Family

Encouraging Optimism In Your Family

by Mariel April 14, 2011

The sky has been falling on a regular basis, in my home… “This cut will NEVER heal!” “I will NEVER figure out these Math problems!” “I CAN’T eat at that restaurant, they won’t have anything I like!” Oh, puh-lease, right? I know. In my mind, I imagine saying, “you have NO idea how hard life [...]

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Frosting Cookies with Kids

by Marie April 12, 2011

The first time you frost cookies with kids, you will come to learn that licking the knife is an inevitable reflex for those little ones. They just can’t help themselves! Who can blame them, we’ve all done it. But when we’re in a setting where you’re sharing with friends or classmates, you don’t want children [...]

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Organizing All Our Girly Dress-Ups

by Marie March 31, 2011

My girls love to dress up. On a typical afternoon, they’ve managed to change outfits 4-5 times. There seems to be a dress-up for every occasion, tea time, walking their toy dogs, or reading stories. With all these dress ups, I’ve come up with a way to store them, keeping them organized and easy to [...]

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Tips and Tricks for Taking the Kids Grocery Shopping

by Marie March 17, 2011

I’m sure we could all use a few tips and tricks when it comes to taking our kids grocery shopping. I’ve just discovered this darling Grocery Shopping Book from over at Spotlight. She Wears Flowers created this perfect little felt book for her daughter to take with her to the store and help “pick” out [...]

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Donating Your Toys to Charity

by Marie March 11, 2011

We’ve collected a lot of toys over the last 8 years of having children and our playroom was at it’s limit with clutter. We decided it was time to make some big decisions and clean it out, I mean really clean it out. After deciding what toys the kids haven’t played with in a long [...]

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Guess How Much I Love You

by Marie March 4, 2011

This cute little storybook, Guess How Much I Love You, is one of our family’s favorites. I’ve written about it before and how we love to come up with new ways to say I love you. “I love you to the rocks and back”. “I love you to the stars and back”. And so on [...]

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What To Do With All Your Kid’s Projects

by Marie March 3, 2011

I recently wrote an article over at Momformation about the guilt you might feel about keeping or tossing out your child’s artwork, part of their Guilt-Free Week series. I want to expand on a few more thoughts, sharing what I do to manage the school work, projects, and crafts that my kids produce. At our [...]

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Helpful Tips to Appease Picky Eaters

by Mariel February 24, 2011

As a mother of 5, it’s inevitable that I will have at least ONE picky eater. And, I do. It’s bad. Bad, as in: hates chicken nuggets, hamburgers, pizza, cheese, fruit, veggies, ketchup, mustard, pretty much everything. Really, everything. Yes, I accept hugs from strangers. I was browsing Redbook, the other day, and read about [...]

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Science Journal: Observing Snow

by Marie January 10, 2011

With all this white stuff around our house, we thought it would be fun to bring some of it inside and investigate. I’ve previously talked about a Starting a Science Observation Journal, so today we’re observing, testing and recording snow. Supplies for Observing Snow: notebook pencil bowls spoons tape for labeling cold temperature measuring device [...]

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The Number One Resolution on Everyone’s List

by Marie January 7, 2011

Working Out or Eating Healthy. Am I right? Well, both are on my list this year and I’m gearing up to stay on the “workout train” for longer than a few weeks! Here’s a few things helping me stay on track to healthy town. Image source Working Out The Gym: I have a gym membership, [...]

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