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Contents 8
Powder Around Town
9
Say What
Cover Kids25
How Do You Do It?
How to carry on.
26 Fancy Pants
What is Love...
Cozy Winter Fashions
32 hOMie
Plank Pose
35 Pen Names
Jaelyn
Age: 8 There are 2 kinds, where you love a boyfriend or if you love your children..if you love that they’re nice. That’s what love is!
10 Hockey Sisters
Meet Anna and Sara.
14 Peeps
Sheri Sander-Silva
15 Paws
Winter Pet Care
16 No More
Mr. Lice Guy Air Fairies
18 Dollars and Sense
Control your holiday spending & How to control the costs of winter.
20 Be Healthy
Tips and tricks to help avoid winter illnesses.
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Peaches Comes Home
36 Nosh
Brynn,9 Cecillia,9 Photography by: Rhonda Milbrett Photography
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40 The Children’s Museum
46 Flicks
Snow Day Movies
47 Powder’s Pages 54 Be Crafty
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Winter 2015 • VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 PUBLISHER John Elchert EDITOR/Artistic Director Jordan Greer
Hello!
It is bittersweet for me to be writing this column. While I am so excited about this month’s Kid-Oh, it is also sad because when this issue comes out, it will be without our Ad Director, Ginny Bergerson. Ginny has been my partner in crime for everything Kid-Oh for the last year; from creating a new magazine from scratch, to photo shoots, to Kraftin’ in the Park (so many pipe cleaners!) She is leaving The Free Press to pursue other avenues and while I am so excited for what she is going to do next, there will definitely be a lot less sparkle around the office now. It is sad to see someone go. That is the theme of the How Do You Do It page this issue, which I wrote. I believe that teaching our kids to accept loss, embrace it and carry on is one of the most important lessons we can bestow upon them. So, forgive me if it is teetering on the sentimental, it’s been that kind of month. I hope you enjoy everything we are bringing to you this month; the fashion section is A-DORABLE (a big thanks for Rhonda Milbrett for capturing some amazing shots of some of our local Kid-Ohs), we have super fun winter coloring pages drawn by local artists (and parents!) and a story about some local girls that are fast on their skates and are aiming for college hockey! Big things are coming for Kid-Oh in the New Year! Thank you for being such a supportive community, we can’t wait to see what 2016 brings!
CONTRIBUTORS Pet Expo/The Paw Minnesota Valley Federal Credit Union Mankato Clinic, Children’s Health Center Sophie Gatchell The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota Once Upon A Child Tessa Downs Jon Larson Damien Friesz PHOTOGRAPHER Rhonda Milbrett Photography Jason Miller PAGE DESIGNER Christina Sankey ADVERTISING MANAGER Ginny Bergerson ADVERTISING Sales Jordan Greer Marianne Carlson Josh Zimmerman Danny Creel Paige Hoehn Deb Petterson Jen Wanderscheid Theresa Haefner Matt Houselog ADVERTISING ASSISTANT Barb Wass ADVERTISING DESIGNERS Christina Sankey Sue Hammar CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Denise Zernechel
Jordan Greer
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Powder Around Town
Color and cut out Powder and take him with you! Take a picture and show us where you go, what you’re doing and how you have fun! Post your pics to our Facebook page, we want to see where Powder goes!
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We asked some Kid-Oh’s
What Is Love...
Say What Breckyn
Age: 4 Love is when you hug and kiss your toy donkey.
Mackenzie Age: 7
Macey
To fall in love with someone.
Age: 9 Love is the feeling you get when you are somewhere special with your family or when someone in your family makes the biggest burp on a holiday.
Hayden
Age: 5 Love is my best friend Corrine, who moved away. I miss her so much.
Miles
Age: 12 Love is the feeling of liking someone a very large amount. Or a lot.
Noah Age: 9
Elise
Love for a person is when you care about them and take care of them. If it’s for a thing, you have a deep desire to have it.
Age: 10 Love is a feeling, when you like someone and when you feel like you want to spend the rest of your life with them.
Emma
Anna
Age: 8 Love is when bufferflies are in your tummy.
Age: 7 Showing you care and respect your family and friends. And if you love food, you like the taste of it.
