Family Time

Welcome to our Family Time page. Here you'll find all kinds of articles about the family. There's parenting tips, activities for spending time with family, and ideas to share special moments with your loved ones. Check out a few of our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the most recent projects.

Easy Hooded Bath Towel

by Marie March 31, 2009

I’ve made each of my kids their own bath towel hoodie when they’re born, starting with my son 6 years ago. I make them one with their name on it and one with a fun appliqued shape on the back. These towels are super easy to make, needing only limited sewing know-how. And they make [...]

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What To Do When the Kids Get Sick

by Marie March 19, 2009

As winter is almost over, the ‘sick’ season is still here. My kids are now sick and every time this happens, it takes me a few days to realize I need to do something about it. So I’ve come up with a few things I should be doing on day 1, so by day 3 [...]

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The Debt Solution: Don’t Buy Stuff

by Marie March 14, 2009

Here’s a few more great sites helping with your debt solution! Money Saving Mom Frugal Dad Mom Advice Simple Mom Frugal Hacks

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Katherine Center Interview and Giveaway

by Marie March 13, 2009

While at Mom 2.0, I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Katherine Center. She was a panelist, talking about her experience writing her novels, The Bright Side of Disaster and Everyone is Beautiful. I was so intrigued by her latest book’s premise, Everyone is Beautiful, that I bought a copy and started reading right [...]

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5 Home Schooling Tips for Teens

by Marie March 12, 2009

April, from Sweet Life in the Valley, shares some of her favorite “Sweet” things on her blog. As well as being a photographer, she’s also a Mom of 3 and home schools her tweens! Today she’s guest posting with 5 great tips to home schooling older kids. With home school you have the option to [...]

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Recycled Baby Food Containers

by Marie February 26, 2009

Recycling baby food containers into snack holders is a fantastic trick I learned from my sweet sis-in-law, Lindsay. She takes her baby food containers, washes them out, and fills them up with little snacks. They fit nicely in my diaper bag and stay closed tight with their lid. I’ve usually put snacks into plastic baggies, [...]

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Encouraging Independence in My Kids

by Marie February 17, 2009

My son’s always asking me if he can pour his own cereal and milk and I’m still so hesitant to let him. He’s 6 and big enough, I’m just not in the mood to clean up a mess if it were to happen. BUT how is my son ever going to learn and get better [...]

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Cleaning & Covering Baby Bottles

by Marie February 12, 2009

I love this baby bottle tray and bottle brush for cleaning, drying, and storing my baby bottles, by Munchkin. We have a dishwasher, but I like to clean my bottles by hand too. Cleaning: The bottle brush is fabulous, coming complete with a nipple brush built in. This tray is also great as it folds [...]

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Cultivating Relationships with Kids

by Marie January 29, 2009

I’m happy to be guest posting today over at Mom it Forward! These gals are always passing on the love, hence the name, Mom it Forward! Whether it’s through their #gno Twitter Parties, Service Projects, or Tweetups around town, there’s something for everyone at Mom it Forward. Their theme for the upcoming month is Relationships [...]

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Going Potty for Pennies

by Marie January 22, 2009

We’ve tried lots of things to help my 3 year old daughter stay motivated to go potty on the toilet. She’s been trained for a while now, but was having accidents at least once a day, getting distracted by playing or just plain stubbornness! Well, I came up with this “Going Potty for Pennies” jar [...]

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