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12 Ways to Repurpose Household Items for Your Kids

Earth Day is quickly approaching! Here are 12 Ways to repurpose regular household items into something fabulous for your kids! Make your own books out of cardboard tubes! Use travel baby wipe container tops to make a peek-a-boo house. Make…

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Snack Idea: Individual Portions of Mixed Fruit

Looking for a healthy snack to easily dole out to a group of kids (or adults)? Here’s an idea… :: Cut up some fresh fruit. Our favorites are strawberries, blueberries, grapes, and pineapple. :: Put foil cupcake liners…

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Dear God, Please Let My Children Get in Trouble

A couple of months ago, the boys and I made the one-mile trip to our local Walgreens. I picked up the few necessities I needed, all the while my children were standing at the check-out counter lamenting about how…

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Show-and-Share Saturday Link Up!

There were lots of fun ideas shared last week. Here are just a few… This ‘April Showers’ craft from Mama’s Little Muse is so cute! Do you get tired of breaking up sibling fights as much as I…

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The Forgotten Pre-Reading Skill

Guest Post by Malia of Playdough to Plato You probably already know that before children can learn to read, they need certain pre-reading skills including rhyming, clapping out syllables, and naming the first sound in words. But, did you…

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MyJobChart.com

MyJobChart.com, an online chore chart was designed to teach young people the concept of responsibility, work ethic and the value of money by giving them a way to earn points for completing their chores. The free site has always offered a…

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Q&A with Jenae: Balancing Housework and Kids

I’m trying something new today (and will probably end up regretting it). I’m doing a Q&A vlog (aka video blog). I’ve never done this before, so I am super nervous. But here we go anyway! Michelle recently e-mailed me the…

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Number Snake Threading (made with plastic eggs)

This post was inspired by our caterpillar counting post from last year. As I was staring down some leftover plastic easter eggs trying to think of a way to repurpose them, this post came to mind. A few snips…

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Chinese Chicken Salad

This is one of my absolute favorite meals, especially during the spring and summer! My mom has made this for as long as I can remember and it is definitely a family favorite! The best part is…it is SUPER…

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Jelly Bean Guessing Game

Do you have a million jelly beans and Easter eggs from yesterday? Here’s a simple and educational way to use both! This game is great for cognitive development…your child will have to listen to the sound each egg makes…

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Jesus is Alive!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!

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Show-and-Share Saturday Link Up!

There were lots of wonderful ideas shared last week. Here are just a few… Discover Explore Learn shares a great idea for using plastic Easter eggs for letter matching! I love this idea for making Volcano Easter Eggs from…

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Winners of “Robin Good” DVDs

Out of the 451 entries, the three winners of the new Veggie Tales DVD Robin Good are… Comment #45: Sarah who said, “We love Veggie Tales! What a great way to live our beliefs!!!” Comment #182: Narah who said, “I…

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Mommy’s Store: Where Playing Leads to Learning

Guest Post by Rachel of Thriving Home As elementary children, my little sister and I periodically set up all belongings we were ready to part with along the wet bar in the basement. We carefully priced things like a Barbie…

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Audio Book Review :: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget

My friend Crystal (also known as the Money Saving Mom) recently published her very first book! I am thrilled for her and couldn’t wait to read it. Rather than reading it, however, I had the opportunity to review her Audio…

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Resurrection Cookies

I’ve seen several ideas for making Resurrection Rolls (here and here are just two examples), but I wanted to try out a similar concept with cookies, particularly Snickerdoodles. The boys and I really enjoyed making these cookies and talking…

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View from Above

We were flying home a few days ago when I was watching the world play out below as though it were a Monopoly game. It was mesmerizing to watch the comings and goings of cars on a patchwork quilt…

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Get $5 off a “What’s in the Bible?” DVD

What’s in the Bible? just released their seventh DVD, Exile and Return, this past Tuesday. Get $5 off this (or any other What’s in the Bible? DVD) by using the coupon code “ESTHER”. Shipping is free on orders of…

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