Emmett Age: 4
I love you, Mama.
Arthur Age: 12
Love is a special force that combines between a male and female. It’s a special passion in the heart. Oh and F.Y.I. it’s never about looks it’s about the personality.
Jaxson
Age: 7 I think love is a feeling that you get when you’re by someone you love.
Flora
Age: 10 When you find someone you really like AKA your soul mate and you feel you will be with them forever. Winter 2015 | Kid-oh! • 9
HOCKEY SISTERS 0
By Joe Tougas Photos by Jason Miller
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bout 15 years ago Chuck and Amy met because they had one great thing in common — a love of playing and listening to music. They were college students at the time — he at Minnesota State University, Mankato and she at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Amy remembers attending a concert by the Minnesota State University Jazz band and wanting to meet the player who could hit so many high notes on the trumpet. That player was Chuck. They met, they made music together and they married. They had three children, all girls. Today Amy teaches band at Dakota Meadows and Chuck works at Mico in North Mankato. Their eldest daughter is a saxophone player at her high school, Mankato West. But what appeared to be a pattern of music, music, music took a turn about eight years ago when Sarah, now 13, came home from kindergarten with a flyer from the Mankato Area Hockey Association. It was an informational pamphlet on MAHA’s hockey program. Today, Chuck and Amy are getting ready for their umpteenth season of ice arenas on weekends as the result of not just one, but two daughters bit hard by the hockey bug. Both Sara and her younger sister Anna have been suiting up and hitting the ice for years. It still brings a look of confusion to Chuck’s face when he try to think of where and how that interest developed. “Hockey is not in our DNA at all,” he said. “We’re not typical hockey family. Mom and I are musicians. That’s what we do, you know?” Sarah has been playing hockey continually since kindergarten. She’s been on traveling teams with the Mankato Area Hockey Association, and now finds herself at the beginning of a brand new season on a brand new team — the Mankato West Girls Hockey team. Meanwhile, second-grader and 7-and-a-half year old Anna is practicing regularly with the Mites, the MAHA group for young players. Anna’s in her third year of getting the basics down, but she’s definitely game to follow in her older sister’s footsteps.
HOW HOCKEY HAPPENED
It was called “Chicks With Sticks,” a hockey program for girls. Dozens of girls younger than 12 were taking part in the program when Sarah, in kindergarten, announced she was interested. A quick review: Did she enjoy professional hockey? Not at the time. Did she know much about the game? No, not really. Did she know how to ice skate? No. “My first time on skates was on hockey skates. I’m kind of proud of that,” she
says. “I was really interested because it was just so different,” Sara recalls. “It wasn’t like running on normal ground or field stuff. It’s ice, and it’s so different.” Chuck remembers rush of head-scratching when Sarah announced she wanted to play ice hockey. “When she first brought that note home in the backpack and said ‘Mom, I want to play hockey.’ she might as well have said ‘Mom, I want to be an architect.” Chuck said. “Where in the world did this come from?” It didn’t matter — Chuck and Amy were happy to indulge Sarah on this recent interest. How long could it last, anyway? She didn’t even skate. Surely, a month or two and she’d find a new interest…. That was eight years ago. Eight years of ice arenas every weekend of hockey season not for just one daughter but now two. “When they were little we always tried to let them try things even if we didn’t know much about ‘em,” Amy said. “The YMCA had a lot of sampler things, training in gymnastics, soccer, basketball, whatever. And we just let them try those things and if something hooked on, we let them continue.” Like Anna today, Sarah spent her first couple of years learning the basics of the game and how to skate. She soon joined the MAHA traveling hockey team, and has been on a traveling team until this year when she made the unusual move away from the traveling team and onto the Mankato West varsity hockey team. While the varsity team will take on eighth and ninth-graders, it’s rare for seventh-graders to join the team. But the West girls’ hockey team is going to need a goalie — the girl they have now is a senior and will be moving on. This will allow Sarah to take on a vital position on the team — as an eighth grader. From the start and despite the pressure of the position, Sarah has enjoyed playing goaltender. “Instead of waiting one more year, she’s going to start skating with them now,” Amy said. “Even though she’s not going to see a lot of playing time, she’ll be with the team and getting the pace of that high school game. She’ll probably be moving into the starting position next year as an eighth grader.” Sarah remembers being drawn to the equipment that comes with the goalie position. “I sort of picked it I started out as a skater, and then I saw another kid who’s dad had a bunch of equipment, and I just wanted to try it out — he was on the ice being goalie. I said ‘I want to try that.’ I did one time, and of course the first time I took to the ice I fell on my face. So I got right back up and I tried (being goalie) the entire rest of the practice, and then it was great.” She knows full well the extreme highs and lows that Winter 2015 | Kid-oh! • 11
come with the goalie position — how it can put you in the role of literally saving the game, but also taking the blame. “She’s experienced both in her short career,” Chuck said. And while many assume it’s one of the more dangerous positions on the ice, her mom feels confident that the goalie’s protective equipment is good, and that there are other roles that are more dangerous on the rink. “I think it’s improved over the years, and I don’t feel that worried for her in that aspect,” Amy said. “Collisions worry me more. The skaters really fly around on the ice, and sometimes if they meet, that can really be a hazard. But, it’s a little less so at the goalie position.” Anna’s introduction to the sport was through her older sister, who appeared to be completely enjoying the sport. From that point on, it was just a matter of hoping the MAHA flyer made it into her school papers to bring home. “She was looking for it,” Amy said. “For us it was kind of lucky she brought it home. Not everything makes it home in those folders. It’s 50-50 sometime.” Like her sister, Anna jumped into the game on shaky ground. “Of course, I was not that good of a skater at first,” she said, noting that she’s now in her fourth year of the Mites. Her reason for wanting to play? Turns out it’s the same as her sister’s: Anna and Sarah both like the way it feels to be part of a larger team, while also working on getting better at the sport.
A HOCKEY LIESTYLE
During the season, Anna and Sarah’s devotion to hockey is an all-week affair. When at home, they shoot and pass together. They’re getting to be old pros at knee hockey. And as a result of joining the Mankato West team, Sarah found herself at the All Seasons Arena well ahead of the season in what’s called a surge camp — basically extra practice time to get in shape for the team. That was five sessions a week before the official start of the season 12 • Kid-oh! | Winter 2015
in late October. Anna practices with MAHA at least three days a week. Right now it’s all about developing skills more than competition, but soon she’ll be advancing and joining the MAHA traveling team. She knows she wants to keep playing in high school as well. “I will keep going,” she said. Just as she prepped before the season began, Sarah won’t put hockey behind her when the season (or school) ends.. She’s been involved in summer tournaments as part of the Minnesota Mavericks (not to be confused with the Minnesota State Mavericks), a non-profit spring and summer hockey program based out of Faribault. With a boys and girls division, it’s a youth hockey organization with a statewide reach, and three tournaments take place per Maverick season. These AAA tournaments bring her to the Twin Cities, where she’s met a lot of new friends. Like most kids interested in at least one sport, Sarah has found herself happily involved in others. Indeed, when hockey season is over she may consider signing up for another sport in Spring. She has, after all been involved on the softball team for two years. “I liked it, but it just wasn’t the same as hockey.” Asked what it is about hockey that’s so attractive — action, movement, speed — Sarah said yes to all. “It’s just crazy,” she said, sitting in a room at the All Seasons Arena a week before West hockey season began. “Like there’s so many different aspects of it that make it hockey. The team bonding, for one. You’re a whole different person on the ice, too. Like, you might be a really silly, goofy person like I am, but then on the ice, when it comes down to hockey — it’s hockey,” she smiled. “You gotta be serious about it.” Mom points out, too, that Sarah enjoys participating in open hockey sessions at ASA — pickup games where anyone can play, from kid to adult. Sarah was doing this as early as 9 years old. “Sometimes they’ll take it a little easier when they know it’s a younger goalie,” Amy said. “She’s proven to them that she can do it. So they’ll bring her some pretty hot shots.”
