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Toddler Time: 4 Weeks of Activities for Toddlers

The big kids are in school…which means it is time for a little structured play for Little Sister! For the next 4 weeks I will be featuring an activity each day (M-F) just for toddlers…many will be new and some…

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Olympic Rings Cap Sorting

I have a problem with hoarding plastic caps, mainly those from milk jugs or squeezable yogurt or fruit. As you can see from this activity, I have a TON of caps in a myriad of colors….two gallon-size bags worth,…

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I’m done with Jeremiah 29:11 and this is why

We have lived in our house just over six years and shortly after we moved in, we put up a vinyl wall decal of one of my favorite verses at the time: Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans for…

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Pinkalicious Roll and Count Playdough Cupcakes

Pinkalicious Roll & Count Playdough Cupcakes

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids selection is Pinkalicious by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann. Having two boys first, there has not been much of a draw to this book and I had never read it until now. I purchased it…

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Summer Olympic Events Alphabet Coloring Book

Have you seen the book G is for Gold Medal? It is the neatest alphabet book that is all about the history of the Olympics. I purchased this book four years ago in preparation for the last Summer Olympics,…

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Fizzy Olympic Rings

If the sheer amount of Olympic posts I have on this blog isn’t an indicator of how much I love the Olympics, I am not sure what is! A few weeks ago we participated in “A Very Toddler Olympics”…

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Toddler Balance Beam

It’s the last day of our “A Very Toddler Olympics” series we are co-hosting with Kristina from Toddler Approved. It has been such a fun week and it makes me super excited to watch the Olympics in August!…

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DIY Toddler Golf Clubs and Putting Green

For the first time in over 100 years, golf will be an event in this summer’s Olympics! Our boys are participating in Junior Golf this year and it seemed only fitting that Little Sister get in on the…

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Olympic Clothespin Relay

It’s Day 3 of our “A Very Toddler Olympics” series we are co-hosting with Kristina from Toddler Approved. We are reusing our cardboard Olympic Rings we made for our Olympic Ring Ball Toss on the first day of…

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Olympic Ring Bracelets with Pipe Cleaners and Straws

It’s Day 2 of our “A Very Toddler Olympics” series with Kristina from Toddler Approved. You can see all the posts in our series so far here. I love everything about the Olympics and am super excited to watch…

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Olympic Rings Ball Toss

Today is our first day of our “A Very Toddler Olympics” series I am co-hosting along with Kristina from Toddler Approved! To kick off this series, we chose to do this Olympic Rings Ball Toss. This activity is great for…

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A Very Toddler Olympics

Last summer Kristina from Toddler Approved and I hosted a series called “A Very Toddler Summer“. This year, we’ve joined forces again for “A Very Toddler Olympics” in honor of the upcoming Rio Olympics this August! Our “A…

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Rainbow Fish Alphabet Matching Craft

We are reading and exploring the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister for this month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids. The kids and I all enjoyed the beautiful colors (and glittery foil stamping) while reading this book. I also loved…

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The Parenting Books that have Impacted Me Most

This parenting gig is hard. It is certainly not for the faint of heart. Each stage brings new joys and new challenges…and just when you think you have it all figured out, our kids go and grow up on…

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A Proverb A Day Handwriting Practice

Summer is quickly approaching and although I fully intend to let my kids be bored, I also wanted to have some meaningful work for them to do. Both of my boys struggle in the handwriting department (even after all…

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What Your Child Really Needs to Know Before Kindergarten

What Your Child Needs to Know Before Kindergarten

Kindergarten is a scary transition for kids and adults alike. Nearly every parent wonders, “Is my child ready?” I’m quite certain almost every parent has googled “what your child needs to know before kindergarten” at one time or another….

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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Bon-Bons

This month’s book in the Virtual Book Club for Kids series we are participating in with some of our favorite blogger friends is Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems. This book is a joy for parents and children alike…it has dinosaurs…

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I’ve become a slacker mom…and I’m okay with that.

Parenting is the definition of on-the-job training. Babies don’t come with manuals…and even though the countless parenting books on my nightstand and bookshelf try to prove otherwise, not one single source has all the answers. This fact may also come…

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