How much is too much? Our we over scheduling our kids? Are we under-scheduling? Questions I’m always asking myself. Should your child go for the football practice 5 days a week? Are 3 days enough? How about swimming because you need to learn to swim. Music lessons because a well rounded person should play at […]
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I think it’s very important that children learn to practice gratitude. One of the easiest ways to include that in their daily routine is thanking the creator for all that we have. Morning prayer for kids is a fun way to include gratitude and prayer into their days. I hope you enjoy the few that
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Remember your adorable little toddler who would eat everything? All those healthy snacks for kids, broccoli, eggs, avocado and more, your kid would eat them all. You thought you were one of the lucky parents. Your little one isn’t going to be those picky eaters you’ve heard your mom friends talk about. Then one day
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The great thing about these Christmas math puzzles is that kids don’t usually see them as work (or math). They see them as a fun challenge! You could even offer some kind of incentive to really get your kids excited to rise to the challenge, such as special prize for anyone (or any group) who
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I am a big believer in using more natural approaches, approaches closer to what nature has provided us, to heal the body. I’ve read many studies showing the healing abilities of essential oils, but I’ve never been able to put their use into consistent practice in my home, due to fear. Fear that I would
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When my 5 year old asked me to do her hair like Elsa’s, I decided to up my hair doing technique, by at least 1%. 🙂 Of course I YouTubed that, and got to work. She was not all that impressed with the Elsa’s Coronation Hairstyle and I pretty much knew that when I started.
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When writing out my goals for the year, I also wrote out goals for each of my kids. Obviously, if they didn’t reach my goals for them, it more likely means I dropped the ball, but still I thought they should have defined goals that we can work on as a family. One goal for
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I always found myself feeling conflicted about working out while I was pregnant. I tended to side with the advice of, listen to your body, but there was always that voice in my head. I would wonder if I should be doing more, or if I should be doing less, or if I hadn’t exercised
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If I had a dime for every single thing I felt clueless about during my first pregnancy, I’d probably own a tropical island by now. Yes, my dear readers, being pregnant with my first was quite the roller-coaster ride, punctuated with waves of excitement, fear, and confusion. Amid this whirlwind, I stumbled upon a beacon
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