For Sarah, there’s no end in sight for her hockey ambitions. She will play in high school, after which she hopes to be involved in college on a Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) team. The WCHA includes women’s hockey teams from Minnesota State Mankato, The University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin. And the idea of going pro afterward seems as natural a move as any. “Since they just added the National Women’s Hockey League, I want to try to get to that. But of course go through college and be in WCHA teams and such. But that’s still a long ways.” “But it’s a goal,” her mom adds, “and it’s possible for girls to do now.” Since the state of Minnesota has not yet provided drivers licenses for 13 and 7-and-a-half year old hockey players, this has meant a lot of driving — among other expenses — for a couple who still has not yet completely figured out where the hockey gene came from. To that end, now that Sarah’s on the West team, a lot of game traveling will be by bus instead of mom and dad’s car, and there will be fewer games in a high school season than the 30 in a MAHA seaons. So the load is trimming down for a while. As Chuck looks back on the past several years, considers all the days, nights and expenses involved in keeping two daughters in the sport, he gives the impression that he’d actually be disappointed if it were to come to an end. “It’s a commitment and I think it’s a sacrifice,” Chuck said. “But looking back on it now, I don’t know what I’d do with my weekends. I really don’t know.”
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Peeps
Sheri Sander-Silva
Occupation
Associate Director, YWCA Mankato
How long have you lived in Mankato Since January of 2002 (almost 14 years.)
What is your favorite part of your job? I like so many things about my job. How can I choose just one? I have the opportunity to work with amazing girls, women and their families every day. My co-workers are truly some of the most driven, talented and supportive women that I know. I couldn’t imagine working with a better team. There are many facets to my position and I like the variety that each day brings. My absolute passion is working with youth so any chance I get to coach Girls on the Run or mentor for Girls Inc. - that is when I’m working within my sweet spot. The time flies by and I feel my spirit is lifted by the end. There is something magical about working within your groove. It doesn’t feel like work! Ultimately, I feel lucky to work for an organization that positively impacts so many women and girls in our community. I love that my work means something and makes a difference.
What is your favorite thing to do in Mankato for fun?
Anything outdoors! I like to run, hike with my dogs or bike. I’m also happiest when I’m on or near water.
What did you want to be when you grew up? If you would have asked me when I was four I would have said a football player, oddly enough. As soon as I entered school, I wanted to be a teacher.
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ello again friends! Winter is coming and with it a few hazardous conditions not only for us but for our pets as well. Today we are going to talk about a few safety tips that are going to go a long way in ensuring that our furry friends have a safe and happy winter. We will also give you some holiday advice to make sure your extended “fur family” remains happy and healthy. Watch your step! That sidewalk that has been your favorite chalk board all summer long could now be thick with ice and could cause an unpleasant fall while walking your dog. Using a “pet friendly” salt, or traction grit, not only minimizes the potential for falling but also means better paw care for our K-9 best friends. Make sure that any snow melt used says that it is pet safe, not only for your family but for anyone out walking this winter. Traction grit or gravel can actually be reused by simply sweeping it back over any ice that remains. Just remember that although grit helps us not slip as much it does not melt the ice and to always use caution. Another way to make sure our loving pets have a safe season is to get them some dog boots or coats. Now your doggy will walk a little funny at first with his or her new shoes on but he/she will get used to them and love you for protecting their feet from the cold snow. Not all dogs have long fur and they get very cold when it is time to go outside. A winter coat for your pet is just as important as it is for you. Keeping your friend safe and warm this time of year doesn’t have to be hard as long as you follow the guidelines we have listed in this magazine. Did you know that some of the foods we eat around the holidays are really bad for our pets? How about some of the pretty flowers and plants that decorate our houses, did you know they can be poisonous? Foods like chocolate and other candies may not only cause our pets
to have bathroom issues but can also cause other health problems. Even foods good for us, such as grapes and raisins, can be very bad for dogs and cats so make sure we don’t share our treats with our furry friends. Keep an eye on that bread dough if we are baking fresh buns or bread, if eaten it can expand in stomachs and poison our pets. No turkey or chicken bones, these along with some other bones can break apart and splinter causing them to be razor sharp in our dog’s belly. Have you heard anyone ever say; “curiosity killed the cat”? Well that might be because cats like to get into trouble and that could be very hazardous to our feline buddies. Holiday plants such as Lilies, Poinsettia, Mistletoe and Holly and even a favorite in most homes, the Holiday Tree. The typical holiday tree is a type of evergreen and is used not only to place gifts underneath but also used for wreaths and other decorations around the house. These plants as well as MANY more are listed as either moderately toxic or, in most cases, extremely toxic. Make sure that we keep all toxic plants either out of reach or use fake alternatives when it is time to decorate. Even if you use a fake tree be careful that the string of lights or ornaments do not get chewed on. You can find a few products in stores that can be sprayed on items that you want your pet to leave alone and we would suggest adding those to the holiday shopping list. Now hopefully these guidelines don’t make for a holiday season that takes away your holiday cheer, remember this time of year is about family enjoyment and that should extend to the safety and happiness of our pets. You can find more information on toxic foods and plants by checking out our website at www.petexpomankato.com Thank you for reading this and remember to be safe and happy this coming holiday season.
