{"id":6152,"date":"2020-09-28T22:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T22:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/?page_id=6152"},"modified":"2020-10-23T21:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T21:23:32","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kodomokids.us\/?page_id=6152","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Today as I write this, the sky is grey and overcast with a general heaviness in the air.  The humidity is making my hair frizz to new heights and my overall feeling is one of \u201cbleh.\u201d  Is anyone else like me and finding it impossible to motivate in the rain?  Moreover, is anyone else desperate to keep the \u201cgloomies\u201d at bay during these cloudy days? My husband is a true islander, in that he was born in Japan and raised<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading \u279d\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Yes, it\u2019s the beginning of February and the \u201cTree Formerly Known as Christmas\u201d is still up in all its glory. Although I know you would NEVER judge this slight holiday oversight (in the midst of a pandemic, mind you\u2026), but I somehow still feel the need to make excuses and explain myself. Here goes\u2026 My partner in crime in all walks of life, my husband, has been stuck overseas since Thanksgiving and we missed out on spending Christmas together\u2013hence the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading \u279d\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Okay, okay, so I\u2019m a little late to the game this month.  But there are still two days left and we\u2019re all just trying to keep our heads above water, aren\u2019t we?  And in an effort to gain some control over my life, I resorted to cleaning and organizing\u2014a task that also proves how short my attention span has become (or how cluttered my mind is!).  I did, however, stumble across some old photographs in an album that sparked the urge<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading \u279d\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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One man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure. We all know the old adage. But in a world of Amazon, Walmart, and online shopping constantly at our fingertips, do we ever really find that treasure? As a Midwestern girl growing up in the 90s, I looked forward to every summer when my mom and aunt would organize our family garage sale.  We drove around and pounded signs lined with gold tinsel into the ground, and I spent hours perusing the folding<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading \u279d\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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What a wild time we are living in currently. If you\u2019re like me at all, you\u2019re fighting this constant battle of worrying that you\u2019re doing something wrong. Not knowing what is expected of us at every turn can create anxiety that either envelopes us into avoiding any interaction or bubbles up inside until it explodes into anger at the drop of a hat. So many of my friends have forgone social media because of the constant negativity that seemingly seeps<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading \u279d\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Welcome to the inaugural month of\u00a0kodomo kids! We have just launched our new YouTube channel (YAY!) and will bring you new workshops every Monday. If you don\u2019t already subscribe to our channel, please do! And make sure to follow us over on Facebook and Instagram for weekly updates, fun ideas, and more! Now that the shameless social media plugging is out of the way (phew!) we can delve into the meat of this month\u2019s material. October\u2019s name comes from the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading \u279d\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t