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About me - Hope Vulnadia

I am a stay at home mum of a 13 year old boy and GBB triplets!

I have worked Renaissance Festivals both as a member of performance company and as upper management for a performance company.

Currently, I am resurrecting a local community theater and am heavily

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face The challenges of going out with young children: 2 of 9
There are many challenges and obstacles that a Mommy must overcome when attempting an outing with their young children. For mothers with multiples, the challenges and obstacles seem to multiply and are often times never ending! If I want to go somewhere, I know from past experience that I must plan to do so. This does not me... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Babies (Other) Giving birth to and coping with premature multiples: 1 of 4
Giving birth is not easy for any lady after spending nearly an entire year being pregnant. Giving birth to higher order multiples, however, is an entirely different story. From that first revealing ultra-sound where the Mum discovers that she is carrying not one but possible two, three, or even more babies, a lady knows that... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Celebrity gossip: Has the media gone too far?: 6 of 21
Has anyone stopped to wonder why we constantly hear reports of celebrities doing mundane everyday things trumped up to sound like outrageous behavior and called NEWS? Heck, it seems like it was just yesterday that the big news story was Angelina Jolie splitting her britches at a movie premiere. To make matters even WORSE, wh... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Baby Developmental Stages How do you convert a one year old from his bottle to a sippy cup?: 3 of 10
"It's time to get rid of that bottle!" That is the one phrase that parents dread hearing from their pediatrician's. Yet, with each child, comes the time when we must teach them to drink from a cup instead of the trusty bottle that they have been clinging to since birth. In my experience, it is easiest to start a child on a s... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Babies (Other) Tips for traveling with babies: 4 of 12
When my triplets were five months old, it became necessary for me to take a trip to New Orleans to visit my grandfather for the last time. We were still on an eat-every-four-hours schedule, so I basically figured out where along my route I would be at feeding time, if I fed each baby just before pulling out of the driveway. ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Toddlers How to keep your toddler from climbing the Christmas tree: 1 of 3
There is a very simple and easy way to prevent your toddler, or in my case, toddler's, from climbing the family Christmas tree. It's very easy. That very same play-yard that is designed to contain your child as an active baby has more than just the obvious use! First off, we took an antique steamer trunk that has been in the... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Your reactions to the trend of foreign child adoption among celebrities: 12 of 27
I personally am of the opinion that the decision to adopt a child and where to adopt that child from, is a very personal choice. As to the folly surrounding Angelina Jolie's adoption habits, I just do not see a problem. She can handle it, she can afford it and any complication that she may run into or the child may come with... More..
Education > Reading & Writing Skills Cursive writing: Why isn't it being used in our schools?: 5 of 7
Our school systems are suffering from a cursive catastrophe! Over the past few years, I have noticed something that I find rather alarming occurring in our local school system. The problem appears to be more widespread than I had originally thought, too, as I have found reference to it in several other Mommy sites that I fre... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Tips for buying Star Wars collectibles: 3 of 4
There are a lot of options out there for those of you with a Star Wars lover on your Christmas list. My personal favorite to date is the Darth Vader snow-globe. Yes, you read that correctly, Ladies and Gentlemen, there is actually a Star Wars snow-globe. It is available at Target in the Christmas department. The globe base i... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Life after baby: 18 of 23
I thought that I had found structure and balance and what-not within my life. After all, I had been working a very nice job for the past six years. It's hours and my work schedule had allowed me to work for several renaissance festivals on my weekends for six months out of the year for years. I even still had the time for my... More..