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NO MORE MR. LICE GUY A new business tackles an old problem — swiftly By Joe Tougas | Photos by Jason Miller
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hings are definitely quieter on the cooties front. Not so long ago, getting a case of head lice was a dark event, often involving a little panic, a standstill in family activity, a trip to the drug store and a certain amount of embarrassment, even shame. There were, after all, little bugs living on your head. And while nobody’s saying that catching these bugs has become less of a drag, Mankato has a small business going that makes getting rid of lice a bit easier, brighter and even, well, fun. It’s called Hair Fairies, and it’s operated by Wendy
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Betters, a Mankato mom who vividly recalls her panic and confusion when lice showed up in her daughter’s hair on a vacation. Betters and family were on a summer trip with about 10 others when the unwanted pests came and set up shop in her daughter’s hair. The two stayed behind while others vacationed on. “I was shocked. I do her hair everyday and didn’t see it,” Betters recalled. All of a sudden I saw it, and it was bad. We were in a 15 passenger van with my brother and his kids. A lot of close contact. It was the worst possible
situation.” She tried standard over-the-counter treatments. “The comb that came with the kit was shedding her hair like a razor. It was very frustrating.” Betters found a clinic in Hopkins called Lady Bugs. Lady Bugs was bright, fun, friendly and — most importantly — took care of the problem with one visit and a little after-care. Talk about ideal for a spooked mom and daughter. When the visit was done, Betters remembers saying to the technician: “You have the best job.” “What I meant was that people come in scared or even terrified about head lice, and they leave extremely happy that it’s gone.” Working at the time as a graphic artist and photographer in Mankato, Betters thought how the Mankato area could use a place like Lady Bugs. She looked into it and found that the country has several of these boutique-like sites where customers can make appointments for lice removal. Each is licensed by Lice Clinics of America and uses special equipment and lotions provided by the organization. In July, Hair Fairies began in Mankato.
How it works.
At Hair Fairies, clients take a seat in a bright, white room on a chair that’s pretty close to the same thing a barber or hair stylist would offer. Betters turns on a machine that operates much like a hair dryer but with a hose and comb attachment. The comb is slowly moved along in patterns across the scalp, the hot air taking care of the most important task: killing lice eggs. “It’s dehydration. Basically they need humidity, the eggs, to incubate,” Betters said. “It’s essentially a hairdryer.” This kills 99 percent of the tiny lice eggs and about 80 percent of the live bugs. As for the remaining 20 percent of live bugs — they can move, but they can’t hide. For 30 minutes after the dehydration, Betters combs in a special oil that kills the remaining bugs. “At that point the eggs are all dead, but we’ll pull out bugs during the combing. And then we’ll apply a little more oil, tie up their hair and they shampoo that out when they get home.” “When they leave they’re totally done. Lice-free.” This all takes place in a bright room with a movie available on a nice flatscreen TV, if the client so chooses. There’s a waiting room with games for the family members to enjoy. It’s a no-panic environment for a situation that can still cause worry among families. Granted, at $185 the full-service treatment that Hair Fairies offers can be a little spendy, but Betters provides several cost-saving options that can fit most budgets. Options include a shorter process at $125, or do-ityourself kits at $40. Finally, there’s the oil available at $14.95. The reactions she gets from kids varies — some are hesitant but most are curious. And if anybody wants to see what these things look like, she has a camera and laptop screen ready. It isn’t pretty — but it’s popular, Betters said. “It’s like improv science camp.”
