We just moved into our new home and I thought it would be a good time to have my 2 yr 2 month old girl start sleeping in her “big girl bed” This has brought on a new level of tizzy fits I didn’t even know was possible, hitting and lying. I help her lie
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The Giving Tree I love this book, it is a classic but why did it take me so long to find it? It is so refreshing to read a book, with clean simple drawings and message you can sit and contemplate. (Take and take and take? Give and give and give? Complete self-sacrifice is good?
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Importance of Spending Time as a Couple and How to Find a Good Babysitter I know this is normally ideas for things to do as a family, but I thought I would share how important it is for couple time, next week I will go back to family time Date nights are important for a
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Running out of activities? Looking for a new group of parents/ children’s to plan things with? Trying to find new museums, free activities, play fairs, playdates? Check around and see if your county/state/city has webistes that would help you with this. Some for my area are: www.todaysmoma.com www.dailycandy.com/kids/everywhere
Can you tell I’m a sucker for orginal tee’s online? Oh well, here is my latest find! www.boobydooby.com
Puppet Show My house is in shambles, we are moving. I needed something relaxing, non stressful to do for fun with the kids. All we have at home is a couple boxes of stuffed animals and empty boxes. I have been looking for a puppet theatre to use. I haven’t been able to find any
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I finally found what I have been looking for…a great resource to help me know how to buy locally and support my local farmers. http://www.localharvest.org/ ALSO another great site (the purple rice is fun, very tasty, and went really well with my potato coconut curry-massaman curry) to purchase products that help farmers in 3rd world
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Appreciating Nature Do you have beautiful park, canyon, field in your area where you can bring your children to see the beauty of nature? We have the Thanksgiving Point gardens near us that include 55 acres of beautiful gardens. They have 10 separate gardens with different themes and types of flowers (The Grand Allee, Creek
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How to Teach Your Child Good Manners by Nellie Graham When children are polite, kind, and honest, they develop character and make their parents proud. Mannered children grow into mannered adults and it is never too early or too late to teach your child about manners. Show the example – When our children see you
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I am offically over scrapbooking, I am not sure why, I used to love it! But I don’t have the time, and don’t feel like spending the money on all the supplies anymore. This is what I have decided to do for my second daughter’s baby album and also in the future to make my
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