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Encouraging Your Baby to Eat Textured Foods

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% mine. Babies can be finicky when it comes to texture. For a long time, our daughter preferred only pureed foods. Every single day, she would have a serving of…

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Transitioning to Chewable Food

Helping your child navigate through all of the changes in eating during their first few years of life can be a challenge. From the breast/bottle to pureed foods and then to table food…all of these transitions can be difficult…

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DIY Treasure Locket made from a Dental Floss Container

This post is sponsored by Care To Recycle® Over the last several years, American households have made significant progress towards greener living. Over 70% of families say they consistently recycle and many kids are learning about recycling at school as…

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Buy Inexpensive Clothes and Earn Money for Your Child’s School

This post is sponsored by Schoola. Clothing my three children can become quite expensive. Dealing with clothes that they have outgrown can be a nightmare. I waffle between donating their clothes and hoarding them for the next garage sale…either way…

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DIY Table Setting Placemats

This post is sponsored by Vanity Fair® Napkins. Our family has had the pleasure of participating in the #TakeBacktheTable Challenge from Vanity Fair® Napkins (you can see our video here). This movement encourages families to commit to spending at least one more meal…

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How to Take Paint Fight Photos (without Ruining All Your Clothes)

This is a sponsored post. I received this product for free. All opinions are 100% mine. I first stumbled on the idea of Paint Fight photos over at Capturing Joy by Kristen Duke. I was intrigued and knew my…

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5 Reasons a Fish is an Awesome First Pet for Your Child

This is a sponsored post on behalf of PetSmart. All opinions are 100% mine. Is your family considering a fish for your child’s first pet? Check out five reasons we think a fish is an awesome first pet for your…

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CloudPets™: The perfect companion when a parent is away

My husband frequently travels for work. Because he is such a hands-on dad, it is difficult for our kiddos when he is gone as they absolutely love and adore time with their Daddy. The bedtime routine is an especially grueling…

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5 Ways to Make Handwriting Fun

As a former first grade teacher, I understand and appreciate the importance of handwriting. With recent changes to curriculum and an increased dependency on digital devices for learning, handwriting instruction seems to be going the way of the dinosaurs. As…

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Free Printable Lovable Lunch Notes

School is just around the corner…literally. Big Brother starts 2nd grade next week and I can hardly believe it. We’re in the midst of all the school preparations, enjoying our Back to School date, shopping for school supplies, and crossing…

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Magnetic Snack Tray for Travel

Traveling in the car with kids can be tough. It seems as though there is a never-ending demand coming from someone in the backseat: “I’m hungry!”…”I’m bored!”…”Are we there yet?”…He keeps touching me!…”Waaaa!” To be quite honest, we rely way…

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Easy Tie Dye Art with Baby Wipes

Once I became a mom, I found that there are a million ways to use baby wipes that have nothing to do with wiping bottoms. :) We recently discovered that baby wipes can be great for art! We…

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The Tough Tablet that Could Survive Your Family

Technology has become a part of our everyday life. Although we limit the amount of time our kids spend in front of a screen, we still have found some great educational benefits to using tablets. The only bad thing…

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The Tiny Seed: Literature-Based Activity Kit

*This is a sponsored post. I was compensated for sharing my honest opinions on this product. All opinions are 100% mine. Ivy Kids is a literature-based monthly subscription kit that comes packed with about a dozen ready-made activities based around…

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Egg Heads Activity from “The Garden Classroom” Book

My blogging friend Cathy James of NurtureStore just released her book The Garden Classroom. For someone who is vegetationally-challenged like I am, this book offers helpful information and beautiful inspiration! I am quite certain that I have a black…

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Easy Lunch Idea: Mac & Cheese with Hidden Veggies

Is it just me or is lunch a challenge for you? Dinner seems so much easier, for some reason! It’s almost like I forget that I’m in charge of lunch until it is lunch time. :) About 11:59am, I start…

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3 Secrets to Creating a Reading Nook Your Kid Will Crave Spending Hours In

Guest Post by Corina of the Collected House Blog It’s difficult, isn’t it? Raising a reader is no small task. It takes countless hours. It takes a huge commitment from mommy and daddy. And results come slowly. Raising a…

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Mini Yogurt Parfaits (using Baby Food Jars and Yulu Yogurt)

Having a baby in the house means that we have a boatload of baby food jars (especially being the third child, I have totally failed at my homemade-baby-food-making plans). Rather than throwing them in the recycling bin, we decided to…

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