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Dollars & Sense
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Written by Minnesota Valley Federal Credit Union
Control Your Holiday Spending
he holidays are quickly approaching and that means shopping, shopping and more shopping! Here are a few tips to help you get through the holidays without breaking your piggy bank: • Use a Budget. The best way to experience joy during and after the holiday season is to spend only what you can afford. We don’t recommend putting everything you buy on a credit card, because if you pay interest on those purchases you will end up paying for it later. Make a list of all of the things you plan to buy throughout the holidays, such as trips to visit relatives, gifts, etc. Then, develop a spending plan for these items and stay within your budget. • Avoid Impulse Buying. Determine what you want to buy for each person and then stick to your plan. Avoid late night online shopping, because that is the ideal time for impulse shopping. • Be Thrifty. Take some time to comparison shop whether online or in person. Do your homework and make sure you’re getting the best deal for what you’re purchasing. This is especially important when looking at costs associated with traveling over the holidays.
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• Debit Cards Before Credit Cards, But Make Sure You Swipe. Not only do you want to make sure you use your debit card more than your credit card, you also want to make sure you get all of the protection you need from fraud or theft. In most instances, using your debit card as you would a credit card – swiping the card instead of using your PIN - gives you the same legal protections as your credit card should something happen. • Start Saving Early. The best way to control Holiday spending is to start saving early. Many financial institutions offer a Holiday Savings account that allows you to save throughout the year and earn a higher interest rate on your deposits. If you start saving $10 per week in January you’ll have over $400 in early November 2016. If you’re in need of a little extra cash for the holiday talk to your local financial institution about a seasonal loan. Then plan ahead for the 2016 Holidays by starting early.
How to Control the Costs of Winter “Chill”
e all know that when the temperature drops, electric bills rise. Why is this the case? Below are some of the most common reasons: • Using extra hot water during a shower or bath to warm up on a cold day. • Winter brings shorter days and longer nights, you use electricity for longer hours to light your home. • Staying indoors more during the winter, watching television, playing video games or using other electronic forms of entertainment such as your computer. • Using a space heater, electric blanket, and/or engine block heater during the winter to stay warm.
But, all is not lost. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, there are some important steps you can take to keep your electric bill within reason during the winter months: • Use the sun for free heat. Open the curtains during the day to bring free heat into your home, but make sure to close them at night in order to keep the heat inside. • Use ceiling fans for better ventilation and airflow. Better ventilation and airflow in homes makes them more energy efficient during these cold, winter months. Making your ceiling fan turn counterclockwise will trap heat inside to keep your rooms 18 • Kid-oh! | Winter 2015
warmer during cooler months. • Bundle up. Instead of turning up your heat, bundle up! Wear comfy sweaters and socks around your house and use more blankets. • Invest in an area rug. Adding an area rug to any room can help insulate its floor. • Only heat the rooms you use. Be conscious about the rooms you are heating. If there are rooms you never or seldom use, close and seal off the vents in those rooms to be more energy efficient and direct the flow of air into the rooms you use most often. • Use space heaters where possible. Only use space heaters in the rooms where you need the most heat, which can save you hundreds each year. • Use a humidifier. The air inside your home can become very dry during the winter. Moist air feels warmer and holds heat better. A humidifier can help you feel comfortable when your thermostat is set to a lower temperature. • Install a timer. By installing a timer on your furnace to drop the heat closer to 60 degrees at night and raise the temperature back to 67 or 68 degrees in the morning, you can bring your energy costs down significantly. To stay warm at night, consider investing in flannel sheets, a warm comforter and heavier pajamas when you sleep.
