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Ariel is just as addicted to Polyvore as I am…. and how funny she created a Moustache collage since I also made one in December!
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a day in the life
This awesome infographic, courtesy of Teach.com, is designed to give high school students encouragement to find a great summer literary escape. Studies have shown that students that do not read over the summer may lose up to three months of reading progress, so it’s important to find time to read between camp, vacations, sleepovers and everything else going on.
I think that this is a great list of classic books that ALL of us should read!! I was an English major and haven’t read some of these…. maybe I have my summer reading planned out!!
Stay tuned for a great list of tween summer reading books… it won’t be as pretty as this infographic, but it will feature some of our favorite books…. and some we’re adding to our pile for the summer!!
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Another of Ariel’s creations on Polyvore. She titled this one “Ariel’s Dream Wardrobe.” Hmmmm. Think that’s a hint?
(And you know, I thought that rainbow cheetah print looked familiar so I looked back. It is almost exactly the same as her messenger bag from two years ago!! Check it out here.)
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Looking for a unique place to rest your weary bones on your next trip to Cottonwood, Idaho? You should definitely check out the Dog Bark Park Inn Bed and Breakfast!
(and truly, I am sure there would be a lot of us (Ariel included) that would veer out of her way to get to Cottonwood just to be able to stay at Dog Bark Park!!)
I mean, how often are you going to be able to say you slept in the world’s biggest beagle??? And, we are huge beagle fans in this household. Remember the dog with the supersonic hearing?
Interested in learning more? Check out Dog Bark Park Inn Bed and Breakfast’s website here for more details.
WOOF!
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One of our favorite hair product companies, scünci, has introduced a new product–Hair Chalk–and sent a package for Ariel and me to try out! **squeee** The scünci Hair Chalk is available in dual packs of coral/purple or pink/turquoise.
We were so excited to receive the coral/purple and couldn’t wait to try it!!
It only took a quick minute to open the package….
and then the fun began!
We did take the time to read the instructions before we started, because I’m a goober about those things.
And it’s a good thing we did. There was a note for brunettes:
Ariel’s blessed with beautiful brunette hair so I knew we would need that tip. Because she really wanted intense color!
Here are her bangs after my first swipe at them with the coral chalk:
Yes, we certainly needed to use some hair spray. The hair spray made the chalk stick more to her hair. (I think I pulled a little too hard and caused some of the chalk to crumble slightly… oops. User error!)
As you can see here, the color did intensify.
And when we went outside, the color was even stronger!
She loved it!!
And true to their word, it washed out quite easily. (Ariel would have preferred that it hadn’t, of course!) And the bits and pieces of chalk dust washed away without any problem. I was kind of worried about it, but I needn’t have stressed.
Definitely a product we are in love with and will be using multiple times! We barely used any of the chalk during our application, so we can do this lots more. 
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Would you and your tween like to try scünci Hair Chalk?
You should enter our giveaway!! Details are below.
But first, before you enter our giveaway, you should know about the scünci No-Slip Spring Bling Giveaway. 10 winners will be randomly selected on May 15 and will win a variety of products from the scünci No-Slip Grip Clips line, the new scünci Fashion Line and scünci Style Press-Ons. Enter on the scünci Facebook page here.
Guess what we saw on our latest excursion to Walgreen’s? You’re right…scünci Hair Chalk!
This fun scünci Hair Chalk is available for purchase at Walgreen’s, CVS, and Wal-mart for approximately $7.99.
Or….
You can win one here!
scünci is going to give one of our fabulous readers a dual pack of scünci Hair Chalk!
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Recently more than 30 high school students made the news for creating a video that officials at their school (Scripps Ranch High School) deemed in violation of the school’s policy against sexually suggestive conduct. Why? Because the students’ video (made on campus!) involves fully-clothed students twerking. And not only did they make this video, but they set it to music with crude lyrics—and put it on YouTube, where school officials found it. Surprise, surprise.
What is twerking? According to Urban Dictionary, it is “the rhythmic gyrating of the lower fleshy extremities in a lascivious manner with the intent to elicit sexual arousal or laughter in ones intended audience.” In other words, it’s a movement made famous by strippers and copied extensively by dancers everywhere.
My tween has twerked. In front of me. Did I make her stop? You better believe it! Did I tell her why I wanted her to stop? No, I didn’t.
I can assure you my tween has never seen a stripper (I don’t even let her watch Dance Moms and certainly not My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, where I definitely have seen twerking!) so where did she learn to twerk and should I be worried?
School? Television? Dance class? Her cousins? Who knows!
Considering that she doesn’t associate the move with sex AT ALL and does it simply as a way to get some laughs, should I be concerned?
These are the questions of a curious mom. A mom who is strongly against the objectification of women. A mom who wants to preserve as much of her daughter’s innocence as possible. A mom that recognizes her daughter is growing up in a strange and often confusing world.
The thing to consider here is intent. Did the students in question at Scripps Ranch High School mean for their actions to be mimicking strippers? I doubt it. I’m guessing most of them do associate the movement with sex, but probably didn’t think of its origins. Are some of them complete innocents and really didn’t even associate the movement with sex? Quite possibly.
Is taking away their prom and their ability to walk at graduation an appropriate penalty? I don’t think so. Is this something that should be punished? Yes.
How? I don’t know.
I just know that I’m super glad my daughter’s just a tween (yes, one who has twerked and will probably twerk again) and I’m not the parent trying to determine what kind of punishment suits this particular crime.
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Ariel took a spin on Polyvore and created this Clemson University-inspired masterpiece. What do you think?
What’s your favorite college team?
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