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Throw A Great Birthday Party And Save Money!

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Throw A Great Birthday Party And Save Money In my humble opinion, the expense and extravagance of children's birthday parties have gotten out of hand.  The home adorned from roof to floor with ornately themed decorations.  The themed candy table with each type of candy in its own themed container with its own themed scooper into themed containers.  The custom iced cookies - so perfect that they look like something mass produced by machines as a theme park souvenir.  The kinds of decorations that tons of hours and tons of money are spent Continue Reading...

10 Meaningful Ways to Connect with Children (Not the Same Old Same Old)

Kids and Parenting

10 Meaningful Ways to Connet With Children   Why do we seek a greater bond with our children?  Sometimes it is because we have been busy and in all the rushing and racing about we feel that we have not been bonding.  Maybe we are seeking a bond because we see them growing and fear them slipping away.  But maybe we are seeking a connection and greater bond for the future. I have wondered many times why in other cultures family seems to hold a greater importance than it does in ours.  I do not mean a greater importance to the culture Continue Reading...

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons!

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When life hands you lemons what do you do?  What if a tree hands you lemons...lots and lots of lemons! Saving money and conserving resources is important to me. My guess is that it probably is to you as well.  I have a lemon tree that gives us  lots of lemons oodles and oodles of lemons.  They are all ripe at once and no one can use all those lemons at once!  In case you are wondering that is a pile of 229 lemons.  I set out to put my pile of lemons to good use.  I could not stand buying lemons mid summer for lemon bars, lemon loaf, or Continue Reading...

A Child’s Daily Positivity Challenge 3 Good 1 Bad

Kids and Parenting

3 Good 1 Bad:  A Child's Daily Positivity Challenge Each night I ask my kids to tell me 3 good things that happened during their day and one bad thing. "WHY?" is the reaction that I get from most people when the topic comes up in conversation. Well, It is nothing that I read about anywhere this one certainly did not come from any book or peer reviewed journal article about child psychology. I just got sick of asking my oldest son about his day and not getting much information.  "How was your day?"  was met with "Fine or good."  If asked Continue Reading...

8 Things to grow with kids

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8 Things To Grow With Children We all know that eating healthy foods is important for ourselves and for our children.  Studies show that introducing vegetables to young children frequently and repeatedly makes a significant impact on their adult eating habits. We also know that where possible choosing organic foods reduces the toxins that we introduce into our family's diet.  However, buying organic is more expensive.  So why don't we all just take up gardening?  Why is gardening so intimidating for many of us.   For me anyway the biggest Continue Reading...

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