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How to Carry On
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s I write this I am grieving. It has been almost a year, but grieving is a process and it is always with us. Two days after Christmas last year I lost a friend and her unborn child. My friend lost his family. It was gut-wrenching. It was hard. It was beautiful. I think as parents we want to shield our children, to protect them from pain and death and heart ache.We want to believe in a world where they don’t have to look beyond the cozy cloak of childhood. But it is a truly beautiful moment when you can give them those things like a gift. To lay it out for them; the tears, the uncertainty, the loss of control and show them how to carry on. And to show them not just how to carry on, but how to take those things that we think should break us and build a new reality from them, to see the beauty in memories and to use love to keep the intangible alive. When I found out the news of the accident we were hundreds of miles away from home. I was standing outside in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at our family Christmas. It was a warm snowy day and I stood alone in the backyard shaking as I held my phone, staring in disbelief at the screen. I knew she was gone, her fiancé had told me, but I kept calling her. Over and over and over. She didn’t answer. I knew she wouldn’t but I couldn’t help it. It is in moments like those that we, as adults, worldly and wise, revert to childlike optimists. It wasn’t until I went inside and said the words out loud, “Alyssa is dead,” that the full impact of the moment hit me. To this day I will remember the look in my kid’s eyes when they saw me. They saw their mom breakdown in full-fledged grief and I wouldn’t want to change that moment for anything. I am glad they were there. I am glad they saw that. I am glad they know what pain looks like. It is a part of the world-people go. They go in death, they go other places, they just go from their everyday lives. These are not things that we should hide from our children. These are those “teachable moments.” I believe that one of the greatest gifts we can give our children is to know that they can go on, to show them that bad
things happen and who we are as human beings is how we deal with those bad things. My goal was to show my kids that it is alright to cry. It is alright to be angry. It is alright to not be okay with something that has happened. It was also my goal to show my kids how to celebrate life. To celebrate the ones you love. To celebrate the moments you had with those that are gone, because sometimes to celebrate and to grieve are the same thing. Alyssa loved Cadbury eggs, the chocolatey gooey candies you can only find around Easter. Last Easter I stocked up. I don’t know why, they were there and it just felt right. I came home from the store and stuffed box after box of Cadbury eggs into the kitchen cupboard. And they stayed there. I knew they were there and that was enough. Every time I opened the cupboard and started reaching around for the garlic powder or the brown sugar I instead got a handful of out of season Easter candy. And I
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laughed. And then I got sad. And then I thought of her laugh. And her snort when she laughed. And I laughed again. One day my son asked about the eggs, why it was June and there was a stockpile of Easter candy in the cupboard. I told him they were for Alyssa. He cocked his head sideways like a puppy for a minute, thought about it and then nodded and said, “Okay.” And that was that. Then, a few weeks later he asked, “Do you think it would be okay with Alyssa if I had an egg?” I laughed, gave him a wink and told him that she probably would be, if he walked the dog. In that moment, as I watched him walking down the sidewalk, a 160 pound Saint Bernard on a leash in one hand and a melty Cadbury egg in the other, I grieved and I celebrated and I knew I was showing him how to carry on.
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Plank Pose Step 1
Tips for Kids: x Plank pose can be modified by bringing the knees to the floor. x Start with a short length of time and slowly increase the length of time in the pose to build strength
Step back with your feet tucking your toes, bringing your body and head into one straight line. Keep your thighs lifted and make sure not to let your hips sink too low. If your butt sticks up in the air, realign your body so your shoulders are directly above your wrists.
Step 3
Stacking plank pose – Once your child is comfortable doing plank on the floor you can play with stacking your plank poses. 1) Have the adult or larger child on the bottom (this person needs to be able to push more than their own weight up into plank) and lay down on their stomach with hands flat on the floor under the shoulders and the toes tucked under. 2) Have the top person climb on, belly down with their head at the bottom person’s feet. 3) The top person will hang on to the ankles of the bottom person and tuck their toes on the bottom person’s back. 4) The bottom person will push into plank pose first and then the top person will push up into plank pose. 32 2015 32 •• Kid-oh! Kid-oh! || Fall Spring 2015
Start on your hands and knees (Table-Top Pose). Align your wrists directly under your shoulders and your knees directly under your hips. The fold of your wrists should be parallel with the top edge of your mat. Point your middle fingers directly to the top edge of your mat.
