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SAY HELLO.
WE'D LOVE TO SAY HELLO THIS TIME
TOMORROW MORNING.
IT IS THE TIME OF YEAR --
KIDS LOVE THIS LITTLE TWO WEEK
HOLIDAY TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL.
SOME PARENTS WORRY A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, IT CAN BE ROUGH SOME
PARENTS, RIGHT?
WE'RE HEARING ABOUT SOME WAYS TO
KEEP KIDS BUSY.
WE HAVE LAURA DAVIS HERE THIS
MORNING FROM COLLEGE, NANNIES,
AND TUTORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
MY PLEASURE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR, THE PROBLEM IS YOU'VE
GOT A DIFFERENT ROUTINE, AND
KIDS GET BORED.
IT IS STILL -- YOU'VE GOT A
WHOLE DAY MAYBE IN THE HOUSE SO
YOU'RE STARTING WITH SOME STUFF
PEOPLE HAVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WITH THE HOLIDAYS, IT LENDS
US TO GREAT IDEAS.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE A STACK OF
HOLIDAY CARDS.
WE TAKE THOSE PHOTOS CARDS AND
WE JUST TAKE OFF THE PHOTO, PUT
THE DATE ON AND WE USE THEM AS
COOKBOOK MARKERS, BECAUSE THEN
ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU'RE
SEEING THESE FUN PICTURES THAT
YOU'VE HAD OF THE FAMILIES.
THAT'S A NICE REMINDER OF THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT.
ABSOLUTELY.
WITH THE OLDER TWINS AND TEENS
GET THEM ON TECHNOLOGY.
HAVE THEM UPDATE YOUR CHRISTMAS
CARD LIST FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE TAKE, AGAIN PICTURES OF THOSE
PHOTO CARDS AND IMPORT THEM AND
USE THEM AS OUR CONTACTS SO
WE'RE CALLING THAT PERSON WE'VE
GOT A FUN PICTURE NEXT TO THEIR
NAME.
VERY COOL.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE PICTURES, GO
AHEAD AND USE THESE CARDS, GET
THE KIDS OUT WITH SOME SCISSORS
AND STRINGS AND CRAFTS THAT CAN
MAKE BAG TAGS FOR NEXT YEAR OR
SIMPLY USE THIS, CUT THIS FRONT
PART OFF AND THIS CAN BECOME
THEIR THANK YOU CARD TO
GRANDPARENTS.
THAT'S NICE.
GET THEM CRAFTING AT THE
TABLE.
IS AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT
THOSE THANK YOU CARDS.
VERY IMPORTANT.
EXACTLY.
AT COLLEGE SITTERS WE SENT OUR
TEAM WITH THIS LITTLE PACKET WE
CAN MAKE SNOWMEN FAMILIES.
IT'S JUST A WHITE PAPER BAG.
WE HAVE TAKEN SOME POMPOMS AND
SOME SHANEIL STICKS.
YOU CAN DRAW SOME EYES ON.
MAYBE A FUN SNOWMAN FAMILY
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT RAIN, AND SNOW
OUTSIDE.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THE REAL DEAL
OUTSIDE.
DON'T FORGET SEND OUR
FEATHERED FRIENDS OUTSIDE, SEND
THEM ON A TREASURE HUNT.
MAYBE THEY CAN FIND PINE CONES.
WE JUST DIPPED THE PINE CONE
INTO THE PEANUT BUTTER, ROLL IT
IN THE BIRD SEED.
THESE ARE MANDARIN ORANGES, AND
WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS STRING
THEM UP.
IT'S A GREAT TREAT FOR ORIELS
AND WOOD PECKERS IN PARTICULAR
LOVE THESE.
GETS THE KIDS OUTSIDE AND THE
FEATHERED FRIENDS FED.
THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW CATS
WOULD LOVE, TOO.
CATS LOVE WATCHING BIRDS AT BIRD
FEEDERS SO IF THEY'RE BORED,
THERE YOU ABOUT.
SOME OF YOU KNOW YOUR CATS
ARE YOUR KIDS.
IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
YOU USED THE PEANUT BUTTER AS
THE BLUE AND THE BIRDS LIKE IT,
AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT HOLDS THEM ON AND GIVES THEM
IDEAS, AS WELL.
HAVE SOME THINGS PLANNED OUT
AND YOU REUSING SOME OF YOUR
HOLIDAY THINGS.
