Monopoly
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Ah, Monopoly. That luck-based game that goes on for hours and hours with seemingly no end in sight. In our house if you go for no holds barred, ruthless domination the game can take about 45 minutes. If you have to 'play nice' it can take forever. A lot of players have house rules that make the game more 'fair' but it's also ... More..

Hobbies & Games > Board Games Monopoly: House rules and variations
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It wasn't until I received the latest version of Monopoly with the nifty electronic device that counted your money for you that I read the directions for this game. I have been playing it since I was 8 and just followed the rules that were told to me by aunts and uncles. They probably hadn't read the rules either, or at least... More..

Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys Great Lego sets for your tween boy
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Legos began in the 1930s as wooden blocks, and then becoming the plastic blocks we have all come to know and love in the 1940s. With a variety of sizes and styles there is no person too young or too old to play with them. The only difficulty in finding a Lego set for your tween boy is deciding which one set to choose. There's... More..

Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys How building blocks can help develop your child's motor skills
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Motor skills come in two varieties - gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are the big movements - learning to roll over, sit up, crawling, etc. Fine motor skills are the ones that require the use of very precise movements to do things like transfer things from hand to hand, and pave the road to colorin... More..

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