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Benefits: • Tones all of the core muscles of the Play around body, including the abdomen, chest, with plank and low back pose by • Strengthens the arms, wrists, and letting kids shoulders crawl under your plank or • Engages the quadriceps and calf you can plank muscles of the legs over your • Strengthens the muscles surrounding child’s plank the spine, which improves posture (pictured). • Practicing plank pose for several minutes builds endurance and stamina
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By Sophie Gatchell
eaches the hamster, watched Blue, the dog, get let out, twice, probably to chase the cats again. Peaches saw Blue creeping up on the cats through the window. That must be fun, she thought. Peaches slumped in her fleece bed and noticed something. The outside door was a crack open! She could smell the fun in the outside air. She reached for the door through the bars of her cage. She shoved her nose through the bars to sniff the air coming through the door. Her nose kept inching farther through the bars. Squeeze! She rolled onto the table, and tumbled to the floor. Before she could think about anything else, she leaped out of the crack in the door. She saw Blue again, this time chasing the cats around a tree. She sprung to join in! She scampered off the deck and closer to the action, but Blue stopped to look at Peaches. Being this the first chance they got, the cats darted off. Blue’s nose came sniffling down at Peaches, followed by a big tongue the size of her. Peaches began to panic as she realized the outdoors might not be so fun. “Quick!” Peaches heard a small voice that seemed to be coming from a bush. “Over here, quick!” Peaches didn’t know if she should follow the voice, but she did anyway. She hesitantly scampered away from Blue and towards the bush. Blue sniffed the bush, and decided it was no fun. She left to go sniff out the kitties again, for once, she was happy not to be a part of. “A dog like that would make you
his lunch!” A chirp from deeper in the bush startled Peaches. “I thought she was my friend.” Peaches strained to see who had saved her. “A dog, no. But I’ll be your friend.” It chirped again. Before peaches could ask who her new friend was, a cricket hopped out from the bush. “You look like the crickets in Kiwi’s cage,” Peaches told him. “Who?” The cricket chirped. “A lizard that lives in a tank in there,” Peaches replied. “Where you came out of?” Before peaches could reply, the cricket interrupted her. “What are you doing out here, playing with a dog and two cats?” The cricket asked. “I don’t live outside, I live in there,” Peaches pointed to the door. As she pointed, she noticed something! The door wasn’t cracked open anymore! With the dangers from out of the bush, she didn’t know how to get back inside, and she wasn’t about to go looking. “You live in there?” The cricket whispered. “With the dog, too?” “Yes, but the dog has never sniffed me before.” Peaches said. “I live where the dog can’t reach me.” The cricket nodded. “You have to go back then,” the cricket said worriedly. “But how, the door isn’t open anymore!” “Winter is coming soon, and you need to go back. You’re not meant to survive the winter!” The cricket chirped. “Winter might even already be here.”
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Peaches knew there would be no fleece bed to sleep on, no wheel to run on, and definitely no apples to eat out here. But she didn’t know how to get back inside! Suddenly, the door opened and Sophie came out, calling for Blue. “Go, now is your chance!” The cricket pushed peaches out of the bush. “Come with me,” Peaches called as she backed towards the door. “I’m not looking to be part of the crickets in you lizard’s tank,” the cricket replied, shooing Peaches away. All of a sudden, a big cotton ball landed on Peaches’ nose. It started to melt, and it was cold. It didn’t feel like the cotton balls she makes beds with in her cage. Now, the odd cotton balls were coming down on her as she ran for the door. Woof! Peaches looked back and saw Blue running after her. She squeezed through the crack and rolled head over paws back into the house. Blue bumped her nose on the door before falling backwards. She couldn’t fit through the crack! “Peaches?” A startled voice came from above her and scooped Peaches up. “How did you get out here?” Before Peaches could explain, Sophie had already been put back in her cage, safe and sound. She settled into her fleece bed. She saw Blue outside, chasing the cats as cotton balls fell from the sky. But she also saw somebody underneath a bush, waving goodbye.
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Flicks
Snow Day Movies
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
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Ice Age (2002)
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Be crafty
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Reindeer Necklace First thing…string the string through the top loop of the bell, long enough to hang in middle of chest. Glue the eyes and nose on, let dry! Once it is dry enough to handle, cut the pipe cleaner into five parts, two at 1.5” and two at 2”, the rest is threaded through the top loop of bell and bent to make the antlers. Wrap the small cut pipe cleaners to look like the points on antlers. That is it, easy!
Supplies:
• Brown jingle bells – any size will do • Brown pipe cleaners • Puff balls – red! • Googly eyes – size according to size of bell • Red string • Glue
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