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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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Oh, to be a kid! {Wordless Wednesday} 12.14.11

by admin on December 14, 2011

I was cleaning out my picture files on my computer, and I ran across some funny pictures of my girls. Oh, to be a kid again! [...]

Tagged as: family, humor, raising children, Wordless Wednesday

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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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Giving vs. Getting ~December 2011~

by admin on November 29, 2011

Are you trying to figure out how to “get it all done” this Christmas? Overwhelmed with everything? Today I am glad to feature Lil Light of Mine (Thank you to my friend, Michelle Daniel, for sharing the blog post!) Check out the post by Courtney over at the Lil Light of Mine blog. She’s got a [...]

Tagged as: Christmas, family, raising children, random act of kindness

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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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Visit to Claire’s {Wordless Wednesday} 11.9.11

by admin on November 9, 2011

This is where I was last night… Have you been there before?

Tagged as: motherhood, parenting, raising children, Wordless Wednesday

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November Gratitude List {Free Printable} 11.1.11

by admin on November 1, 2011

Did you notice?? All 1′s in today’s date. I think that has some significance. Today starts the month with the Thanksgiving holiday…. a perfect time to print and use this month’s free printable. Leave us a comment on how you use yours. Click here for a free download.

Tagged as: gratitude, habits, Inspiration, motherhood, raising children, tradition

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I Won’t Learn from You! (or, How Do You Connect the XBox?)

by admin on October 20, 2011

I attended a workshop this week about cultural responsiveness and leadership. We had to read a book prior to the workshop titled, I Won’t Learn from You! by Herbert Kohl. The book was great – it took me about an hour to read, but it has had me thinking about the content a lot longer than the one [...]

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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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Doing it “the way it’s always been done” is not good enough.

by admin on May 24, 2011

School’s almost out for the summer here in the U.S., and kids and teachers everywhere are excited about having a break! It’s obvious that the kids today are growing up in a completely different culture than their parents. The Internet has made our society a global one, and our kids will be competing globally for [...]