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"Busy Philipps is a quite the busy bee taking care of daughters Birdie and Cricket. The 34-year-old Cougar Town star opened up to Us Weekly about her children&amp;apos;s latest milestones while attending Hollygrove&amp;apos;s Norma Jean Gala in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, March 18.\r\n&amp;quot;Cricket is doing something that we&amp;apos;re calling -- it&amp;apos;s not crawling -- on-land swimming,&amp;quot; Philipps explained of her 8-month-old daughter with husband Marc Silverstein. &amp;quot;Because she&amp;apos;s moving, she&amp;apos;s not crawling. Like she&amp;apos;s swimming on land, and you can not leave her alone. She&amp;apos;ll get to where she wants to go by swimming on land. She&amp;apos;s really fast and she&amp;apos;s on the move.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn addition to learning how to crawl, Cricket is working on another major milestone. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s vocalizing,&amp;quot; Philipps gushed, &amp;quot;and trying to figure out how to talk.&amp;quot;\r\nBirdie, meanwhile, is being a good role model to her younger sister.\r\n&amp;quot;Birdie, the big news is that she&amp;apos;s 5 1/2,&amp;quot; Philipps told Us. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s reading and writing, it&amp;apos;s just awesome. I have two great kids and I&amp;apos;m so thrilled.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Weirdest celebrity baby names\r\nPhilipps hosted Tuesday&amp;apos;s Hollygrove event, a charity in L.A. that helps at-risk children and families. &amp;quot;Hollygrove is a charity that does work basically in our backyard,&amp;quot; the actress explained. &amp;quot;There are 900,000 kids living in poverty in Los Angeles County.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;The fact that, to be quite honest, my kids are going to be going to private school, but if they weren&amp;apos;t they would be going to school with these same kids,&amp;quot; Philipps told Us. &amp;quot;For me, it&amp;apos;s important to help our community and these programs, I just can&amp;apos;t stress enough, how vital it is to the kids.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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