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WELCOME TO LOTSOFKIDS.COM! A place where families with 4 or more children can find, friendship, fun, and support. We also welcome those who are thinking of having a large family,or who can't but love the philosophies of large families. Please visit the Welcome Center to learn more about this site and its contents.
| December 7, 2009 -- Back to Business
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 - FINALLY! We are so happy and excited to announce that we have re-opened all of the areas of Lotsofkids.com. We are also geeked to announce that every section has been tweaked and has new content. A lot of work has been done to help make the site run smoother, as well as help us administer it easier in the future. We have made it easier for our visitors to connect with us, with commenting enabled on most articles and utilities. Plus, there is even more on the drawing board for the upcoming months, too!
We thank everyone for your patience and understanding. We hope you enjoy all of the new content and hope you'll check backn in the next few weeks when we update again, shortly after the New Year. Until then, check out all of these great new features:
 - Celebrating the holidays on a budget can be difficult. However, it can be done with a bit of creativity. In our newest article, we share some tried-and-true practices, as well as a few new ideas on how to have a memorable holiday on a tight budget.
 - In the Homeschool section, our new handwriting worksheet generator allows you to create practice sheets using a variety of fonts. Great for homeschool or homework practice.
 - In our Kids section, test your skills of recollection in our newest game. Memory displays a sequence of sounds, pictures and lights and challenges you to repeat them correctly. Fun and addictive. How far can you get?
 In the LOK-Kitchen, a new installment in our "Ask the LOK Cook" series. Read it here.
 Large Family Links - We've updated our links page with many new articles and features which we hope will be of special interest to large families.
 A special message from us to you about the last few months. Check it out in the Buzz Blog.
 And much, much more. There's too many items to list on our front page. Every section has something new, so be sure to browse around. You'll also find new polls and other goodies.
 Large Family Recipes - We are excited to announce our brand new recipe forum. Actually it's much more than a message board, but a full sub-site where visitors can browse hundreds of recipes, rate and comments on recipes, save your favorites for future viewing, add new dishes, and much more. This sub-site will be replacing our old recipe board (don't worry, all the recipes have been moved over). We are so happy about this new system! Be sure to take a peek and check it out. You might find a dish for dinner tonight!
 Meal Planning for Large Families - We have received numerous request from our visitors to develop an article on how to meal plan. Since there are many great resources on the web to do this, we wanted to create a comprehensive article that explored traditional planning, as well as alternative methods. Full of great ideas and examples, we hope the article helps those new to meal planning, as well as seasoned veterans.
 Living Green with a Large Family - As you probably know, despite how the media paints large families, households with lots of kids tend to be very eco-friendly. Lots of re-use, less waste, and other general "green" practices. We have gathered a collection of ideas on how to live with a mind on the environment and preservation of the planet. There are some great tips in this article, so be sure to check it out.
 New RSS Feed - We have upgraded our RSS Feed, so if you subscribed before, you should update your reader. Our mailing list is a great way to get info on new content and sneak previews. However, for those that prefer the immediacy of RSS, we plan to note update information, as well as site downtime and other issues through the RSS.
 We are excited to announce we have a new, easier-to-use article comment system. Right now, only the article in the Household and Kitchen sections have this new feature, but eventually our visitors will be able to comment on individual articles throughout the site.
As promised, there is much more coming. As we make our sweep of the site, we'll be adding more utilities, articles, and fun stuff. If you want to get more info on what we are doing with our tidy of the site, as well as get a sneak peek at our future plan, be sure to visit the spruced up Buzz Blog.
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