IT JUST IS A NICE FAMILY
ACTIVITY, OR THINGS THE KIDS CAN
DO ON THEIR OWN.
VERY GOOD.
DO YOU GET BUSY THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR, COLLEGE NANNIES, AND
SITTERS?
WE ARE BUSY THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE
LEGAL HOLIDAYS ON DIFFERENT
DAYS, SO WE HAVE SITTERINGS
READY TO GO AND WE ALWAYS --
SITTERS READY TO GO AND WE
ALWAYS HAVE THESE GREAT CRAFTS
IN THEIR BAGS.
SO SITTERS COME OUT WITH THIS
STUFF AND YOU CAN DO IT
YOURSELF.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF
IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR INCLUDING
.
EVERY KID LOOKS FORWARD TO
HOLIDAY BREAK, BUT PARENTS DON'T
SHARE THAT EXCITEMENT AS THEY
FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THE KIDS
BUSY.
LAURA DAVIS FROM COLLEGE
NANNIES, SITTERS AND TUTORS IS
BACK WITH MORE GREAT IDEAS FOR
KIDS AND FAMILIES AND HOW
EVERYBODY CAN RECHARGE OVER THE
HOLIDAY BREAK.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
GOT ME OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR MY
ASKEDS' VACATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU -- MY
KIDS' VACATION.
WE'RE HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS ON WHAT TO
DO WITH THE LEFT OVER GIFT
WRAPPING?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HOME ON
HOLIDAY OR WINTER BREAK, BUT THE
KIDS, I'M BORED, OR GETTING THEM
AWAY FROM SCREENS, SO USING SOME
EXTRA LEFTOVERS, WE TAKE AT OUR
HOUSE, ALL OF OUR OLD CHRISTMAS
BOOKS WE'VE HAD.
WE'VE HAD THESE FOR YEARS AND I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WE
HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA WRAPPING
PAPER SO THIS IS AN ACTITY THE
KIDS CAN DO -- ACTIVITY.
HAVE THEM REWRAP THE BOOKS AND
NEXT YEAR WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ROLL
AROUND YOU CAN BRINGS ONE OUT
IT'S FUN FOR THE KIDS TO UNWRAP
THEM, OR GRANDMA AND GRANDPA GOT
THAT.
IT COULD BE WOOL TO MAKE AN
AD VENT -- COOL TO MAKE AN
ADVENTRICLE CUSTOMER.
THEY ARE 50% OFF -- ADVENT
CALENDAR.
AND YOU CAN GIVE THE KIDS SOME
SAFETY SCISSORS, AND WE THEN
TAKE CONSTRUCTION PAPER AND
WE'VE MADE A LITTLE BUBBLE
WRAPPED SNOWMAN.
CUTE.
SO KIDS CAN ALSO DO THAT ON
THEIR OWN.
YOU CAN MAYBE MAKE A FAMILY OF
SNOWMEN, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH
BUBBLE WRAP YOU HAVE.
IS.
IT'S THE ONLY SNOW WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S RIGHT.
GET THEM INSIDE.
THAT'LL KEEP THEM BUSY.
WE HAVE AS WE MOVE INTO NEW
YEAR'S EVE, OUR SITTERS ARE
ARMED AND OUT WITH THIS FOR THE
FAMILIES THAT WE'RE WORKING
WITH.
WE'VE TAKEN A TAKE ON NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION.
SOMETIMES FOR CHILDREN THE IDEA
OF NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
SOMETIMES FOR ADULTS, THE IDEA
OF NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS ARE
HARD.
WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES, GET UP AND GO, SOME
THINGS THEY WANT TO DO IN 2017,
HEALTHY EATING HABITS.
WE NEED THAT AFTER THE HOLIDAY
COOKIES AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY,
AND WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR
CHILDREN AND WRITE IN HERE SOME
IDEAS IN EACH CATEGORY.
IN FRIENDS OF FAMILY WE'RE GOING
TO WRITE TO OUR GRANDPARENTS
ONCE A MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO BAKE COOKIES AND
TAKE THEM TO THE ELDERLY
NEIGHBORS, BUT IT HELPS THOSE
YOUNGER KIDS BREAK DOWN AND IT
GIVES YOU SOME THINGS TO GO BACK
TO AS YOU THINK ABOUT 2017.
AND PEOPLE CAN FIND THIS ON
YOUR WEB SITE.
EXACTLY.
OKAY.