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Five things you must do with your kids this Christmas 12.20.11

by admin on December 20, 2011

The holidays are here, and that means kids out of school and lots of time to be shared between parents and children. Parenting can be difficult at any age, and relationships can be easily strained when the stress and hustle & bustle of the holidays are upon us. This Christmas season, there are five things you must do for [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, parenting, raising children

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Top 5 Christmas Movies 12.13.11

by admin on December 13, 2011

Our family loves to watch Christmas movies together during the holidays. Here are our top 5, in no particular order. We watch these every year, and more than once! See if you can guess the titles of the movies. [...]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, family, raising children, tradition

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Do Your Christmas Cards Look Like This? {Wordless Wednesday} 11.23.11

by admin on November 23, 2011

This past weekend, I tried to shoot some pictures for our Christmas card this year. The girls got a. little. silly. Do your Christmas cards look like this? Before my mother panics, I should tell you that these pictures are NOT the ones going on this [...]

Tagged as: children, humor, Wordless Wednesday

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Proud Mama {re-post} 11.22.11

by admin on November 22, 2011

// Back in 2009, when we started this blog, we had about 6 followers. I thought I would re-share some of our favorite or most popular posts. :) Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~ {Originally posted on September 26, 2009} Last night I got home late from an Arbonne party, and Jenna, my ten-year old, had a friend over [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, positive attitude, raising children, strong mothers

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Mr. Mischevious {Wordless Wednesday} 11.16.11

by admin on November 16, 2011

What traditions do you have going on next week? We’re linked up at 5 Minutes for Mom, and

Tagged as: children, tradition, Wordless Wednesday

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They are Beautiful in Their Peace {Wordless Wednesday} 10.19.11

by admin on October 19, 2011

They are beautiful in their peace, they are wise in their silence. They will stand after we are dust. They teach us, and we tend them. – Galeain ip – Altiem MacDunelmor

Tagged as: children, family, Wordless Wednesday

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::Casual Friday:: The Mother Huddle 10.7.11

by admin on October 6, 2011

*On Casual Fridays, we make recommendations about books, websites, movies, etc. We would love to hear your Casual Friday recommendations, too. I just found The Mother Huddle this week, and I’m loving all the posts! They write about all kinds of things…. in fact, here’s a list of their most popular posts: 40 Ways To [...]

Tagged as: casual friday, children, encouragement, family, motherhood, raising children, strong mothers

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Five Lessons I Learned from Fishing

by admin on April 26, 2011

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -Anonymous When I was a young girl and would go with my family to visit my grandparents who lived in south Alabama, I would always beg my grandmother to take me [...]

Tagged as: children, family, lessons, parenting

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5 Affirmations for Kids {Free Printable}

by admin on February 21, 2011

In writing this post, I had to face 2 items of bad news about myself. 1. I’ve put off something important. 2. I’m just not as crafty as I’d like to be. I posted last summer about StrengthsExplorer for youths. I was going to have my girls to do it. I never did. Darn it!! [...]

Tagged as: children, free printable, frugal ideas, Inspiration, positive attitude, raising children

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The BEST Idea of 2010 {because housework stinks}

by Nif on December 30, 2010

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run. ~Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln pegged it. That’s exactly how I was feeling about housework. Now, at our house there’s me, Hubs, and the two girls. But when it came to keeping the house clean, Hubs and [...]